This Week in Classical Music

by: Randy Kinkel 89.5

May 01, 2009

Gustavo Dudamel

( Phoenix )
•Dudamel/LA Phil announce Fellowship program
•NEA Opera Honors winners named

This week in classical music 5/03/09

It’s This Week in Classical Music, an update on what’s happening in the classical music world; I’m Randy Kinkel.
New Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel is a believer in music education—so much so that the Philharmonic is announcing a new fellowship program proposed by the 28-year-old conductor that would allow the four fellows to spend six weeks with Dudamel, the Philharmonic, and guest conductors. They will assume responsibilities normally given to an assistant conductor—like subbing for Dudamel if he gets sick—the fellows also will lead the orchestra’s youth symphonies and possibly community concerts. The first four winners have been named—they are: Diego Matheuz, Concertmaster of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Christian Velasquez, Music Director of Venezuela’s Aragua Juvenile Symphony Orchestra, David Afkham, Assistant conductor of the London Symphony orchestra, and Perry So, the Assistant conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
The national Endowment for the arts has announced its second batch of honorees/winners of the new NEA Opera Honors, Started last year by former NEA Chairman Dana Goia. The five 2009 honorees are composer John Adams; stage director Frank Corsaro; mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne; stage director and former general manager of the San Francisco Opera Lotfi Mansouri; and conductor Julius Rudel. Besides bragging rights, the awards include 25,000 dollar grants to the winners; awards will be given out at a special ceremony on November 14th.
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