Gustavo Dudamel

Gustavo Dudamel: ready for the spotlight

Source: Michael Ricci
October 3, 2009

The day finally is here and L.A. is ready for him.

Gustavo Dudamel conducts his first concert today as the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A live audience of 18,000 awaits him for the welcome party -- titled “Bienvenido Gustavo!" -- at the Hollywood Bowl. Many more are expected to watch and listen to him online and on the radio.

The nearly five-hour event -- which includes performances by several classical and pop groups -- begins at ...
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Outdoor Simulcast Set for Gustavo Dudamel's Disney Hall Gala Concert

Source: Michael Ricci
September 23, 2009

The festivities surrounding the Los Angeles arrival of conductor Gustavo Dudamel seem to grow larger every day.

The latest addition to the celebration is a planned outdoor simulcast of Dudamel's Oct. 8 gala concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Set to take place at the Music Center Plaza, the live simulcast will feature eight plasma screens (and four more indoors) that will show the concert to an audience of 3,000.

Organizers at the Music Center said tickets to the simulcast ...
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The Gustavo Dudamel Whirlwind Arrives Early in L.A.

Source: Michael Ricci
November 23, 2008

The exuberant young Venezuelan conductor, who will take over the L.A. Philharmonic next year, comes to town riding a wave of Dudamania. Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela -- The new global poster boy for classical music and his wife are salsa-stepping across the ballroom of the Alba Hotel. Calm, precise and seemingly always sure of their next move, Gustavo Dudamel and Eloisa Maturen grin at each other and the dozens of other couples around them as they execute perfect ...
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