Gustavo Will Conduct All 9 Beethoven Symphonies for First Time Ever

For the first time ever in his career, Gustavo Dudamel will conduct all nine Beethoven symphonies on successive nights, in numerical order. From July 12-16, Gustavo, his Orquesta Sinf�nica Sim�n Bol�var from Caracas, and the lucky audiences at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo in Bogot�, will be tracing the steps of genius. Gustavo Dudamel. Photograph by Vern Evans When Gustavo Dudamel raises his baton at the Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo on the evening of July 12, he, the Orquesta Sinf�nica Sim�n Bol�var, the audience and Bogot� will begin to retrace the steps Beethoven took when he created the modern symphony. On each of five successive nights, Gustavo and his Venezuelan...