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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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
There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new.
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After working with Ligeti I began to hear Brahms and Beethoven differently.
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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.
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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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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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