L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Alas, there won't be any locks of Gustavo Dudamel's legendary hair in the exhibition "Enduring Traditions" at the Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Los Amigos Invisibles, the Grammy-nominated, Latin Grammy-winning funk-merengue Venezuelan band that counts L.A. Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel among its friends, will release a new album, "Repeat After Me," in April. more info

Mercury News, California — By the time Gustavo Dudamel's Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra had finished its program Thursday in Berkeley, its 160 youthful members were dancing, spinning their instruments in the air and shouting 'mambo!' -- and the audience was shouting back. more info

Mercury News, California — 1. Son of a trombonist, Dudamel was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, on Jan. 26, 1981. He began studying the violin at age 10. more info

Mercury News, California — Gifted conductor and musicians celebrate the legacy of Latin American composers more info

Guardian Music — 'You could drop in the brazen brilliance of the New York Phil's brass section – and personally, I'd want Claudio Abbado'Why has nobody invented the classical-music equivalent of fantasy football? Cherry-picking from the world's greatest musicia... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, London; Glyndebourne, east Sussex; Royal Festival Hall, LondonMen and supermen, aristocratic women and suicidal Trojan Wags, ancient Carthage, modern Venezuela, a pre-Columbian tropical jungle and a groovy 1960s-style conga: last w... more info

Guardian Music — On Tuesday 26 June, the Símon Bolívar Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel played at London's Southbank Centre. The concert was live-streamed on the Guardian, and is available here to view again on demand until 4 July. more info

Guardian Music — The Southbank Centre's head of classical music Gillian Moore introduces the two works in Tuesday 26 June's concert that will be streamed live hereEsteban Benzecry: Rituales Amerindios (29m) Richard Strauss: An Alpine Symphony (53m)The two pieces in t... more info

Guardian Music — On Saturday 23 June, the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel played at the Southbank Centre. The concert was live-streamed on the Guardian, and is available here to view again on demand until 29 June. more info