BBC News - UK — Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel vows to bring classical music to a younger and less elite audience as he becomes music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. more info

L.A. Times - News — An inner circle helps the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic through the manic demands of being a top conductor in this multimedia age. At any give... more info

All About Jazz — The festivities surrounding the Los Angeles arrival of conductor Gustavo Dudamel seem to grow larger every day. The latest addition to the celebration is a planned outdoor simulcast of Dudamel's Oct. 8 gala concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Set... more info

Guardian Music — What's more important: record sales or raw talent? As the classical world gears up for a week of awards ceremonies, Graham Sheffield looks at who's rewarding whatWe've had the Oscars and the Oliviers, the Brits and the Baftas; this week, it's the tur... more info

Scotsman.com — THE young Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, a prodigious talent fostered by a revolutionary music teaching system now being trialed with Scottish children, topped the li more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonThings will seem very quiet at the Southbank now that the Venezuelan musical juggernaut has rolled on. Around 56,000 people have come through the Festival Hall's doors during last week's residency, and after this final conc... more info

Guardian Music — Tom Service on the Simón Bolívar Youth OrchestraWith all the talk of 28-year-old Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel's passion as a conductor, the unbridled energy of the playing he inspires in the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra, and the colourful fiesta o... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIis this the best orchestra in the world? No. But the Simón Bólivar Youth Orchestra is classical music's hottest ticket, and with good reason. Its 2007 Prom was one of the most memorable of the last 10 years, and tickets ... more info

The Telegraph Blog — The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, the fruit of El Sistema, Jose Antonio Abreu's scheme for national music education, is in residence this week at the Royal Festival Hall. This Venzuelan pheneomenon has got everyone tremendously excited, and with r... more info

Chicago Tribune — The gifted dynamo Gustavo Dudamel tore into town late last week along with his Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, the shining emblem of the state-run youth orchestra program, El Sistema. more info