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A New Classical Music Experience Debuts
Just over two years ago, Los Angeles Times music critic Mark Swed wrote that Gustavo Dudamel’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic meant “an embrace of a new generation and cultural point of view.” Today, in a debut of a different kind, Dudamel helped nudge audiences across North America a bit further along his generational trajectory.
The very first presentation of LA Phil LIVE – a live, high-definition broadcast of Dudamel and his orchestra from Walt Disney Concert Hall to movie theaters across the U.S. and Canada – shared several common elements with Dudamel’s October 9, 2009 Disney Hall debut.
“It’s not that people don’t like classical music…they don’t have the chance to experience it.”
Mozart Mondays: W.A. Mozart died at the young age of 35. On Mondays at KillingClassicalMusic.com we will explore youth in music. Whether how to bring in more young audiences or celebrating the world’s prodigies, Mondays are for the music world’s young people.
These days, most of the classical music world is familiar with the name and persona of Gustavo Dudamel. “The Dude,” as he is sometimes referred to, has been a sensation in the classical music world for several years now. As a product of Venezuela’s “El Sistema” project for youth in music, he is a perfect - even if predictable - person to discuss on a Mozart Monday here at KillingClassicalMusic.com.
