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… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I studied music since I was four years old, and from that moment I became part of a family. And that family has taught me things; not only musical things, but things I have to face in life, and that… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
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… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as a right… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience, but it's… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
People say that having three orchestras is a crazy life, but it's better because you have three families. I want to have my own… — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share Image
