Best Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes
- In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences. Differences
- My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting. Conducting
- 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 will. Composing
- This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience. Career
- This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy. Any
- With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. American
- The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and… Form
- This continuity of sound and form was something that I became really interested in from working with Ligeti. He was always going on about how… Always Going
- If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. This idea is completely at odds with… Based
- After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. Beethoven
- The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important. Character
- The sound was my greatest concern. There were certain difficulties getting used to the way every musician can hear his or herself, the way each… Certain
- When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically. Bruckner