Composer / Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen discusses his views regarding virtuosic music, the challenges of balancing 'two lives' as both a conductor and composer, creating a unique identity as an orchestra, and his method of balancing new works with older pieces.



Note: I did not record this! It has been loafing around in the abyss of my iTunes files, and I figured some people may be interested to see it.

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*EDIT* sorry about the watermark, I had to download a new program to convert this, and that's what it left on it. (less info)