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The sort of commercial parameters of classical music changed after the [World War II] , and the whole industry became more backward-looking.
Esa-Pekka Salonen
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: June 30
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I actually don't like this term, classic. It's wrong, but we don't have a better word at the moment.
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I think we are in the process of getting the word out, and we haven't done very well yet. But we are trying.
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