when i was in los angeles for 15 years i had always had the israeli philharmonic. that's where i would pendulate. i've conducted them every single season since 1961. i've passed my 50 year mark with both orchestras as with the israelis too. >> you have conducted orchestras in sarajevo and kashmir. there seems to be conflict that draws one another, what is that? >> we plus not stop use our art to help people, bring people together. the sarajevo, we played a concert in the bombed courtyard of an islam ick library. one of the first things that the seshserbs bombed was the courtyd of book. no public could be allowed it was only for television. but we did the rehearsals in the non-bombed theater. where three or four times it was full and the sarajevo public came to listen. it was my lifelong dream to have muslims and hindus, come and listen together. i didn't change history from the end of that concert but they sat together and heard beethoven and tchykofsky. >> india is very important to you. i wonder if you could describe your path from india to israel, i know it's a

descend on philharmonic was rehearsing in this hole. when the earthquake struck the homes of some orchestra members were damaged or destroyed. but this indie philharmonic steel plated schools and evacuation centers in the devastated region soon after the disaster. how the teams are people we have a close relationship with us. i had to do something. we only wanted to share music with sam and hopefully give them strength. with that. a day colts. nice to not to put on police wanted to express my gratitude to hand. and when i think about it since music is powerful stuff i was in the finn music itself will to give her the message. and steve people karina so. can it be. music lovers feel the concert hall on the day of the benefit concert to hear sue and i performed with this indie film. movie. most cash flows to her. and into the hearts of the us the eye i didn't think to myself. we must not forget about the disaster. i think musical helpers on review. i'm very thankful that he held his concert in st. i also wanted to put a lot going on to mu

with the israeli philharmonic on the 20th. is wonderful to have two orchestras where you only discuss every point of view with musicians. >> anything you would do different at your life and career? which has provided you with such a remarkable life? did you wish for something you did not do? >> there is a lot of music. there are still a lot of music. i have not stopped studying. when will the studying stop? it does not stop. >> studying what composers might have met? >> new scores. new scores, of course. you can't do strauss without doing the corresponding -- you have to do so much homework. it goes with every opera you do. >> you didn't set out to be a musician. he said up to be a doctor? >> you set out to be a doctor? >> we come from an upper-middle-class parsi family. our families have professions that are decided. >> you left for music early on. >> i had a cousin in new york. i'm sorry, in vienna. my parents had enough courage to send me to vienna. it went on from there. >> and continues. >> i had no difficulties, really.

he's embarbing on a tour with the israel philharmonic ochestra. i'm pleased to have him back on this program. this has been one illustrus career hasn't it. >> no. i don't travel around that much but i've been staying with one orchestra for quite a long time. with new york it was 13 years. >> rose: that's the longest of anybody. >> los angeles but now israel is 45 years. >> rose: i know, yes. 45 years. >> i think i broke the record, i think. >> rose: he was the philadelphia maybe 40 or something. >> i have to found out. >> rose: how large, well i can't think of anybody that's up there. >> no. >> rose: and why? >> they've become my family. there's not a single member of the orchestra i have not personally engaged. of course with a committee always, always discussions and arguments. but now there are people we have chosen together and we have molded them. we have played over 3,000 concerts with them and during the 1970's and 80's when the soviet union started allowing jewish immigration we have a huge ingestion of culture. >> rose: what has been the

but he's closely identified with this group. 7 music ♪ ] >> the israel philharmonic orchestra. > we have positive message. we play the concerts. we don't go with the israeli flag. there's no propaganda, we go on the tour as a world class orchestra. we make music. >> this maestro seeks to make a profound impact on humanity. and he is not shy about the efforts, starting with his own ensemble. >> it is my dream that an israeli arab will sit amongst israeli jews and make music. >> why is it so meaningful? >> there are over 1 million israeli arabs living within today's boundaries of israel. and they should be included as one of us. >> you sympathise with the palestinians and are opposed to the settlements. >> i'm opposed to the settlements. i don't want to make a big discussion out of it, but settlements to the future of both palestine and israel are counterproductive. there are fanatics on both sides. it's not just the israeli palestine conflict that he's passionate about. >> he has led orchestra s in the region of kashmir. >> there's something about you and conflict that draws each other. w

