Gustavo's discography from 2006 to 2022 has nearly 40 songs.
Numerous contests were won by Dudamel, including the 2004 Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition in Germany. As word of his reputation spread, conductors like Simon Rattle and Claudio Abbado expressed interest in leading the Simón Bolívar Orchestra in Venice. Dudamel was chosen as the primary conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony for the 2007–2008 season. In November 2006, Dudamel made his stage debut as Don Giovanni at La Scala in Milan.
Here is a list of Gustavo Dudamel’s recorded songs:
Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7, 2007.
Birthday Concert for Pope Benedict XVI. 2007
Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2007
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2008
The Promise of Music (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2008
Fiesta (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2008
Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2009
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic: The Inaugural Concert (Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2009
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2009
Discoveries (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2009
Live from Salzburg (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2009
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Francesca da Rimini (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2009
Piotr Anderszewski: Voyageur inn tranquille; a film by Bruno Monsaingeon. 2010
Celebración – Opening Night Concert & Gala (Juan Diego Flórez and the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2010
John Adams: City Noir (From the Inaugural Concert) 2010
Rite (the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela) 2011
Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 – Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5 – Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 (the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra) 2011
Tchaikovsky & Shakespeare (the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela) 2011
New Year's Eve Concert 2010 (Elīna Garanča and the Berliner Philharmoniker) 2011
John Adams: Slonimsky's Earbox – Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah" (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2011
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2011
An American in Paris (the Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2011
Dances and Waves (the Vienna Philharmonic) 2011
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 (the Vienna Philharmonic) 2011
Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" (the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela) 2011
Discoveries (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra) 2011
Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela) 2013
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Los Angeles Philharmonic) 2013
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master Chorale) 2013
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Yuja Wang, piano and Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela) 2013
Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche; Don Juan 2014
Mahler: Symphony No. 7. (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela) 2014
Gustavo Dudamel: The Liberator (Libertador); Original Soundtrack (Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar de Venezuela) 2014
John Adams: The Gospel According to the Other Mary, a passion oratorio in two acts (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Master) 2014
Wagner (Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela). 2015
Philip Glass: Double Piano Concerto (Katia and Marielle Labeque, Piano). 2015
John Williams: Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
New Year Concert (Vienna Philharmonic) 2017
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms original soundtrack 2018
Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7–9 w/ Los Angeles Philharmonic. 2022
Venezuelan conductor and violinist Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramrez was born on January 26, 1981. The Simón Bolivar Symphony Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Paris Opera all currently have him as their music directors. After the 2025–2026 orchestral season, Dudamel announced in February 2023 that he would move from Los Angeles, California, to lead the New York Philharmonic.
When did Gustavo learn the violin?
Dudamel, a trombonist and voice teacher, was born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He began studying music at a young age, joining the renowned Venezuelan musical education program El Sistema and learning the violin when he was ten.
He quickly started studying composition. José Luis Jiménez taught violin at the Jacinto Lara Conservatory, where he studied. Later, he continued his studies at the Latin-American Violin Academy under José Francisco del Castillo.
In 1995, Dudamel started taking conducting lessons with Rodolfo Saglimbeni and José Antonio Abreu. He was named the music director of Venezuela's Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, the country's national youth orchestra, in 1999 and went on tour. In 2002, he went to Charles Dutoit's master class in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in 2003, he assisted Simon Rattle as a conductor in Berlin, Germany, and Salzburg, Austria.
Where is Gustavo Dudamel currently working?
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, or "LA Phil," is an American orchestra with its home base in Los Angeles, California. The regular season runs from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and the summer season runs from July through September at the Hollywood Bowl. Gustavo Dudamel is their current music director. The conductor laureate is Esa-Pekka Salonen, the conductor emeritus is Zubin Mehta, and the principal guest conductor is Susanna Mälkki. The orchestra's current resident composer is John Adams.
On September 13, 2005, at the Hollywood Bowl, Dudamel made his US conducting debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP), performing "La Noche de los Mayas" by Silvestre Revueltas and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5. The third piano concerto by Sergei Rachmaninoff, featuring Yefim Bronfman as soloist, and Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra, the latter of which was recorded live and subsequently released by Deutsche Grammophon, were performed at Walt Disney Concert Hall in January 2007 under the baton of Dudamel.
As of the 2009–2010 season, Dudamel will serve as the LAP's new music director, as the LAP announced in April 2007. Beginning in September 2009, his initial contract in Los Angeles was for five years. The orchestra revealed in February 2011 that Dudamel's contract would be extended through the end of the 2018–19 season.
His Los Angeles Philharmonic contract was further extended by the ensemble through the 2021–2022 season in March 2015. His contract was further extended by the LAP through the 2025–2026 season in January 2020. The LAP declared in February 2023 that Dudamel's appointment as the orchestra's music director would end at the conclusion of the 2025–2026 season.
Is Gustavo Dudamel married?
Dudamel has had two marriages. In 2006, he married Eloisa Maturén for the first time in Caracas. Maturén, a journalist and native of Venezuela, has received formal training in ballet. Maturen Dudamel Maturén was born to the couple on April 1, 2011. Dudamel and Maturén filed for divorce in March 2015.
Dudamel secretly wed Mara Valverde, a Spanish actress whom he had first met in 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in February 2017. In 2018, he attained Spanish nationality. He and Valverde both call Spain home.
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