Los Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
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. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
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. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
This country, and the West Coast, especially, is bad at preserving any cultural legacy. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
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. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
The act of conducting in itself, of waving my arms in the air and being in charge, I didn’t miss. I missed the sensual pleasure of being in contact with music. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
