Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

When we're at the end of The Rite of Spring or of a Bruckner symphony, I want people to feel the music physically.

- Esa-Pekka Salonen

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The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself. - Esa-Pekka Salonen

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

I love a visceral sound, the kind that hits you in the belly. - Esa-Pekka Salonen