Gustavo Dudamel, on returning to limited in-person rehearsals with the Los Angeles Philharmonic:
"Now is the time to experiment, and there is no choice but to experiment. We have to cross a lot of bridges to arrive at normality. And I wish that we do not arrive to the previous normality. My wish is that we arrive to a new normality, where the things that we do make more sense to the community. I think - no, I know - that the orchestra will come back from this stronger and better than before. They have learned a new way to play, spread out like this onstage, listening harder to one another. Once we get back together, sitting close again, there will be an incredible new energy. I am sure of this. I can already hear it."
"Now is the time to experiment, and there is no choice but to experiment. We have to cross a lot of bridges to arrive at normality. And I wish that we do not arrive to the previous normality. My wish is that we arrive to a new normality, where the things that we do make more sense to the community. I think - no, I know - that the orchestra will come back from this stronger and better than before. They have learned a new way to play, spread out like this onstage, listening harder to one another. Once we get back together, sitting close again, there will be an incredible new energy. I am sure of this. I can already hear it."