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. — 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 to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love. — Gustavo Dudamel Copy Share
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
