Many, many years ago, I was one of the few conductors who talked to the audience and now a lot of classical conductors have figured it out... otherwise, you just get the back of someone's head playing music you could hear on a CD. It's not enough anymore.
“I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer.”
“In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts.”