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31 quotes by Gustavo Dudamel

Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born January 26, 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is the music director of the Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He is honorary conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the... →

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With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.

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I think the atmosphere of a Prom concert can change your life, in the best way. It's so deep, the feeling you have there. The audience is so... →

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When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

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Going to a concert can sometimes be very difficult. It can be a long journey. There's the ticket prices. But when the music goes to the community... →

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It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

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You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing.

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I love to travel, but sometimes it's nice to stay in one place.

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Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.

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I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

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My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of... →

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A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to... →

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I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to... →

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