We need new art. Old art cannot do that. It can do lots of other things, and of course humanity hasn't changed that much in the last thousand or two thousand years.So that the old Greek dramas are still at the very heart, core, of human experience, but still we need new stuff.
Esa-Pekka SalonenPulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that.
Esa-Pekka SalonenMy music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting.
Esa-Pekka Salonen