I realized that the European dogma is not necessarily the only way to look at things. — Esa Pekka Salonen
Somehow, conductor as this superhuman conduit between the masters and the masterpieces — Esa Pekka Salonen
I started conducting lessons and I realized that this is actually something I like doing. — Esa Pekka Salonen
I’m still disturbed if a chord isn’t together, but your priorities change as you get older. — Esa Pekka Salonen
The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it’s a very scary — Esa Pekka Salonen
Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other. — Esa Pekka Salonen
In the range of music that we play – roughly 300 years’ worth-there really are more similarities than differences. — Esa Pekka Salonen
In europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art — Esa Pekka Salonen
If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. If the seams are showing, there is something wrong with the performance or the construction of the piece. — Esa Pekka Salonen
I discovered that the people of the north are different and there’s no way you can — Esa Pekka Salonen
I don’t believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. — Esa Pekka Salonen
Pulse as an active means of expression, stravinsky and beethoven are the two masters of that. — Esa Pekka Salonen
Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity. — Esa Pekka Salonen
Once you get over the first hill, there is always a new, higher one lurking, of course. — Esa Pekka Salonen
My music wouldn’t sound the way it does if I hadn’t had the experience of conducting. — Esa Pekka Salonen
Music has just as much to do with movement and body as it does soul and intellect. — Esa Pekka Salonen