Gustavo Dudamel

L.A. Times - Entertainment — With the culmination of his Beethoven symphony cycle at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday afternoon, Gustavo Dudamel reached the imposing climax of a tour through Beethoven's artistic and psychic development that nearly every conductor of note has t... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Upon hearing the news of Napoleon declaring himself emperor of France in 1804, Beethoven supposedly flew into a rage and violently scratched out the dedication on the manuscript of his new Bonaparte Symphony. Beethoven's Third — the symphony that c... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Los Angeles Philharmonic is calling its cycle of Beethoven's nine symphonies, which Gustavo Dudamel began Thursday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, "Immortal Beethoven." That may not be an exaggeration. So far, at least, Beethoven's symphonies ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — In June 2006, nine months before Gustavo Dudamel was named the 11th music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, director Peter Sellars stood on the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage and addressed the leaders of America's orchestras. We need Beethove... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — As the Los Angeles Philharmonic prepares for its season-opening gala concert on Tuesday at Walt Disney Concert Hall, music director Gustavo Dudamel has taken the unusual step of penning an editorial in the Los Angeles Times in which he addresses the... more info

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Mercury News, California — Beethoven's last and greatest symphony is all about love, humanity, rejoicing and the transcendent power of music -- qualities that the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela exemplifies perhaps more than any other musical organization on th... more info

Mercury News, California — Acclaimed conductor and ensemble will perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony more info

Mercury News, California — Orchestra concertmaster Alejandro Carreno says his flamboyant boss deserves the high praise he gets more info