According to director Braun, “¡Viva Maestro! began as an exploration of the power and beauty of Gustavo Dudamel’s music making and an affirmation of his belief in the transformative power of art. When we set out we had no idea of the many ways Gustavo himself and those values would be tested. Or how the film would, in a fashion that seems especially attuned to our current moment, explore art and music’s role in a time of geopolitical crisis.. by Clarence Moye. Full Text -> AwardDialy

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Traducción de cortesía -> Según el director Braun, “¡Viva Maestro! comenzó como una exploración del poder y la belleza de la creación musical de Gustavo Dudamel y una afirmación de su creencia en el poder transformador del arte. Cuando partimos, no teníamos idea de las muchas formas en que el propio Gustavo y esos valores serían probados. O cómo la película, de una manera que parece especialmente acorde con nuestro momento actual, exploraría el papel del arte y la música en una época de crisis geopolítica.

Traducción al español -> Google Translación

Dudamel did lose family and friends. His trauma proved life-changing. His has been, for as long as he can remember, a life of orchestras. As a little boy in his hometown — Barquisimeto, Venezuela — he began playing violin in a children’s orchestra that was part of Venezuela’s El Sistema education program. He took up conducting in his early teens. He had never, for a second, stopped. Dudamel had been thinking about taking a sabbatical just before one was unexpectedly forced upon him, turning his world upside down and challenging his engrained optimism. He lost to COVID-19, he said, some of his closest family in Venezuela, including his grandmother, who helped to raise him. By Mark Swed. Full Text ->Los AngelesTimes

Traducción de cortesía->Dudamel perdió a familiares y amigos. Su trauma le cambió la vida. La suya ha sido, desde que tiene memoria, una vida de orquestas. Cuando era un niño en su ciudad natal, Barquisimeto, Venezuela, comenzó a tocar el violín en una orquesta infantil que formaba parte del programa educativo El Sistema de Venezuela. Comenzó a dirigir en su adolescencia. Nunca, ni por un segundo, se detuvo. Dudamel había estado pensando en tomarse un año sabático justo antes de que se le impusiera uno inesperadamente, poniendo su mundo patas arriba y desafiando su arraigado optimismo. Perdió contra COVID-19, dijo, a algunos de sus familiares más cercanos en Venezuela, incluida su abuela, quien ayudó a criarlo.

Yet the storied life of Gustavo Dudamel took some different turns in the half-decade leading up to his 40th birthday last January. No longer welcome in Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela after he belatedly criticized the government in 2017, he is increasingly setting his sights on Europe, taking out Spanish citizenship. Opera will play a bigger role in his future now that he signed on as music director of the Paris Opera, starting in August. He is also a changed man on the podium, no longer as wild in gesture as he was, learning to get more results with less motion. By Richard S. Ginell. Full Text -> Classical Voice

Venezuela’s Gustavo Dudamel was only a teenager when he first picked up a conductor’s baton, and has since conquered many of the world’s orchestral stages. Having just turned 40, the lively maestro with a mop of curly hair is taking on a new challenge: he will be the new musical director of the Paris Opera. Full Text -> France24