September 9, 2024

Gustavo speaks to 'The New York Times' during Carnegie Hall's World Orchestra Week

World Orchestra Week featured student musicians from 38 countries, including China, Nigeria, Venezuela, Germany, Afghanistan, Israel, Ukraine and the United States. Dudamel said in an interview that the young artists showed courage by making music in a difficult time. "What they bring is beauty, hope, optimism and the pride of their identities," he said. "This is a new generation."

He also led a mass “play in” with a nearly 700-person orchestra at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. Standing in front of the supersized orchestra, Dudamel said: "This is the power of music: to see all of this wonderful diversity of cultures, of ideas, of language, of lifestyle. This is the world represented in each one of you."

Read the full interview HERE.