GUSTAVO DUDAMEL NEWS

FEBRUARY E-NEWSLETTER EXPERIENCE GUSTAVO IN CONCERT THIS WEEKEND Join Gustavo Dudamel and the Berlin Philharmonic in the Digital Concert Hall at 8:00pm (Berlin Time) on February 2, when their performance from the German capital's Philharmonie will be streamed online worldwide. You can experience the Digital Concert Hall free of charge by using the promotion code DUDAMEL79X (restrictions apply). Use the code to watch Gustavo's concert live at 8:00pm (Berlin Time) and to enjoy Gustavo's past performances with the orchestra in the Digital Concert Hall's video archive. Access with the promotion code is only available on Saturday and Sunday, February 2 & 3, and is limited to the first 1,000 users on a first-come, first-served basis.  Gustavo's performances with the Berlin Philharmonic run from January 31 to February 3... More here>> From one of Gustavo's Digital Concert Hall performances NEW RELEASE: MAHLER 9 Deutsche Grammophon releases Gustavo's latest recording for the Yellow Label, Mahler's Ninth Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, recorded live at Walt Disney Concert Hall as part of Gustavo's landmark Mahler Project. “I waited a long time to conduct this symphony”, says Gustavo. “It embodies all the deep, personal dualities at the heart of Mahler’s music: life and death, love and fear, hope and despair. It is a very special kind of music – breathtaking . . . perfect.” Gustavo's new recording is now available in Germany and the UK, with forthcoming releases in Australia (February 8), the United States (February 19), and France (March 18). Order the album here. SANTO DOMINGO CONCERTS WITH BOLÍVARS This February, Gustavo reunites with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela for two concerts at the Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. For their first performance on February 6, Gustavo and the Bolívars offer a program of Latin American and French sounds: Venezuelan composer Evencio Castellano's Santa Cruz de Pacairigua and Silvestre Revueltas's La noche de los Mayas alongside the second suite from Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe. On February 7, Gustavo and the Bolívars perform Mahler's magnificent Fifth Symphony. Gustavo rehearses Mahler's Fifth Symphony IN THIS ISSUE Experience Gustavo in Concert This Weekend New Release: Mahler 9 Santo Domingo Concerts with Bolívars QUICK LINKS EL SISTEMA LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC NEW RELEASES Mahler 9 Mahler's Ninth Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Mahler 8 Symphony of a Thousand Los Angeles Philharmonic, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela Beethoven Symphony No. 3, Eroica Dudamel and the Simon Bolívar Youth Orchestra take on Beethoven's third and a selection of his overtures. Dances and Waves Live recording with the Vienna Philharonic of its annual Summer Night Concert. Mendelssohn "Scottish" Symphony (Charitable LP)  Official debut concert with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Proceeds benefit El Sistema. Discoveries  Gustavo's first album of orchestral favorites featuring works by composers from Beethoven to Bernstein and tracks never released on CD. UPCOMING APPEARANCES JANUARY 31, 2013 - FEBRUARY 01, 02 & 03 Philharmonie Berlin Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra BARBER: Adagio for Strings BARTOK: Piano Concerto No. 2 (w/ Lang Lang, piano) STRAUSS: Don Juan STRAUSS: Till Eulenspiegel FEBRUARY 6 Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela CASTELLANOS Santa Cruz de Pacairigua RAVEL Daphnis et Chloe, Second Suite REVUELTAS La noche de los Mayas FEBRUARY 7 Teatro Nacional Eduardo Brito Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 FEBRUARY 21, 23 & 24 Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Los Angeles Philharmonic WAGNER: Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung BRAHMS: Violin Concerto (w/ Gil Shaham, violin) SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 3, "Rhenish" FEBRUARY 22 Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles Los Angeles Philharmonic WAGNER: Funeral Music from Götterdämmerung  BRAHMS: Violin Concerto (w/ Gil Shaham, violin) FEBRUARY 26 Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles LA Phil New Music Group ADAMS: Chamber Symphony CHIN: New Work for Ensemble (world premiere, LA Phil co-commission) VIEW FULL SCHEDULE