If somebody had told me when I was starting composition in Helsinki in the '70s that I would … - Esa-Pekka Salonen

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Esa-Pekka Salonen

If somebody had told me when I was starting composition in Helsinki in the '70s that I would end up in L. A. and to describe that journey, those 17 years with the philharmonic and building the hall and this and that, I would have said, "This is a fairy tale of the first order. "

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