It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that ‘s a good thing. Zubin Mehta
My grandmother probably never thought she would see a day where, you know, a young black woman would be seen as a leader, which is incredible. Zozibini Tunzi
I think as a black woman, we have a lot of colorism going on around us, and we have a lot of racism as well. Zozibini Tunzi
We need to dismantle the systems that were built on racism, that were built on the backs of black people. Zozibini Tunzi
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