"I don't love telling everything, just for the reason of the effect on people -- like when a magician does something, you really don't want to know -- but if it helps an actual photographer to go out and do cool stuff, I'm for it, " he says.
Keeping his musicians on their toes, LSO bassoon player Rachel Gough notes that "no two performances are ever the same with Gergiev, and from the rehearsal to the concert, the differences can be absolutely enormous...therein lies the reason why we love working for him and why the audience loves coming to the concerts" (CNN, 2008).