Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes & Sayings

37 most famous Esa-Pekka Salonen quotes and sayings (musician). These are the first 10 quotes we have.

“Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity.”

“Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall.”

“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.”

“In the range of music that we play - roughly 300 years' worth-there really are more similarities than differences.”

“Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect.”

“Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.”

“The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself.”

“The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important.”

“There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.”

“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.”