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title: "81 Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes - Famous Conductor (Concert Etude for Solo Horn)"
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# Esa-Pekka Salonen

(1958)   Conductor   Finland

 **81** quotes in **483** categories

Esa‑Pekka Salonen says orchestras are always hunting for fresh composers and new talent. He loves a visceral sound that hits you in the belly. He also believes that art must keep changing because old works can’t do everything for today’s world.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen is a conductor from Finland, best known for *Concert Etude for Solo Horn*.

## Quick Facts About Esa-Pekka Salonen

Born June 30, 1958

Nationality Finland

Profession Conductor

Notable works Concert Etude for Solo Horn

## About Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish conductor and composer. He is the principal conductor designate of Orchestre de Paris and creative director designate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is also conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. He was music director of the San Francisco Symphony from 2020 to 2025.

## Awards & Honors

Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland Polar Music Prize Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition Grawemeyer Awards Litteris et Artibus Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Officer of Arts and Letters Commander First Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Show 5 more awards Sibelius Medal Finnish Music Hall of Fame honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Conductor)

##  Quotes by Esa-Pekka Salonen

> [I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-ve-learned-a-lot-from-the-masters-of-orchestration-like-ravel-and/)

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[I've learned](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/i-ve-learned/)

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> [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/)

[Conducting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conducting/)

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> [Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/once-you-get-over-the-first-hill-there-is-always-a-new-higher-one/)

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

[Firsts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/)

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> [Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/music-has-just-as-much-to-do-with-movement-and-body-as-it-does-soul/)

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

[Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/)

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> [The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-music-i-turn-out-these-days-is-the-kind-of-music-i-want-to-hear/)

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

[Kind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kind/)

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> [I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-always-had-deep-down-a-slight-aversion-toward-the-purely-cerebral/)

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

[Aversion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aversion/)

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> [Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/every-day-we-make-more-progress-toward-understanding-the-concert-hall/)

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

[Concert hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concert-hall/)

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> [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/)

[Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/)

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> [I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-don-t-believe-in-an-annual-dose-of-film-music-for-the-sake-of-it/)

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[Annuals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/annuals/)

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> [ Our industry \[classic music\] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/our-industry-classic-music-has-kind-of-retarded-into-this-kind-of/)

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[Classic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classic/)

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> [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/)

[Halls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/halls/)

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> [I think truth as an idea should be left to the philosophers and perhaps religious leaders and politicians, and professional people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-think-truth-as-an-idea-should-be-left-to-the-philosophers-and/)

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[Deals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deals/)

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> [When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/when-an-artist-works-today-or-whenever-it-s-not-about-creating/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-players-never-think-they-project-enough-in-a-hall-that-seats-3/)

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[Enough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enough/)

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> [I like this idea of identification with the local team. I think it's great. That's what an orchestra should be. It's an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-like-this-idea-of-identification-with-the-local-team-i-think-it-s/)

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[Hometown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hometown/)

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> [If I were in a position to announce a public competition to coin a new word, I would do so right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/if-i-were-in-a-position-to-announce-a-public-competition-to-coin-a/)

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

[Announce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/announce/)

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> [ It would be very tempting to say that why paint because we have Michelangelo, we have Leonardo \[Da Vinci\], we have all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/it-would-be-very-tempting-to-say-that-why-paint-because-we-have/)

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[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [I went to work one morning, and outside my door was Cindy Crawford in a black bra, and I thought that very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-went-to-work-one-morning-and-outside-my-door-was-cindy-crawford-in/)

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[Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/)

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> [We're not talking about an elite art form from the price point of view. We have a building in L.A. that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/we-re-not-talking-about-an-elite-art-form-from-the-price-point-of/)

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[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

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> [Of course performing talent, that's clear. Maybe this is not so well-known among young people who are interested in music, who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/of-course-performing-talent-that-s-clear-maybe-this-is-not-so-well/)

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[Clear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clear/)

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> [I feel that this is my artistic home, and I'm very happy to be a California artist together with many others who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-feel-that-this-is-my-artistic-home-and-i-m-very-happy-to-be-a/)

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

[Activity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activity/)

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> [Classic music somehow changed, and it changed between the first and the second world wars, and somehow what happened was that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/classic-music-somehow-changed-and-it-changed-between-the-first-and/)

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[Changed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/changed/)

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

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[Accepted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepted/)

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> [I think we still do have a PR problem in the sense that these institutions portray themselves quite often as a museum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-think-we-still-do-have-a-pr-problem-in-the-sense-that-these/)

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

[Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/)

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> [We're dealing with music that is being played by traditional instruments in a specifically built building called a concert hall. But classical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/we-re-dealing-with-music-that-is-being-played-by-traditional/)

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[Available](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/available/)

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> [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/)

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[Brake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brake/)

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> [Coming from a sort of very rigid European type of training to this culture which is just a little more open -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/coming-from-a-sort-of-very-rigid-european-type-of-training-to-this/)

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[Asking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/)

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> [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/)

[Active](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/active/)

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> [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/)

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[Composing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composing/)

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> [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/)

[Conducting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conducting/)

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> [After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/after-working-with-ligeti-i-began-to-hear-brahms-and-beethoven/)

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[After](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/after/)

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> [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/)

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[Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belly/)

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> [Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/stravinsky-is-masterly-his-harmony-is-conceived-so-precisely-that-it/)

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[Harmony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/harmony/)

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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/)

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[Conducting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conducting/)

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> [I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-m-still-disturbed-if-a-chord-isn-t-together-but-your-priorities/)

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[Chords](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chords/)

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> [The philharmonic became such a journey and adventure in my life, and a deeply satisfying thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-philharmonic-became-such-a-journey-and-adventure-in-my-life-and-a/)

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[Adventure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adventure/)

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> [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/)

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[Composer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/composer/)

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> [I realized that the European dogma is not necessarily the only way to look at things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/i-realized-that-the-european-dogma-is-not-necessarily-the-only-way-to/)

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[Dogma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/)

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> [This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/this-country-and-the-west-coast-especially-is-bad-at-preserving-any/)

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

[Coast](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coast/)

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> [The classical music industry, has been an industry of covers. So we do covers, and if I compare this with the rock…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esa-pekka-salonen/the-classical-music-industry-has-been-an-industry-of-covers-so-we-do/)

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

[Classical](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/classical/)

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## Esa-Pekka Salonen by topic

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