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Esa-Pekka Salonen

"As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign."

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"As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign."

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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."

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"This conducting thing happened. In 1983 I was sucked into this international career, which was a very scary experience."

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"The Royal Festival Hall in London is nice; people hang out there. I think this inviting, non-exclusive character is very important."

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"There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will."

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"The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself."

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"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."

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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."

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