Gustavo Dudamel
Can a trippy VR film bring classical music to a new generation?
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel opens virtual reality film Symphony in Madrid
Sam Jones in Madrid
22, Dec, 2020 @5:00 AM
Ives: Complete Symphonies review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
The conductor and his orchestra express the transcendental immensity of Ives, especially in a glorious Fourth Symphony
Andrew Clements
27, Aug, 2020 @2:00 PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic/ Dudamel; Orphée review – glitz meets gravitas
The combined forces of the LA Phil, Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang delivered glittering virtuosity. And ENO gets it right at last
Fiona Maddocks
23, Nov, 2019 @12:00 PM
Edinburgh festival sets contemporary tone amid 'darker' political themes
Director says 2019 lineup reveals artists’ attempts ‘not to go mad in the world at the moment’
Severin Carrell Scotland editor
27, Mar, 2019 @10:00 AM
LA Philharmonic/Dudamel review – bold, but tending towards bluntness
A colourful programme that included Salonen’s Pollux didn’t always play to Dudamel’s strengths
Erica Jeal
03, May, 2018 @10:42 AM
The John Adams Edition CD review – Berlin's lavish homage to an American great
This extensive Berlin Phil set is a treat, with some of Adams’s most substantial compositions given fine performances under the batons of the composer himself, Simon Rattle and Kirill Petrenko
Andrew Clements
29, Nov, 2017 @3:02 PM
Time to take a stand for Venezuela’s El Sistema | Marshall Marcus
President Maduro’s cancellation of conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s tour is a clear bid to weaponise the country’s greatest export, its musical education programme
Marshall Marcus
23, Aug, 2017 @2:01 PM
Why are Venezuela's ‘miraculous’ musicians silent about the crisis?
Amid the ongoing political turbulence, dissatisfaction with the state-funded music programme is growing as few musicians speak out against regime
Geoffrey Baker
11, Jul, 2017 @1:00 PM
Gustavo Dudamel attacks Venezuelan president Maduro: 'Enough is enough'
LA Philharmonic director speaks out against president and urges government in his home country to ‘listen to the people’
Virginia López in Caracas
04, May, 2017 @9:05 PM
Simón Bolívar SO/Dudamel review – Venezuela's finest on world-class form
Finely judged Ravel shone alongside vivid works by South American composers in a Prom that highlighted the orchestra’s fluid excellence
George Hall
05, Sep, 2016 @11:02 AM
Berlin Phil: Europa Concerts 1991-2015 DVD review – a set of special things to savour
A quarter century of broadcast Europa Concerts are brought together in this extensive DVD set that features some exceptional performances
Andrew Clements
22, Jun, 2016 @2:00 PM
Festtage 2016; Los Angeles Philharmonic/ Dudamel review – Barenboim’s Easter parade
For his 20th Festtage, Daniel Barenboim rustled up electrifying Elgar, all-star Parsifal and a trip to the underworld with Frank Gehry
Fiona Maddocks
27, Mar, 2016 @7:30 AM
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