Incroyable!!! If you choose NOT to watch this video, it's your loss, but take this one philosophy in life to try: never say anything to anyone that you can't bear to be the last thing you say to them. As for the rest, here's how you really appreciate listening to classical music. I laughed and cried enough listening that the hot, sweet & sour soup I was eating became salty from the tears falling into it. I'll leave it at that.

Benjamin Zander has two infectious passions: classical music, and helping us all realize our untapped love for it -- and by extension, our untapped love for all new possibilities, new experiences, new connections.

A leading interpreter of Mahler and Beethoven, Benjamin Zander is known for his charisma and unyielding energy -- and for his brilliant pre-concert talks.