Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

There's so much energy exchange in conduction, so you get back a lot, of course, but you also have to give a lot. It's kind of high-energy thing.

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• There's so much energy exchange in conduction, so you get back a lot, of course, but you also have to give a lot. It's kind of high-energy thing.

  

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