Esa-Pekka Salonen quotes - page 2

The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself. (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. View quote
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There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new. View quote
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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 of them relates to the musician in the next seat. View quote
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There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized. View quote
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I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older. View quote
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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 music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so. View quote
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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 always faster. View quote
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When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically. View quote
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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 form has to be continuous. View quote
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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 our modern visual experience, because everything today is based on montage. (Esa-Pekka Salonen)
After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. View quote
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