Gustavo Dudamel interview (english subtitles)

Interview with Gustavo Dudamel about El Sistema.
As principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony, Dudamel opened the door to starting up the renowned Venezuelan musical education programme El Sistema in Sweden. The world-famous conductor is the product of El Sistema in Venezuela, where he was music director of the Simón Bolívar national youth orchestra in Caracas. His message is that music must reach out to all citizens, to all children, as a basic human right. Music makes us grow as human beings.
With Gustavo Dudamel at the forefront, El Sistema in Sweden adopted the Venezuelan model of training orchestras and choirs: music as a tool for building community. In 2007 Dudamel became the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony; in 2009 he became music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and in 2010 he was named Gothenburger of the year. Today Dudamel is an honorary conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony.
The interview with Dudamel was shot in the conductor's office at the Gothenburg Concert Hall. It is part of a series of film shorts about El Sistema by Sergio Joselovsky, with funding from the Cultural Affairs Secretariat of the Västra Götaland Region, the Angered School of Culture, the Gothenburg Symphony and El Sistema Gothenburg. Victor Johansson and Yarko Reha provided additional support for this chapter.