Grooving with The Dude: the Bolívars make Bernstein and Falla dance

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

Von Mark Pullinger, 29 August 2025

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“slick and snappy, full of rhythmic precision, this was a pulsating drive”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Royal Festival Hall, London, am 28 August 2025

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Bernstein, West Side Story: Mambo

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Javier Perianes, Klavier

Simón Bolívar Symphonieorchester Venezuela

Gustavo Dudamel, Musikalische Leitung

Kein Eskapismus in Luzern mit Messiaens Turangalîla

Rolf Kyburz, 11th September

Dudamel erreichte in seiner Interpretation ein rundes, harmonisches, "natürliches" Klangbild: er achtete auf musikalischen Fluss, nahm das Publikum mit dieser Musik gefangen. Der Schluss geriet zu einer hinreißenden, ergreifenden Apotheose der Liebe.

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Grandiose Stimmung, südamerikanisches Flair

Christine Arnold, 23rd January

Gustavo Dudamel heizte dem Publikum in Essen mit dem Símon Bolívar Symphonieorchester ein.

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Dudamel se estrena en Ibermusica con la Tercera de Mahler

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 25th January

La Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela ofreció una versión de la Tercera sinfonía de Mahler, con Gustavo Dudamel a la batuta, algo desigual, pero en la que no faltó virtuosismo y energía.

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Simón Bolívar Orchestra and Dudamel celebrate El Sistema

Roy Westbrook, 16th January

An evening of audience roars begins as soon as Gustavo Dudamel first mounts the podium at the Barbican.

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An Edinburgh night to remember as Dudamel returns to the Simón Bolívar

David Smythe, 26th August

The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel and cuatro player Jorge Glem set the Edinburgh International Festival alight with a mix of Venezuelan music and a terrific Mahler 1.

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Dudamel conquers Barcelona with Beethoven

Pep Gorgori, 13th March

In Barcelona, Gustavo Dudamel and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela continued their Beethoven cycle with performances of the Fifth and Sixth.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.