Philharmonia/Dudamel

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 overnight, the 28-year-old conductor has become the Barack Obama of classical music - for struggling orchestras around the world he is now, Obama-like, The One. But is he really as good as the hype implies? One senses that the sceptics are poised to try to ...

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