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Famous Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
“My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.”
“This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy.”
“I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.”
“I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.”
“I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.”
“I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.”
“Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.”
“Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall.”
“After 30 years I have realized the greatest pleasure I can get is to have learnt.”