Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

Esa-Pekka Salonen — Finnish Musician born on June 30, 1958,

Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish orchestral conductor and composer. He is currently Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, Conductor Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Composer-In-Residence at the New York Philharmonic, and Artistic Director and cofounder of the Baltic Sea Festival... (wikipedia)

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.