LOS ANGELES, Feb 7 (Reuters) – The New York Philharmonic mentioned on Tuesday that famend Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel will turn out to be the orchestra’s music and inventive director starting in 2026, dealing a blow to the music world of Los Angeles.
Identified for his kinetic power and bouncing curly hair, Dudamel has led the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009. He was employed by Deborah Borda, who’s now the president of the New York Philharmonic.
With Dudamel on the helm, the New York Instances known as the LA Phil “a very powerful orchestra in America – interval.”
“I’m grateful to the musicians and management of the New York Philharmonic as we embark upon this new and delightful journey collectively,” Dudamel mentioned on Tuesday. “As the good poet Federico García Lorca mentioned: ‘Each step we tackle earth brings us to a brand new world.’”
Dudamel, 42, has performed 26 concert events of the NY Phil and made his debut there at simply 26 years of age.
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Coming to Los Angeles at 27, Dudamel labored to deliver new audiences to classical music on the Walt Disney Live performance Corridor and the Hollywood Bowl, promote music from the Americas and interact with modern composers and musicians.
And because the most well-known product of Venezuela’s acclaimed community of music faculties generally known as El Sistema, he additionally began a youth orchestra generally known as YOLA in 2007, offering 1,500 younger individuals with free devices and instruction.
LA Phil’s chief govt officer, Chad Smith, congratulated Dudamel and mentioned he “has left indelible marks on classical music, the LA Phil and Los Angeles.”
Smith mentioned Dudamel programmed a number of the most formidable works ever staged, impressed the orchestra to succeed in new ranges of artistry, expanded the boundaries of Walt Disney Live performance Corridor, and demonstrated the ability of music to alter individuals’s lives by YOLA.
On the NY Phil, he’ll succeed Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden.
Reporting by Mary Milliken; Modifying by Daniel Wallis
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