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

Gustavo Dudamel (center) receives a standing ovation after leading the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony Orchestra during his first appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York, November 11, 2007 Emmanuel Dunand / AFP / Getty Venezuela is generally known for o... more info

Time — The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra, led by Gustavo Dudamel, plays three sold-out shows in the U.S. Aficionados of music, take note more info

Chicago Tribune — The musical blogosphere has dubbed him "The Dude." His outsize talent, ebullient personality and ecstatic podium manner connect with musicians and audiences in a way seldom seen since the days of the lamented Leonard Bernstein. more info

Guardian Music — Dudamel's London concerts might be this month's hottest tickets, but there's more to music-making in Latin America than El Sistema. Erica Jeal reports from Colombia and its new classical festivalIt's the Sunday morning of a Colombian holiday weekend,... more info

Guardian Music — Los Angeles Philharmonic with Dudamel among plans for revitalised centreOne is a young, dynamic artist who has been like a jolt of electricity in the world of classical music. The other tore up the rule book long ago and continues to astonish theatre... more info

Guardian Music — • Simón Bolívar Orchestra to take Southbank residence• Events 'will sweep aside' views on classical musicThey have been feted as leading the way towards a new, exciting, impassioned future for classical music; they have brought tears an... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonGustavo Dudamel's star has risen so high and so fast that at times it seems as if a large part of the future of orchestral music as a commercially viable art form now rests on the Venezuelan's slim shoulders. Almost overnig... more info

Itzhak Perlman and Gustavo Dudamel will be among the participants in the 2009-10 classical music season at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. more info