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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

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Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.

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Topics: Active Beethoven Expression Masters Means Pulse Two

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Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

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Topics: Conceived Harmony His Only Precisely Way

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I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky.

~Esa-Pekka Salonen

Topics: Learned Like Lot Masters

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My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.

~Esa-Pekka Salonen

Topics: Conducting Does Experience Had Music Sound Way

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I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.

~Esa-Pekka Salonen

Topics: Composer Feel Free Happy Very I Feel

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There is such a suspicion in today's world of people who do more than one thing, who aren't specialized.

~Esa-Pekka Salonen

Topics: More One Thing People Specialized Suspicion Than Thing Today Who World

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

~Esa-Pekka Salonen

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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

Topics: Act Air Arms Being Charge Conducting Contact Itself Miss Missed Music Pleasure Sensual Waving

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With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard.

~Esa-Pekka Salonen

Topics: American Because Getting Halls Hard Huge Orchestra Particular Play True Very

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Biography

Nationality: Finnish

Type: Musician

Born: June 30th, 1958

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