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Gustavo Dudamel
Renowned for his wild expressive energy and passionate belief in the magic of
music, Gustavo Dudamel was a student of Venezuela's classical music foundation
El Sistema, who rose to become one of the world's leading conductors.
In the 1970s his father came through the programme designed to give
opportunities to children from poor social backgrounds, playing trombone in
salsa bands before encouraging Gustavo to take up music at just four years of
age. He took to it naturally and joined El Sistema taking up the violin at the
age of ten. By 15 he was leading the Simon Bolivar Yout...
