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Patina’s Hollywood Bowl 2012 Menu Is Extensive & Delicious! – Huffington Post


Patina's Hollywood Bowl 2012 Menu Is Extensive & Delicious!
Huffington Post
You may remember that Deb was the person who relentlessly pursued the legendary young Gustavo Dudamel to become musical director of our orchestra, and she snatched him from under the noses of some very prestigious musical organizations who thought they ...

Review: Green Umbrella’s percussion bash, gripping ‘Recital 1′ – Los Angeles Times


Review: Green Umbrella's percussion bash, gripping 'Recital 1'
Los Angeles Times
The adventure began Tuesday night with a rare and important performance of Luciano Berio's elaborately operatic study in meaningful madness, "Recital 1 (For Cathy)," selected as part of Gustavo Dudamel's only Green Umbrella program this season.

Gustavo Dudamel’s May 2012 Programs with the LA Phil Will Feature Mozart – Broadway World


Gustavo Dudamel's May 2012 Programs with the LA Phil Will Feature Mozart
Broadway World
Gustavo Dudamel begins the LA Phil's three-year Mozart/Da Ponte Trilogy with a fully staged production of Don Giovanni, featuring costumes by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy and stage design by architect Frank Gehry (May 18, 20, 24 & 26).

Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung set to perform with Washington Concert Opera – Examiner.com


Mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung set to perform with Washington Concert Opera
Examiner.com
The conductors with whom she has worked include Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, James Conlon, Sir Colin Davis, Stéphane Denève, Christoph von Dohnányi, Gustavo Dudamel, Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Haitink, Manfred Honeck, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, ...

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Only in classical music could John Adams ‘Magdalene gospel’ be non-controversial – Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)


Only in classical music could John Adams 'Magdalene gospel' be non-controversial
Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog)
The first performances of The Gospel According to the Other Mary will take place in concert version, May 31–June 3, 2012, led by Gustavo Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall featuring six soloists and the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

Reaching for the ‘Summit’ of creativity – Cleveland Jewish News


Reaching for the 'Summit' of creativity
Cleveland Jewish News
Student performances include presentations by the El Sistema@Rainey Orchestra and Citizens Leadership Academy. El Sistema@Rainey Orchestra replicates Venezuela's popular El Sistema program for teaching music to underprivileged children to help them ...

Pulling strings – Waterbury Republican American


Pulling strings
Waterbury Republican American
The effort follows in the tradition of El Sistema, a celebrated, free national music training and youth orchestra program that has served nearly 300000 youngsters. Founded by an economist, its primary focus was not to develop budding musicians, ...

Venezuela Hosts European Piano Festival – Prensa Latina


Venezuela Hosts European Piano Festival
Prensa Latina
According to AVN, on Friday the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela under the leadership of Joshua Dos Santos will join the French Guillaume Vincent playing the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major by Maurice Ravel.

Dudamel exalte Beethoven – Le Club de Mediapart


Dudamel exalte Beethoven
Le Club de Mediapart
Dudamel est de ceux qui renversent la table sans jamais briser les verres, un athlète aux mains de mage. Beethoven : «Cinquième et septième symphonies » Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela ; label Deutsche Grammophon.

Beethoven enflamme Dudamel – Le Club de Mediapart


Beethoven enflamme Dudamel
Le Club de Mediapart
Dudamel est de ceux qui renversent la table sans jamais briser les verres, un athlète aux mains de mage. Beethoven : «Cinquième et septième symphonies » Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela ; label Deutsche Grammophon.

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MSO must move forward to follow Rattay’s lead – Muncie Star Press


MSO must move forward to follow Rattay's lead
Muncie Star Press
Similar to Gustavo Dudamel with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Krzysztof Urbanski with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Rattay brought an energy to orchestral music that is desperately needed if the local symphony is to survive.

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Jeffrey Milarsky Replaces Gustavo Dudamel for LA Phil’s 5/8 GREEN UMBRELLA Concert – Broadway World


Jeffrey Milarsky Replaces Gustavo Dudamel for LA Phil's 5/8 GREEN UMBRELLA Concert
Broadway World
Milarsky replaces Music Director Gustavo Dudamel, who has withdrawn from the Green Umbrella concert in order to devote sufficient time to preparations for the world premiere performances (May 31-June 3) of the recently delivered evening-length work, ...

. . . or underprivileged youth – Toronto Star


. . . or underprivileged youth
Toronto Star
Along with other famous names such as Edicson Ruiz and Gustavo Dudamel, the Simon Bolivar String Quartet originates from an organization called El Sistema. This program strives to reach out to the underprivileged and unsupported youth in Venezuelan, ...

Leonard Cohen chooses Sistema Toronto as protégé – CBC.ca


CBC.ca

Leonard Cohen chooses Sistema Toronto as protégé
CBC.ca
Sistema Toronto began its work in the Toronto school system in 2011, after a group of Canadian music educators were inspired by the El Sistema system created by Venezuelan economist, politician, educator and musician Jose Antonio Abreu.

Gustavo Dudamel to perform at Olympics festival in June – Los Angeles Times


Gustavo Dudamel to perform at Olympics festival in June
Los Angeles Times
The concert will be part of a four-day residency for Dudamel and the orchestra in Raploch, a district of the city. Big Noise Raploch is a youth program modeled after El Sistema, the Venezuelan music education program in which Dudamel studied.

Sipario con Lucrezia Garcia la violinista diventata cantante – L’Arena


Sipario con Lucrezia Garcia la violinista diventata cantante
L'Arena
Lucrezia Garcia è nata in Venezuela e ha iniziato gli studi di canto nel 1995, dopo essersi diplomata in violino con i famosi corsi popolari per giovani promossi da José Antonio Abreu. Consigliata da un collega dell'Orchestra Nacional Simon Bolivar, ...

For the record – Los Angeles Times


For the record
Los Angeles Times
Joseph Pereira: In the May 6 Arts & Books section, an article about timpanist Joseph Pereira said that Gustavo Dudamel would be conducting Tuesday's Green Umbrella concert, which includes a new composition by Pereira. After the section went to press, ...

Soundscapes presents a benefit concert on May 15 – Daily Press


Soundscapes presents a benefit concert on May 15
Daily Press
Soundscapes is modeled after El Sistema, a social movement program founded more than 35 years ago in Venezuela that uses music to empower kids and help them build a better life. Ramirez, former education director for the Virginia and Baltimore ...

Rai5, ‘A Slum Symphony’ e il sistema Abreu – Virgilio


Rai5, 'A Slum Symphony' e il sistema Abreu
Virgilio
Il Sistema di Orchestre Infantili e Giovanili del Venezuela è uno dei progetti sociali più impressionanti del panorama internazionale. Il documentario 'A Slum Symphony', in onda su Rai5 domenica 6 maggio alle 21.15, ne racconta la genesi e lo sviluppo.

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“A Slum Symphony” in onda su Rai5 domenica 6 maggio alle 21.15 – CinemaItaliano.Info


“A Slum Symphony” in onda su Rai5 domenica 6 maggio alle 21.15
CinemaItaliano.Info
Il Sistema di Orchestre Infantili e Giovanili del Venezuela è uno dei progetti sociali più impressionanti del panorama internazionale. Il documentario “A Slum Symphony”, in onda su Rai5 domenica 6 maggio alle 21.15, ne racconta la genesi e lo sviluppo.

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