Talented young director mr. Gustavo Dudamel. Only 25 years old and winner of the Bamberg Symphony Gustav Mahler Conducting, has also directed in the London Philarmonic, among others.

 

Gustavo Dudamel Ramírez (born http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_26 - January 26 , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981 - 1981 ) is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan - Venezuelan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conducting - conductor .

Dudamel was born in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barquisimeto - Barquisimeto , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela - Venezuela . He studied music from an early age, and took up the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin - violin when he was 10. He soon began to study http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_composition - composition . He attended the Jacinto Lara Conservatory, where he was taught the violin by José Luis Jiménez. He then went on to work with José Francisco del Castillo at the http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Latin_American_Academy_of_Violin&action=edit - Latin American Academy of Violin .

He began to study conducting in 1996, first with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Saglimbeni - Rodolfo Saglimbeni , then later with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Abreu - José Antonio Abreu . He was appointed music director of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bol%C3%ADvar_Symphony_Orchestra - Simón Bolívar National Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in 1999, and toured several countries.

Dudamel began to win a number of conducting competitions, including the Gustav Mahler conducting competition in Germany. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Dudamel#_note-0 - [1]} His reputation began to spread, and he was noticed by conductors such as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Rattle - Sir Simon Rattle and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Abbado - Claudio Abbado , who accepted invitations to conduct the Simón Bolívar orchestra in Venezuela.

Dudamel debuted with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philharmonia_Orchestra - Philharmonia Orchestra , the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Philharmonic - Israel Philharmonic , and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Philharmonic - Los Angeles Philharmonic , among others, in 2005, and also signed a recording contract with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Grammophon - Deutsche Grammophon . In 2006 he appeared with yet more world-class orchestras including the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Birmingham_Symphony_Orchestra - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra , the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Staatskapelle - Dresden Staatskapelle and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liverpool_Philharmonic_Orchestra - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic . He made his debut at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala - La Scala , Milan with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni - Don Giovanni in November 2006, He will be performing with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Symphony_Orchestra - Chicago Symphony Orchestra in April 2007; in March 2008 he will appear as guest conductor with the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Symphony - San Francisco Symphony .

Dudamel has been named Principal Conductor of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg_Symphony_Orchestra - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra as of 2007. He will retain his position with the Simón Bolívar National Youth Orchestra. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Dudamel#_note-1 - [2]}

[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustavo_Dudamel&action=edit&section=2 - edit ] References

[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustavo_Dudamel&action=edit&section=3 - edit ] External links

• http://www.gustavodudamel.com/ - Gustavo Dudamel's Official Website
• http://www.askonasholt.co.uk/green/green/home.nsf/ArtistDetails/Gustavo%20Dudamel - Askonas Holt: Gustavo Dudamel
• http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/artist/biography.htms?ART_ID=DUDGU - Gustavo Dudamel – a biographical timeline from Deutsche Grammophon
• http://sociales.eluniversal.com/2005/11/25/soc_art_24394A.shtml - Gustavo Dudamel and Eloísa Maturen's civil wedding (Spanish), el universal.com, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_25 - 25 November http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005 - 2005 – includes wedding photographs
• http://cnamic.org/inicio/ - Centro Nacional Audiovisual de Música Inocente Carreño

[ http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gustavo_Dudamel&action=edit&section=4 - edit ] See also

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela - Venezuela
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan_music - Venezuelan music

 

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