Today, I am proud to celebrate my father, Oscar Dudamel, on the announcement of his upcoming salsa album, Sueño Alcanzado, out May 30 on Platoon.
Salsa music has been a part of my life since childhood – when I was young, I even dreamed of playing the trombone in a salsa band, but my arms were too short! Even to this day, the rhythms of this wonderful art from continue to echo in my conducting work.
The Royal Opera in Stockholm has a new artistic director, replacing Michael Cavanagh, who died suddenly in March. His successor is Tobias Theorell, presently in the same job at Stockholm’s secondary Folkoperan. The post […]
The next sovrintendente of opera in Venice will be the conductor and composer Nicola Colabianchi, presently director in Cagliari. Colabianchi, 67, is favoured by the political right. He succeeds Fortunato Ortombina, who has gone to […]
The San Francisco Symphony has reported the death of its former bass player Charles Burrell who became the first African American member in a leading American orchestra. Burrell played five years in the SF Symphony […]