The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself. Esa-Pekka Salonen dayhearkind Change image and share on social
This continuity of sound and form was something that I became really interested in from working with Ligeti. He was always going on about how form has to be continuous. Esa-Pekka Salonen continuitycontinuousform Change image and share on social
Every day we make more progress toward understanding the concert hall. Esa-Pekka Salonen concertdayhall Change image and share on social
After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently. Esa-Pekka Salonen beethovenbeginbrahm Change image and share on social
The Northern idea of form is more of a process. The various units of the form overlap. You can't tell where some things stop and new things start. This is typical of Sibelius. Esa-Pekka Salonen formideanorthern Change image and share on social
I don't believe in an annual dose of film music for the sake of it being film music. If we program film music, it will be because there is a real artistic reason for doing so. Esa-Pekka Salonen annualartisticdose Change image and share on social
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 actairarm Change image and share on social
I'm still disturbed if a chord isn't together, but your priorities change as you get older. Esa-Pekka Salonen changechorddisturb Change image and share on social
The underlying process in Northern music tends to be slower and continuous, whatever's happening on the surface; in Southern music the underlying process is always faster. Esa-Pekka Salonen continuousfasthappen Change image and share on social
With American orchestras, in particular, because they play in such huge halls, getting a true pianissimo is very hard. Esa-Pekka Salonen americanhallhard Change image and share on social