My material life is simple. Gustavo Dudamel More Quotes by Gustavo Dudamel More Quotes From Gustavo Dudamel Whenever I listen to a children's orchestra, I learn. They feel everything, they enjoy everything, they have amazing energy. Gustavo Dudamel orchestraenergychildren The challenge is not so much to change the sound. The challenge is to connect and to create something special. Gustavo Dudamel specialchallengessound Music is a fundamental human right Gustavo Dudamel music-ishumansfundamentals My main goal, and it's a big one, is that every child has a chance to get close to music - as a right - that as they have access to food, health, and education, they get the chance to have art and culture - especially music. Gustavo Dudamel goalchildrenart It's not that people don't like classical music. It's that they don't have the chance to understand and to experience it. Gustavo Dudamel classical-musicchancepeople You have to believe that things will happen, you have to work and love what you're doing. Gustavo Dudamel work-and-loveand-lovebelieve I studied music since I was four years old, and from that moment I became part of a family. And that family has taught me things; not only musical things, but things I have to face in life, and that is where the success of the system lies Gustavo Dudamel musicallyingyears I set out to create a means whereby music could be a way of vindicating the rights of the masses. Gustavo Dudamel rightsmeanway I think it's a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra - especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music. Gustavo Dudamel playerfeelingsthinking When people feel that something really special is happening on the stage, things change. Gustavo Dudamel things-changespecialpeople With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community. Gustavo Dudamel orchestracitizenscommunity In my imagination yes, I remember, when I was six years old, I was conducting all this concert in my house. But now it's real. Gustavo Dudamel realimaginationyears When you play Mozart, it's so clean, it's so simple. It's the body naked. Gustavo Dudamel nakedsimpleplay Classical music in Venezuela is now something like a pop concert. You can see people screaming or crying because they don't have a ticket. Gustavo Dudamel venezuelaticketspeople A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love. Gustavo Dudamel tchaikovskycdshome I want to work with the big orchestras. I want to have a big family. Gustavo Dudamel big-familiesorchestrawant It's a physical challenge. It's a spiritual challenge. I'm studying almost every day a different symphony, not returning to any one for a week. Gustavo Dudamel symphonyspiritualchallenges I wanted to play my violin and have my musical expression through the instrument. But then I was really young when I had my first opportunity to conduct. Gustavo Dudamel expressionplayopportunity My relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra brought me many times to London and I will always reflect positively on that early period of development with them - their patience, their warmth, their dedication. Gustavo Dudamel dedicationdevelopmentpatience I have eaten very well in Los Angeles. Marvelously! Gustavo Dudamel los-angeleswells
