IS GUSTAVO DUDAMEL THE NEXT BERNSTEIN?

Who would have imagined a El Sistema conductor from Venezuela would eventually become the most important conductor in the world? Gustavo Dudamel became Leonard Bernstein's heir. How? Read on.

Leonard Bernstein was my teacher and greatest influence.  In my 25 years of conducting, I have performed nearly all his music, made the premiere of Candide in Teatro alla Scala, celebrated his Centennial at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo which he founded, toured with the Schleswig Holstein Festival Orchestra, which he also founded, to the Salzbur…