GUSTAVO DUDAMEL NEWS

Gustavo's Summer: In this issue

In-depth interview with Norman Lebrecht

Gustavo visits San Vicente

"Dances and Waves" now available on CD and DVD

Gustavo returns to the Hollywood Bowl this August

Listen: Gustavo's Lebrecht Interview Gustavo talks with Norman Lebrecht about El Sistema, his career, and more in this in-depth interview. Click below to listen to their conversation, available online from BBC Radio until July 23.

Photos from the road: San Vicente    Last week, Gustavo and El Sistema founder José Antonio Abreu visited the nucleo of San Vicente, Venezuela, where the music education center will benefit from the proceeds of one of Gustavo's recent albums. Released with Deutsche Grammophon, the vinyl-only recording features Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic. Find out more and get the album here. Gustavo's visit to San Vicente is part of a wider tour to El Sistema music education centers throughout Venezuela.  Take a look at some photos from his San Vicente visit.

Now available: Dances and Waves  Gustavo's Summer Night Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic is now available on CD & DVD. Over 100,000 spectators gathered in front of the Neptune Fountain in the Baroque gardens of Schönbrunn Palace to enjoy this annual musical tradition.  Taking as its theme the idea of "Dances and Waves," the program framed Debussy's La mer with a selection of signature dances from classic Russian, Italian and German operas, plus two encores provided by Vienna's very own Johann Strauss II and the Spanish zarzuela composer Jerónimo Giménez.  Purchase Dances and Waves here.  Photos from Gustavo's Summer Night Concert.

On the horizon: Hollywood Bowl   Next month Gustavo returns to the Hollywood Bowl for six performances with today's leading artists and Americas and Americans, a celebration of music from North and South America and the shared heritage and cultural experiences across the hemispheres. Gustavo's summer season appearances kick off with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in a special performance of Schumann's Cello Concerto on August 7. This program concludes with Dudamel leading the LA Phil in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4. On August 9, pianist Yuja Wang joins Dudamel for a performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in an all-Tchaikovsky program that reprises the composer's Symphony No. 4. Gustavo's Hollywood Bowl concerts will also include Verdi'sRigoletto in an August 12 concert performance led by baritone Zeljko Lučić.   Americas and Americans From August 14-19, Gustavo presides over his first Hollywood Bowl festival, Americas and Americans. On August 14, Gustavo leads the LA Phil in Latin American tangos and dances. Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra joins the orchestra to perform a selection of his songs. On August 16, Venezuelan-Argentine pianist Sergio Tiempo performs Ginastera's Piano Concerto No. 1, followed by a performance of Copland's Symphony No. 3 by the LA Phil and Gustavo. Plácido Domingo sings with Gustavo for the first time on August 19 in a special program featuring operatic fare and Latin songs. Americas and Americans will also present Panamanian singer-actor-politician Rubén Blades, the Puerto Rican pianist Eddie Palmieri and his fiery Salsa Orchestra on August 15. OnAugust 17, Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes joins the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Wilkins. YOLA (Youth Orchestra LA) shares the stage as the evening's special guest.