Programs

  • Fidelio Music Project

    FIDELIO -- THE DUDAMEL FOUNDATION BROUGHT THE CORO DE MANOS BLANCAS (WHITE HANDS CHOIR) OF VENEZUELA TO LOS ANGELES IN APRIL 2022 TO PERFORM AT WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL AS PART OF BEETHOVEN'S OPERA FIDELIO, CO-DIRECTED BY ALBERTO ARVELO AND JOAQUIN SOLANOCO, WITH THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC AND DEAF WEST THEATRE, CONDUCTED BY GUSTAVO DUDAMEL. FIDELIO IS BASED AROUND THE IDEA OF FREEDOM FROM OPPRESSION AND BEETHOVEN HIMSELF, ALMOST COMPLETELY DEAF BY THAT TIME, CONDUCTED THE PREMIERE IN ITS FINAL FORM IN 1814. ENTIRELY PERFORMED BY DEAF ACTORS AS WELL AS SUNG BY HEARING PERFORMERS, THE PRODUCTION IS INTENDED FOR BOTH DEAF AND HEARING COMMUNITIES AND ENCOURAGES US ALL TO EXAMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC, ART, MOVEMENT, AND GESTURE AS THEY RELATE TO THE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE EXPERIENCE MUSIC. ENCUENTROS LA -- UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF GUSTAVO DUDAMEL AND MARIA VALVERDE, THE DUDAMEL FOUNDATION AND THE LA PHIL CO-PRESENTED LA ENCUENTROS 2022, OUR FIRST ENCUENTROS (ENCOUNTERS) IN THE UNITED STATES, JULY 19 AUGUST 6, 2022. IN HONOR OF THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL'S CENTENNIAL, MORE THAN 100 TOP-TIER YOUNG MUSICIANS (AGES 1826) FROM THE AMERICAS AND AROUND THE WORLD--FROM 34 YOUTH ORCHESTRA AND EL SISTEMA-INSPIRED PROGRAMS IN 23 COUNTRIES--WORKED SIDE-BY-SIDE IN THE ENCUENTROS ORCHESTRA. CAPPING THE TWO-WEEK ORCHESTRAL TRAINING FESTIVAL, GUSTAVO DUDAMEL AND THE ENCUENTROS ORCHESTRA WERE JOINED BY MULTI-GRAMMY-WINNING VOCALIST, BASSIST AND COMPOSER ESPERANZA SPALDING AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ON AUGUST 2, 2022, UC BERKELEY'S GREEK THEATRE ON AUGUST 4, 2022. JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA SEMINARIO -- THE JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA WELCOMED GUEST CONDUCTOR GUSTAVO DUDAMEL TO THE SCHOOL ON MARCH 15, 2022 FOR A SPECIAL READING WITH THE JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA OF SCHUMANN'S SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E-FLAT MAJOR. DUDAMEL, THE MUSIC & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, WAS IN TOWN TO LEAD THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. OVER THE COURSE OF THE EVENING, DUDAMEL LED THE STUDENTS THROUGH SCHUMANN'S WORK AND HELPED THEM GAIN A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MUSIC. PRINCETON AND TRENTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA -- THROUGH A FIVE-YEAR DUDAMEL FOUNDATION GRANT, PRINCETON LAUNCHED THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT IN JANUARY 2020, AN EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE DESIGNED TO CONNECT MUSICIANS ON PUC'S SERIES WITH STUDENTS FROM NEIGHBORING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE FIVE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATION WITH TRENTON ARTS AT PRINCETON AND FOCUSED ON A PARTNERSHIP WITH TRENTON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN ITS INAUGURAL YEAR. THE FIVE-YEAR GRANT ALSO SUPPORTS THE TRENTON YOUTH ORCHESTRA, NOW PART OF TRENTON ARTS @ PRINCETON, AND ITS FACULTY MENTORS THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2025.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
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