. >> this week on talk to aljazeera, the director of the philharmon philharmon philharmonic.f he would ever play that music again. >> we will. but we have to have patience. i hope it happened in my lifetime. i hope. but there are still quite a few people with tattooed numbers on their arms. they are saints in israel and we have to respect them. it is not they hate the music, but music transports them back to time of terror and we want to avoid that. >> watch the full interview tonight at 10:30 p.m. eastern. . >> a powerful councilmembering hitting southern california and we show you some of the damage. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonights exclusive report... >> from coast to coast... >> people selling fresh water for fracking... >> stories that have impact... >> we lost lives... >> that make a difference... >> senator, we were hoping we could ask you some questions about your legal problems... >> that open your world... >> it can be very dangerous... >> i hear gunshots... >> the bullet came right there through the widdow... >> it absolutely is a crisis... >> real r

philharmonic for 17 years before handing over the baton. he has now returned to the l.a. field for a series of concerts. he is currently leading the orchestra and seven conserves including the premiere of frank zappa's 200 motels. plus his own violin consider cho -- concerto. let's listen as they play his violin concerto. ♪ tavis: you really consider yourself a composer more than a conductor. >> it started out like that. fluke.ng happened, by tavis: what do you mean by fluke? >> i was studying to be a musician, back in the 1970's, and the real conductors, the professional conductors at the time are not interested in our stuff. we felt that we had to have one conductor among the group to do all that, so i was chosen to be that one. this is actually something i like doing, so it started like that. but i never thought i would have an entire career as a conductor. that was not part of my plan. tavis: >> what is the joy, the difference between the joy that composing brings you and the joy that conducting brings you? >> conducting is intensely social. you work with a hundred pe

he closely identified with this group. [ ♪ music ] >> the israel philharmonic orchestra.as been leading them for 20 years. >> we carry a positive message. we don't go with the israeli flag. we go on the tour as a world class orchestra. we make music. >> this maestro seeks to make is profound impact on man. he is not shy about the efforts, starting with his own ensemble. >> it is my dream that an israeli arab would sit amongst israeli jews and make music. >> why is it so meaningful. >> there are over one million israeli arabs living within today's boundaries of israel. they should be included as one of us >> you sympathise with the palestinians and are opposed to the settlements. >> i'm opposed to the settlements. i don't want to make is a discussion. but i think settlements to the future of palestine and israel are counterproductive. there are fanatics on both sides. >> it's not just the palestine-israel conflict. he led tours to sarajevo and kaz mish. >> there's something about you and conflict that draws each other. what is that? >> we must never stop using our art to h

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the musical director of the israel philharmonic orchestra. he took over that job one year before the camp david accords. the renown conductor spoke to al jazeera's david shuster about israeli settlements and what he hopes musk can achieve. >> i am apposed to the settlements. i don't want to make a big discussion out of it. i'm just telling you that i think the settlements to the future of both palestine and israel are current productive. but this is for not only this government of israel, but the people who are pushing them from outside to negotiate as soon as possible. >> you also said that the palestinians bear some responsibility because there have been attacks not on the settlements but israel property. >> well, there are fanatics on both sides. i would not say the majority at all. there is a minority in israel and on the other side, too, that wants the status quo to continue. those people have to be convinced or just not paid attention to, and people who want to negotiate should just go on in a positive direction. >> is there something c

week on "talk to al jazeera" david shuster speaks with acclaimed maestro for life of the israel philharmonicrchestra. he asked david about the israeli settlement? >> i am opposed to the settlement. i don't want to make a big discussion out of it. i think settlements to the future of palestine and israel are counterproductive. this is for not only this government of israel but the people who are pushing them from outside to negotiate as soon as possible. >> you have said the palestinians bear some responsibility in terms of because there have been attacks not on the settlements but on israel proper. >> well, there are fanatics on both sides. both are -- i would not say a majority at all. there is a minority in israel and the other side, too, that is going to continue. those people have to be convinced or just not paid attention to and people who are negotiating should just go on in a positive direction. >> you can watch that full interview on "talk to al jazeera" tonight at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. >>> ships in the indian ocean begin to recover pieces of debris in the search for flight 370

experiences of his life, playing his take on george gershwin's "rhapsody in blue" with the berlin philharmoniche moment. gershwin, not a bad pianist himself, would have been knocked out. ♪ ♪ ( cheers and applause ) marcus grew up in jacksonville, florida, across the tracks from downtown and deep in the 'hood, where his mother still lives. as a little kid, wherever there was a piano, he'd try to unlock the mystery of the keys. so his mother and his father, a longshoreman down on the jacksonville docks, scrimped and saved for that piano marcus could call his own. >> coretta roberts: he went right to it, and went to playing "mary had a little lamb." ( laughs ) >> marsalis: his mother coretta is sightless, too, blinded by glaucoma. she remembers the pain of having to leave school in the seventh grade because she couldn't see the blackboard. >> coretta roberts: it was just like i had lost a loved one or something. >> marsalis: and by the time he was five, severe cataracts blinded marcus as well. how did your parents explain your blindness to you? >> roberts: they really didn't explain it. they just