I hear this comment so often from people.

You're so lucky that you do what you love and I have loved every minute of it.

However, it is time for me to leave and start a new chapter of my life.

I'm very happy about this decision, but I will miss everybody.

I mean everybody in this organization and the activities of the organization as well.

I'm not leaving music.

I will love music until my last breath.

But I am looking forward to fulfilling a list of activities that I have never had time to pursue.

When I joined as a young woman of 27 I was being I was surrounded by the greatest legends of 20th century orchestral playing, and I must say that the tradition has continued into the 21st century, and I hope that the New York Philharmonic will continue to rain as the premier orchestra of United States and the world.