Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic – review

The Barbican, LondonGustavo Dudamel has been controversial of late. He has long been a star, and rightly so, thanks to his association with the tremendous impact made by the Simón Bólivar Youth Orchestra from his native Venezuela. Yet away from the Bólivars, things have been more equivocal. Responses to his performances with the Gothenburg Symphony – he is their principal conductor until 2012 – have been, on occasion, muted. And once the so-called "Dudamania" over his musical directorship...

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