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Known for his kinetic energy and bouncing curly
hair, Dudamel has led the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009.
He was hired by Deborah Borda, who is now the president of the
New York Philharmonic.
With Dudamel at the helm, the New York Times called the LA Phil
"the most important orchestra in America - period."
"I am grateful to the musicians and leadership of the New York
Philharmonic as we embark upon this new and beautiful journey
together," Dudamel said on Tuesday. "As the great poet Federico
García Lorca said: ‘Every step we take on earth brings us to a
new world.’"
Dudamel, 42, has conducted 26 concerts of the NY Phil and made
his debut there at just 26 years of age.
Coming to Los Angeles at 27, Dudamel worked to bring new
audiences to classical music at the Walt Disney Concert Hall and
the Hollywood Bowl, promote music from the Americas and engage
with contemporary composers and musicians.
And as the most famous product of Venezuela's acclaimed network
of music schools known as El Sistema, he also started a youth
orchestra known as YOLA in 2007, providing 1,500 young people
with free instruments and instruction.
LA Phil's chief executive officer, Chad Smith, congratulated
Dudamel and said he "has left indelible marks on classical
music, the LA Phil and Los Angeles."
Smith said Dudamel programmed some of the most ambitious works
ever staged, inspired the orchestra to reach new levels of
artistry, expanded the limits of Walt Disney Concert Hall, and
demonstrated the power of music to change people’s lives through
YOLA.
At the NY Phil, he will succeed Dutch conductor Jaap van Zweden.
(Reporting by Mary Milliken; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
(Photo: Venezuela's classical music superstar
Gustavo Dudamel conducts a concert at the foreign ministry
headquarters in Caracas February 15, 2014. REUTERS/Jorge Silva)
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