Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

Anyone who composes and conducts at the same time is immediately suspect, because he must be faking one or the other.

- Esa-Pekka Salonen

Tags

Composes | Conducts | Time | Immediately | Suspect |

comments powered by Disqus

Random

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

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

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