Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra | Classical review

Lucerne Easter festivalThe "youth orchestra" tag is a misnomer. Among the 200-odd heads of Venezuela's most famous cultural export in this concert of Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss, there were too many receding hairlines for the Bolívars to qualify now as an ensemble of youngsters. Conductor 29-year-old Gustavo Dudamel is less venerable than some of his colleagues.Dudamel and these players have grown up together, and they've matured musically, too. There is no more disciplined string section...

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