The czechs will have smetana, dvorak. the russians will have a tchaikovsky, stravinsky, pushkin, etc, etc. everybody will have their own that represent not just their culture. they make the culture which is born from the nation itself, from its character, from its way of expressing itself because. so the question is, are outsiders qualified, in your view, to interpret? yes, yes, but one has to make that effort, that is the important thing. and how far do you go in that effort? i think that i am right in saying you speak five languages, is language a very important part of it? language is important for communication in the case of music, musicians. if one is not able to verbally formulate what one feels or thinks about a specific expression here or there, ....