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title: "9 Conducting Quotes By Esa-Pekka Salonen"
description: "9 Conducting quotes by Esa-Pekka Salonen. Plus more from Esa-Pekka Salonen and more Conducting sayings from other authors."
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> [My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/my-music-wouldn-t-sound-the-way-it-does-if-i-hadn-t-had-the/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_conducting_my-music-wouldn-t-sound-the-way-it-does_2847161.jpg)

> [I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-started-conducting-lessons-and-i-realized-that-this-is-actually/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c23/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_conducting_i-started-conducting-lessons-and-i-reali_114133.jpg)

> [I'm composing more than before. I'm cutting down on conducting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-m-composing-more-than-before-i-m-cutting-down-on-conducting/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_composing_i-m-composing-more-than-before-i-m-cutti_1093827.jpg)

> [Conducting was just something that happened by fluke.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/conducting-was-just-something-that-happened-by-fluke/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_conducting_conducting-was-just-something-that-happe_1508482.jpg)

> [Conducting is intensely social. You work with a hundred people every day. You collaborate, you try to focus their thoughts, you try…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/conducting-is-intensely-social-you-work-with-a-hundred-people-every/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_concepts_conducting-is-intensely-social-you-work_2040992.jpg)

> [The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn't miss. I missed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-act-of-conducting-in-itself-of-waving-my-arms-in-the-air-and/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_air_the-act-of-conducting-in-itself-of-wavin_1945564.jpg)

> [This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/this-conducting-thing-happened-in-1983-i-was-sucked-into-this/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_careers_this-conducting-thing-happened-in-1983-i_2159039.jpg)

> [There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/there-will-have-to-be-times-when-i-m-not-conducting-because-i-m/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_composing_there-will-have-to-be-times-when-i-m-not_2259902.jpg)

> [You know, in some ways conducting is counter-intuitive. It's like winter driving in Finland - if you skid, the natural reaction is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/you-know-in-some-ways-conducting-is-counter-intuitive-it-s-like/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/esa-pekka-salonen-8409_brake_you-know-in-some-ways-conducting-is-coun_2279092.jpg)

## More by Esa-Pekka Salonen

> [ There is something very special about this part of the world \[U.S\], which is the openness and the curiosity and the lack of prejudice… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/there-is-something-very-special-about-this-part-of-the-world-u-s/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [Every orchestra I know, every opera house I know, is desperately looking around trying to find new talent, new composing talent, supporting young composers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/every-orchestra-i-know-every-opera-house-i-know-is-desperately/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [After 30 years I have realized the greatest pleasure I can get is to have learnt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/after-30-years-i-have-realized-the-greatest-pleasure-i-can-get-is-to/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/anyone-who-composes-and-conducts-at-the-same-time-is-immediately/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-started-conducting-lessons-and-i-realized-that-this-is-actually/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-feel-very-free-and-very-happy-to-be-a-composer/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-love-a-visceral-sound-the-kind-that-hits-you-in-the-belly/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [We need new art. Old art cannot do that. It can do lots of other things, and of course humanity hasn't changed that much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/we-need-new-art-old-art-cannot-do-that-it-can-do-lots-of-other-things/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/pulse-as-an-active-means-of-expression-stravinsky-and-beethoven-are/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-underlying-process-in-northern-music-tends-to-be-slower-and/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-royal-festival-hall-in-london-is-nice-people-hang-out-there-i/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/as-we-watch-tv-or-films-there-are-no-organic-transitions-only-edits/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [I think we are in the process of getting the word out, and we haven't done very well yet. But we are trying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-think-we-are-in-the-process-of-getting-the-word-out-and-we-haven-t/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/with-american-orchestras-in-particular-because-they-play-in-such-huge/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

> [Sometimes you spend nine months, 10 months, a year writing a piece that you will hear two years later or something like that, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/sometimes-you-spend-nine-months-10-months-a-year-writing-a-piece-that/)

[Esa-Pekka Salonen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esa-pekka-salonen/)

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