[People think, there is] this guy standing on the box flapping his arms around and getting paid for it. Clearly, he is not producing the sound, so what the hell is he doing?
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— Esa-Pekka Salonen, principal conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra in London on Universe of Sound, part of the London 2012 Festival, the cultural component of the Summer Olympics, which uses Microsoft Kinects and Gustav Holst’s “The Planets” to turn the orchestra inside out. More in the LA Times.
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Source: Los Angeles Times
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