‘Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela & Gustavo Dudamel’

Gustavo Dudamel and Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra have been inseparable for 25 years. The Venezuelan conductor boosted the growth of the national youth orchestra into a world-renowned orchestra and led the now mature musicians all the way to Carnegie Hall. The programme opens with contemporary works by two compatriots. With rhythms and harmonies that take unexpected 180-degree turns, Ricardo Lorenz illustrates the versatile Venezuelan natural landscape with Todo Terreno ("all terrains"). Gonzalo Grau takes a journey from west to east coast in the same landscape with Odisea, a Concerto for Venezuelan Cuatro and Orchestra, in which the four-string guitar safely crosses every multicultural crossroads. Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony is the final destination of Dudamel's inspiring trip.