Gustavo Dudamel

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Gustavo Dudamel

Born January 26, 1981 · Barquisimeto, Venezuela (age 45)

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.

Known For

Trolls World TourTrolls World Tour · 2020
Trolls World Tour
★ 7.22020
MovieFamilyAnimation
Queen Poppy and Branch make a surprising discovery — there are other Troll worlds beyond their own, and their distinct differences create big clashes between these various tribes. When a mysterious threat puts all of the Trolls across the land in danger, Poppy, Branch, and their band of friends must embark on an epic quest to create harmony among the feuding Trolls to unite them against certain doom.
West Side StoryWest Side Story · 2021
West Side Story
★ 6.92021
MovieDramaRomance
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsThe Nutcracker and the Four Realms · 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
★ 6.12018
MovieFamilyFantasy
When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.
La Bohème - Opéra National de ParisLa Bohème - Opéra National de Paris · 2017
La Bohème - Opéra National de Paris
★ 7.52017
MovieComedyDrama
No one better described the half-starved, struggling artists than Murger in his Scènes de la Vie de Bohème: artists ready to burn a manuscript to try to keep warm yet,in an era of triumphant bourgeois materialism, dreaming of another existence. Taking up these scenes of Bohemian life, Puccini offers us a heart-breaking love story and some of the most beautiful music in the history of opera in the story of the poet Rodolfo and fragile Mimi. The staging of this new production has been entrusted to Claus Guth who sets the drama in a future devoid of hope in which love and art become the sole means of transcendence.
Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the AcadémieGustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie · 2023
Gustavo Dudamel at the Paris Opera With artists from the Académie
2023
MovieMusic
Beneath the gilded ceilings of the Palais Garnier, Gustavo Dudamel takes us on a colorful journey between Spain and South America, performed by the Orchestra and singers of the Paris Opera Academy. The program includes works by Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leonard Bernstein, Astor Piazzolla, Enrique Granados, Kurt Weill, and others.
The LiberatorThe Liberator · 2013
The Liberator
★ 6.82013
MovieDramaHistory
Bolívar was instrumental in Latin America’s struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire, and is today considered one of the most influential politicians and emancipators in American history. Libertador is told from the viewpoint of Bolívar, portrayed by Ramírez, about his quests and epic military campaigns, which covered twice the territory Alexander the Great conquered, and his vision to unify South America.
Laufey's A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood BowlLaufey's A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl · 2024
Laufey's A Night at the Symphony: Hollywood Bowl
★ 10.02024
MovieMusic
Laufey takes the audience on a spell-binding sonic journey under the stars, performing alongside the legendary Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Guaco: SemblanzaGuaco: Semblanza · 2017
Guaco: Semblanza
2017
MovieDocumentary
Dcumentary directed by Alberto Arvelo, which is a record for the posterity of as the first five decades of the career as the projection into the future of "La Super Banda de Venezuela". It is related from the present with interesting testimonies and electrifying performances in concert.

Filmography

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John Adams: Nixon in ChinaJohn Adams: Nixon in China · 2023
John Adams: Nixon in China
★ 4.02023
MovieMusic
In February 1972, the American president Richard Nixon went to China to meet Mao Zedong. In the context of the war in Vietnam and the cold war, this encounter marked a turning point in Chinese‑American relations. John Adams, a major musical figure of the last forty years, made this event of contemporary history the subject of his first opera. Nixon in China tackles the political thaw instigated by ping-pong diplomacy, begun by the invitation of the American table tennis players by their Chinese counterparts, one year before the presidential visit. A mesmerising work in which the pulsations and repetitions typical of minimalism are combined with melodic lines of great lyricism. For its entry into the Paris Opera repertoire, this work has been entrusted to the director Valentina Carrasco, who underlines the importance and the mediating power of Chinese national sport in history.

Conductor

Les Noces de Figaro, Opéra Garnier de ParisLes Noces de Figaro, Opéra Garnier de Paris · 2022
Les Noces de Figaro, Opéra Garnier de Paris
★ 10.02022
MovieMusic
The Marriage of Figaro is one of the most emblematic operas in the repertoire. Brahms spoke of it as a “miracle” and the Countess' complaint still resonates today as one of the most heartbreaking musical pages. It was by resuming Beaumarchais' comedy, which caused a scandal in Parisian society, that Mozart and his librettist Da Ponte began their first collaboration. The play was banned by Joseph II in 1785 at the Vienna Theater. Is it because it exposed too much to the forefront the contradictions of an already faltering regime, ready to collapse with the French Revolution? Netia Jones preserves the very essence of Beaumarchais' play by questioning human relationships with humor but not without mischief, in a production which confuses reality and fiction to the point of asking, like the Count: "Are we playing a comedy?" »

Music Director