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 SalonenOur industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.
Esa-Pekka SalonenLos Angeles is just a more open place. The way L.A. functions is that people give you a forum. They say, Show us what you can do.
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