Gustavo Dudamel Quotes

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 Conduct.

Los Angeles Is A Very Special City. It's A Great Ethnic Mix, A Great Cultural Mix.

My Material Life Is Simple.

I Love To Travel, But Sometimes It's Nice To Stay In One Place.

My Relationship With The Philharmonia Orchestra Brought Me Many Times To London And I Will Always Reflect Positively On That Early Period Of Development With Them - Their Patience, Their Warmth, Their Dedication.

It's A Physical Challenge. It's A Spiritual Challenge. I'm Studying Almost Every Day A Different Symphony, Not Returning To Any One For A Week.

For Me, Venezuela Is Very Important, Not Just Because It's A Place I Go To Conduct, But Because My Family Is There - My Wife, My Parents And My Musical Family.

I Love To Read Different Books On Completely Different Subjects At The Same Time. I Cannot Focus On One. I Read A Few Pages Of Literature, Then I Jump To Philosophy And At The Same Time I'm Reading Biographies Of Mahler.

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 Close, And There Are So Many Of Them, That You Feel They Are Almost Embracing You.

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 - Not The Community Coming To The Concert - They Say, 'wow! I Didn't Know That This Music Was So Amazing!

I Have Eaten Very Well In Los Angeles. Marvelously!

For Me To Rehearse With A Children's Orchestra A Mahler Symphony Was To Really Work. We Had Three Or Four Weeks Of Rehearsal With The Orchestra, Every Day Eight Or Nine Hours, Putting The First Together. I Had Been Conducting Tchaikovsky A Lot And Beethoven, But Mahler Was Different.