Sunday found Gustavo Dudamel and the Teresa Carreño Youth Orchestra (one of Venezuela's 125 youth orchestras that comprise el Sistema) at the Simón Bolívar Acoustic Shell in Caracas. The free concert was one of the many events that celebrated the 442nd anniversary of the Venezuelan capital.
Yo-Yo Ma joined Dudi for the concert of Bizet's Les Toreadors, Franz von Suppé's Light Cavalry Overture, and Saint-Saëns's Danse Bacchanale, all under the ready smile of founder José Antonio Abreu...and many thousands of screaming Dudi fans.
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José Antonio Abreu on the right!