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Dudamel in Concert with the Catalans

admin_mowp — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:53:41 +0000

After a first European tour in January 2025, Gustavo Dudamel returns to the Old Continent—this time, to its southern lands. Indeed, it is in Catalonia, at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and the Palau de Musica, that the renowned Venezuelan conductor, leading the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra, will reunite with his European audience during two concerts on May 10 and 11, 2025.

A towering figure on the international music scene, Dudamel made a name for himself from the very start. In 1999, at just 18 years old, he became the conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar of Venezuela and of El Sistema, the acclaimed music education program that garnered worldwide praise. Global recognition soon followed. At the age of 23, he recorded his first album, dedicated to Beethoven’s Symphonies No. 5 and No. 7. Today, his discography boasts over 65 recordings and around 14 full albums.

Since the early 2000s, he has held the role of Music Director with leading institutions such as the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Opéra National de Paris (where he served as Music Director for two years), and, since 2023, the New York Philharmonic. Gustavo Dudamel also conducts orchestras across the globe, such as in Barcelona with the LSO.

Two vibrant and eclectic evenings are planned: on May 10, works by Ravel and Richard Strauss, featuring the sublime Marina Rebeka singing Shéhérazade; and on May 11, a program of Mozart and Mahler.

These two concerts promise to be standout moments of the Catalan musical season.

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Gustavo Dudamel – c – Unison Media la Phil – Georgios Tsichlis

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Nixon’s first visit to the Paris Opera

admin_mowp — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 09:35:42 +0000

The Opéra de Paris is breaking new ground by hosting Nixon in China, the first opera by John Adams to enter the repertoire. The production will be performed at the Opéra Bastille from 25 March to 16 April 2023 and is directed by Valentina Carrasco in her first staging at the Opéra national de Paris. The two great voices who performs as Richard and Pat Nixon are familiar faces in Paris: Thomas Hampson and Renée Fleming will be accompanied by Gustavo Dudamel‘s musical direction.

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Gustavo Dudamel on the Paris-New York

admin_mowp — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:47:37 +0000

The popular Gustavo Dudamel, current music director of the Paris National Opéra, has just been officially appointed to lead the New York Philharmonic where he is expected in 2025-26 to start his first real season 2026-27. He will be the first Hispanic principal conductor since the orchestra was founded in 1842. The Venezuelan conductor who made his name with El Sistema will leave the Los Angeles Philharmonic after 17 years with this other renowned American orchestra.

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Gustavo Dudamel © Adam Latham

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The Philharmonie de Paris pulls out all the stops

admin_mowp — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 07:45:42 +0000

The Philharmonie de Paris is back with a bang, with a line-up of great conductors. On the 6th and 7th of September 2020, Yannick Nézet-Séguin opens the ball with the Philadelphia Orchestra (and a fine programme with, in particular, the soprano Angel Blue, the revelation of Gounod’s Faust at Bastille). On the 8th and 9th, Klaus Mäkelä returns to his Orchestre de Paris before the Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest. Esa-Pekka Salonen follows him on the 14th and 15th ofSeptember to conducts Messiaen’s Turangalîla, while Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler on September 16 with the Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris.

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Anna Netrebko and Gustavo Dudamel on stage together for the first time (at Barcelona’s Liceu)

admin_mowp — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:00:33 +0000

On October 1 and 4, 2020, aficionadios from all over the world will come to Barcelona to attend the concert version of Verdi’s Il Trovatore starring Anna Netrebko, Yusif Eyvazov, Ludovic Tézier and Gustavo Dudamel.

The well-known Venezuelan conductor is performing with the soprano superstar for the very first time.

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