I believe that in our contemporary society, the aesthetic experience is one of the last areas where we can express and perceive a sense of liberty and individuality, a place where we can find communion with humanity.
The limitless beauty of this world as well as the cruelty that a select few impose on that beauty creates the motivation and, sometimes, the material of my music.
--Marcelo Toledo
From the New York exhibition celebrating the Ensemble InterContemporain commission.