GUSTAVO DUDAMEL

June 2010: In this issue Dudamel and the Bolivars release new recording "Rite" and wrap up European tour Hollywood Bowl summer concerts with the LA Phil Gustavo Dudamel's Facebook community reaches 100,000 Dudamel and the Bolívars release Rite and wrap up European tour Earlier this month Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela were in Sweden in residence with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. In addition to performances by both orchestras under the baton of Maestro Dudamel, the residency included seminars on El Sistema (a national network of the youth orchestras of Venezuela) and using music education to enact social change in Sweden. On June 7, Dudamel led members of both orchestras in a joint performance of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. A video from this concert is available here. The Bolívars's European tour continued with concerts in St. Petersburg and Moscow, where Dudamel led the orchestra in programs that included Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, Beethoven's Symphony No. 5, Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and works by Latin American composers. Further stops along the tour included in Warsaw, Athens, and Granada. To coincide with the tour, Deutsche Grammophon releasedRite, an entirely new recording of Stravinsky and Revueltas with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. As a counterpart to Stravinsky's iconic piece The Rite of Spring, Dudamel has programmed the lesser-known La noche de los Mayas (The Night of the Mayas) by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas. Click here to order Rite on Amazon Click here to download Rite on iTunes Three Hollywood Bowl concerts with the LA Phil Dudamel makes three appearances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl this summer. OnAugust 1 he will conduct a concert version of Bizet's Carmen, with Natasha Petrinksy singing the title role. OnAugust 3 Dudamel will lead the orchestra in a program that includes Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, with pianist Gabriela Montero, and selections from Bernstein's On the Town. For his final Hollywood Bowl concert of the summer on August 5, he and the orchestra will perform an international selection of works that includes Ravel's beloved Bolero. Maestro Dudamel has a special connection to the Hollywood Bowl. The Venezuelan conductor made his U.S. debut in September 2005 in a concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the iconic outdoor venue. The August performances will mark the first time he has performed at the venue since October 2009, when he led the orchestra in his first concert as Music Director. Gustavo Dudamel's Facebook community reaches 100,000 Gustavo Dudamel's Facebook community has now grown to include more than 100,000 people from around the world. Thank you to all of you who "like" Gustavo on Facebook for helping us to build this wonderful community of classical music lovers. If you are a Facebook user and are not already a "fan" of Gustavo on Facebook, you can become one by clicking here.