(Credit: Fadi Kheir) The New York Philharmonic has announced that Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang have made a gift of $40 million to the organization. The gift is meant to further expand the Orchestra’s future programming and engagement with New York’s diverse communities and the international music world. The gift marks the largest-ever single contribution to the NY Phil’s endowment {…}
Gustavo Dudamel will join Clare Adamson, MSP, Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, in conversation at the Scottish Parliament on August 25. The special discussion is hosted by the Festival of Politics in partnership with the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), where Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela will perform their first international concerts {…}
The Opéra National de Paris has announced the resignation of Gustavo Dudamel as Music Director at the end of the 2022-23 season for personal reasons. In a statement, Dudamel said, “It is with a heavy heart, and after long consideration, that I announce my resignation as Music Director of the Paris Opera, in order to spend more time with my {…}
The New York Philharmonic has announced that Gustavo Dudamel will become the Orchestra’s next Music and Artistic Director. The organization said that during the 2026–27 season, Dudamel will begin a five-year term, becoming the 27th conductor to preside over the NY Phil. Dudamel will serve as Music Director Designate during the 2025–26 season. In response to his new position, Dudamel {…}
On December 9, 2022, conductor Gustavo Dudamel will begin to release complete videos for all nine Beethoven Symphonies on his YouTube channel. Drawing from his performances with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona, Spain, Dudamel will release one symphony per day leading up to Beethoven’s birthday on the 17th. Soloists {…}
The Opéra National de Paris is set to present a series of concerts featuring artists from the Académie au Palais Garnier. First up will be an aria and ensembles concert. That showcase will feature music by Rossini, Thomas, Poulenc, Britten, Gounod, Massenet, and Donizetti from such operas as “Guillaume Tell,” “Semiramide,” “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” “Hamlet,” “Dialogues des Carmélites,” “Gloriana,” {…}
French President Emmanuel Macron has bestowed conductor Gustavo Dudamel with the distinction of being an Officer in the French Order of Arts and Letters. He was issued with the honor following the performance of “Tosca” at the Opéra Bastille on Sept. 3, 2022. Dudamel was previously named Chevalier in the French Order of Arts and Letters in 2009 by former French {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu canceled its Nov. 21 concert with Gustavo Dudamel due to COVID-19. The company announced that the L’Opéra National de Paris, which was set to perform in Barcelona, was forced to cancel the concert due to a positive case of COVID-19 within the orchestra. As a result, the the Liceu is looking to reschedule the transmission {…}
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association has announced the 2021-22 Dudamel Fellowship Program participants. This year the program has chosen Spanish conductor François López-Ferrer, French conductor Chloé van Soeterstède, Colombian conductor Camilo Téllez, and Venezuelan conductor Enluis Montes Olivar. The program which was created in 2009 will provide an opportunity for promising young conductors from around the world to develop their {…}
The Opéra National de Paris has announced that Gustavo Dudamel will be the company’s new music director for the next six seasons, starting on August 1, 2021. The Venezuelan-born conductor has led over 30 opera productions including five at La Scala and 13 in Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic and LA Opera. Among the operas he has conducted are {…}
The Gran Teatre del Liceu is set to present Verdi’s “Otello” despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the Spanish company said that “despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the Liceu reinforces its commitment to offer a quality program that assures absolute safety. The Teatre succeeds in staging a production featuring an artistic team that is both unique and {…}