Song Quotes by Gustavo Dudamel

9 Song quotes by Gustavo Dudamel

Gustavo Dudamel’s perspective on song is distilled into nine succinct statements, each reflecting his conductor’s insight. This short set works as an introductory snapshot of his thoughts.

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Music is a fundamental human right

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When you play Mozart, it's so clean, it's so simple. It's the body naked.

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I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses.

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It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it.

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We have to go and show these people what classical music is. We say sometimes that classical music has a small audience,…

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I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I…

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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…

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Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have…

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I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member…

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I love to travel, but sometimes it's nice to stay in one place.

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My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as a right…

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I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family.

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You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing.

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Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy.

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My material life is simple.

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Music is a fundamental human right

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A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting…

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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…

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When you play Mozart, it's so clean, it's so simple. It's the body naked.

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When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change.

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Los Angeles is a very special city. It's a great ethnic mix, a great cultural mix.

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