L.A. Times - Entertainment — Beethoven, Bagels & Banter Chamber music by Beethoven, Haydn and Dvorak. The Edye at the Broad Stage, 1310 11th St., Santa Monica. Sun., 11 a.m. $45. (310) 434-3200. Café Tacvba The Mexican alt-rock group performs with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Wise books have been written about Mozart’s last year, and two works of lyrical wonder from it — the 35-year-old composer’s Clarinet Concerto and his opera “The Magic Flute” — have maintained a special hold on ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — USC’s shiny new-old architecture. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s swipe at Gustavo Dudamel. The Berkshire Museum’s disquieting plan to sell off its art. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times,... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night may not have been a galaxy far, far away, but Holst’s “The Planets” and the premiere of an Icelandic violin concerto did give Gustavo Dudamel some musical and emotional distance from the tensions... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Los Angeles has been good to Daníel Bjarnason. In April, the Icelandic composer and conductor co-curated the Reykjavík Festival for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. On Tuesday night, Bjarnason's Violin Concerto receives its world premiere at the H... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When I met Gustavo Dudamel three years ago to talk about his upcoming TchaikovskyFest with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he took a while to get around to the L.A. Phil. He was just back from Caracas and over the moon about conducting a new Venezuelan... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — Politics and music are making for uneasy bedfellows these days. The highly anticipated Ravinia Festival debut of conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s  acclaimed National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela scheduled for Sept. 4 has been canceled, as have all the ... more info

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New York Times — Stung by Mr. Dudamel’s recent statements, the Venezuelan government called off his concerts next month with the National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic music director who has slowly been pulled deeper into the political and economic crisis of his native Venezuela, helped to win the release of a musician-protester detained by the government, a source clos... more info