See why everyone is excited about Gustavo Dudamel, the next music director of the L.A. Philharmonic, by clicking here. Really, go ahead and do it because it’s fun. Now, I wouldn’t necessarily advocate ...

Once again, Gustavo Dudamel has come to town with his special ways: among other things showing that classical music can artfully embrace drum freak-outs and flat-out fun. By the time his Simón Bolívar ...

Gustavo Dudamel’s latest opus, “Fiesta,” recently released by Deutsche Grammophon, is a hugely enjoyable album of light classics, many of which are not too widely known. By “light classics” we mean no ...

So when was the last time you went to a classical concert at which the musicians performed with harrowing emotional commitment, technical precision and near-manic rhythmic surety, then acknowledged ...