RLPO/Rivas – review

Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolVenezuela continues, it would seem, to turn out young musicians with astonishing potential. We are, of course, already familiar with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.We now, however, have the phenomenon of Ilyich Rivas, 19 this year and already making a name for himself as a conductor. Unlike Dudamel and the Bolívars, Rivas is not – despite assumptions and the occasional statement to the contrary – a product of El Sistema: he was coach...

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