If there's a backlash against Gustavo Dudamel, I won't be joining in

I can feel the chill winds of a Dudamel backlash forming, and yet I'm not in the sceptics' campThere has been Dudamania in London again, as the Los Angeles Philharmonic swept in to the Barbican last week for a pair of concerts with Gustavo Dudamel, their 30-year-old Venezuelan chief conductor. The Southbank Centre and Barbican seem to be vying with each other as to who can out-Dude the other: the LA Phil is now officially an associate orchestra at the Barbican, and Friday saw the first in a seri...

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