This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
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. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
I’ve learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote
My music wouldn’t sound the way it does if I hadn’t had the experience of conducting. Esa-Pekka Salonen Read Quote