GUSTAVO DUDAMEL - ATUALIDADES

January 2011: In this issue Dudamel and LA Phil embark on European tour DG Concerts releases new iTunes-exclusive recording with Dudamel and LA Phil Two Dudamel PBS specials now available for on-demand streaming on PBS.org Dudamel and LA Phil embark on European tour   Following two weeks of concerts at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, including the first LA Phil LIVE transmission to movie theaters, Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic embark on their first European tour together in late January.  The 16-day, seven-country trip to Portugal, Spain, Germany, England, France, Hungary, and Austria begins with concerts in Lisbon on January 21 and 22 and ends with two performances at the legendary Musikverein in Vienna on February 4 and 5. Other stops along the tour are: Madrid (January 23), Cologne (25 and 26), London (27 and 28), Paris (30 and 31), and Budapest (February 2 and 3).  On this tour, Dudamel and the LA Phil will present two separate programs. One will encompass John Adams's Slonimsky's Earbox, Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" with mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor as the soloist, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7.  The other program will consist solely of Mahler's colossal Symphony No. 9. The January 27 performance will be broadcast live in the United States as part of American Public Media's Classical Live series.  The two London concerts will be broadcast in the UK on February 16 and 17 on Classic FM as part of its Full Works Concert program. Following the Euorpean tour, Dudamel reunites with the LA Phil for a series of concerts including the second in a series of three LA Phil LIVE transmissions this season on March 13.. The program, Dudamel Conducts Tchaikovsky, presents the Russian composer's three Overture-Fantasies inspired by Shakespeare plays: Romeo and Juliet, Hamletand The Tempest.  Interspersed between these symphonic poems will be readings from the bard's works by a cast of leading actors. Click here for Dudamel's full schedule Click here to read the official LA Phil tour blog Click here for more information about the American Public Media broadcasts Click here for more information about the Classic FM broadcasts DG Concerts releases new iTunes-exclusive recording with Dudamel and LA Phil As part of its DG Concerts series, on January 18 Deutsche Grammophon released a new iTunes-exclusive recording of Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing John Adams's Slonimsky's Earbox and Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah."  The concert was recorded live in Walt Disney Concert Hall earlier this month and features American mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor as the soloist in the Bernstein symphony.  The album is available for download at iTunes in the U.S., Canada and Europe. Click here to purchase the recording on iTunes Two Dudamel PBS specials now available for on-demand streaming on PBS.org   Gustavo Dudamel's two recent PBS specials, the airing of the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2010 opening-night gala on Great Performances and his hour-long special on Tavis Smiley Reports,are now available for viewing online. Tavis Smiley Reports, a quarterly, hour-long primetime special on PBS, profiles Gustavo Dudamel and examines the recent proliferation of El Sistema-inspired initiatives across America.  The program also features other artists who, like the Venezuelan conductor, are working to develop music education initiatives to bring about social change and improve the lives of underprivileged and at-risk youth. The LA Phil's opening-night gala, Celebración, was recorded live at Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 7 and features Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as the guest soloist.  The program includes works by Rossini and popular Latin American canciones, and originally aired on PBS's Great Performances on December 29, 2010. Watch Dudamel conducting the LA Phil's opening-night gala Watch "Dudamel: Conducting a Life" with Tavis Smiley