Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Esa-Pekka Salonen quotes and sayings page 3 (musician). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 37 we have.
“After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.”
“I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.”
“I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad.”
“I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.”
“I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly.”
“I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.”
“My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.”
“This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience.”
“This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy.”
“When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically.”
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