Sensemaya gustavo dudamel biography

  • Gustavo Dudamel is the hottest name in conductors this year.
  • Born in in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, he studied violin at the Jacinto Lara Conservatory with José Luis Jiménez and later, with José Francisco del Castillo.
  • “He is a young composer, and the piece is a typical Latin American dance of our time." A dance of a more archaic nature is the Sensemayá () of Mexican.

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  • sensemaya gustavo dudamel biography

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    On February 23rd, the New York Philharmonic announced that Gustavo Dudamel would be taking over the role of Music Director starting on the season. The news marked an important shift in the world of classical music. Dudamel has been at the helm of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since and has been famous for his role in modernizing the LA classical music scene and creating successful El Sistema-inspired initiatives like the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (YOLA). 

    While it’s still a couple of years away, it is very exciting to know that a Venezuelan will be holding the same position as some of the legends of classical music history like Leonard Bernstein, Arturo Toscanini, Leopoldo Stokowski, and even Gustav Mahler. However, Dudamel is not alone. There’s a wide array of Venezuelan conductors making a difference in the classical music scene all over the world and the number keeps on growing. 

    Here’s a list of some of them to keep in our radar, among a wider group of artists all over the world and in all spheres of classical music, composing, performing, educating, revitalizing the world of classical music and making us proud:

    Diego Matheuz

    Principal Conductor Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, Japan 

    While he currently is the Principal Conductor at the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy, Ma

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    Fiesta

    About this recording

    Dudamel's Fiesta

    Recording a selection of Latin American pieces after a Beethoven and a Mahler disc is not as far-fetched as it may seem. Indeed, for Gustavo Dudamel the distance between Beethoven and the Venezuelan composer Carreño is only as great as a dance step. “My father played in a salsa group," he remembers, “so I started to dance when I was really small - a baby. You know, learning to dance is part of our culture - dancing is in our blood Latin music is all about dance, about rhythm. And we try to put this spice into all of our music. With Mahler - the second movement of the Fifth Symphony is so full of energy - or the last movement of Beethoven 7, or the first movement - there is a feeling of dance."

    It was logical, then, that Dudamel's third recording for Deutsche Grammophon would be a disc of Latin American music. “Often in a concert we will play a Beethoven or Mahler symphony, but in the first half we might perform Castellano and Ginastera. To us, there is a close connection, because music is first of all energy and movement. Mahler and Beethoven are important, but it's also important to have the opportunity to present our own music. For this recording we decided to choose small pieces by different composers