Dudamel to Conduct Orchestra for New Year's Eve Concert in Vienna

Vienna.- Musician Gustavo Dudamel confirmed that he would conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for the traditional New Year''s Concert and dedicated this great moment to the Americas, the Latin American countries and especially Venezuela, his country.

For decades, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is used to celebrating the arrival of the new year, each January 1, with a great show, usually inviting figures from the symphony conduction circles.

In that reference, Dudamel regarded as an honor to be part of a list, in which historic figures in his profession appear, such as Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa and Daniel Barenboim, among others.

Besides, the Venezuelan 35-year-old musician will become the youngest orchestra conductor that has conducted so far the famous concert in Austria, compared the opportunity to a dream come true and said that after this achievement, he could 'enter heaven in peace.'

Source: PL