All articles tagged with #gustavo dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel, still the designated music director, opened the New York Philharmonic's season with a compelling program featuring a world premiere, Bartok concerto, and Ives symphony, offering a glimpse of the orchestra's future under his leadership.
Jaap van Zweden, the music director of the New York Philharmonic, is bidding farewell this spring with a series of performances, including a gala featuring Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra's next music director. The spring program includes classic pieces by Mozart and Beethoven, as well as new compositions by Tan Dun and Joel Thompson. Van Zweden's meticulousness and inventive conducting style will be showcased in these performances, marking the end of his tenure with the orchestra.
The New York Philharmonic has received a groundbreaking $40 million donation from financier Oscar L. Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu‐Tang, the largest endowment gift in the orchestra's history. The donation will be used to endow the Philharmonic's music and artistic director chair starting in the 2025-26 season when Gustavo Dudamel becomes music director designate. The gift is seen as a significant boost for the Philharmonic, which has recently stabilized its finances and undergone a major renovation of its concert hall. Tang and Hsu-Tang expressed their confidence in the Philharmonic's new leadership and their desire to support music education and social change initiatives.
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel reunited with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela for their first performance together since 2017, when Dudamel criticized the Venezuelan government and stopped traveling there. The emotional reunion took place at the Edinburgh International Festival, with Dudamel expressing his joy at reconnecting with the musicians he has known since they were children in the El Sistema program. The orchestra members were energized by Dudamel's return, feeling like they were "reborn" and seeing "some light once again" in Venezuela. Dudamel hopes to continue building on the legacy of El Sistema and make music a fundamental human right for everyone.
Gustavo Dudamel, the world-renowned conductor, led the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Ninth Symphony during his first rehearsal with the orchestra since being named its next music director. Although he won't take the podium until 2026, Dudamel's five days with the Philharmonic this month were an unofficial start. He urged the musicians to embrace Mahler's operatic impulses and varied style during intense rehearsals, and was greeted as a rock star by the orchestra, with musicians lining up for selfies and hugs.
Gustavo Dudamel has resigned as Music Director of Opéra National de Paris at the end of the 2022-23 season for personal reasons. Dudamel stated that he wants to spend more time with his family. The Opéra de Paris will communicate details about the upcoming 2023-24 season and any changes that may occur with Dudamel’s announced performances. Dudamel is set to become the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic during the 2026-27 season.
Gustavo Dudamel, the music director of the Paris Opera, will resign in August, four years ahead of schedule and after just two seasons in the job, to spend more time with his family. Dudamel also leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic and will take over as music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic in 2026. His resignation comes a few months after he made the surprise announcement that he would leave his post in Los Angeles.
Gustavo Dudamel conducted the New York Philharmonic in Mahler's Ninth Symphony, his first performance with the orchestra since being named its next music director. Dudamel achieved a casualness in his conducting, leading with easy flow and briskness, avoiding exaggerated solemnity. While the performance lacked a certain degree of personality and depth, the final minutes were sensible and pleasantly even-keeled. The program continues through Sunday at David Geffen Hall.
Gustavo Dudamel received a seven-minute standing ovation after conducting Mahler's Ninth Symphony in his first performance with the New York Philharmonic since agreeing to become their music director starting in 2026-2027. Dudamel will continue as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Paris Opéra.
Chad Smith, the chief executive of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will leave his post this fall to become president and chief executive of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Smith's departure is a significant loss for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which is still reeling from the announcement in February that its superstar maestro, Gustavo Dudamel, would leave in 2026 to become the next music director of the New York Philharmonic. Smith will take the helm of the Boston Symphony at a time of tumult and division, and he said he would work to bring stability to the orchestra and to help it rethink its identity and mission.