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Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel poses after a press conference at the Palais Garnier opera house, in Paris Friday, April 16, 2021. The Paris Opera announced the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel as music director for six seasons. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

LA Phil’s Dudamel to become music director of Paris Opera

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2019, file photo, conductor Gustavo Dudamel reacts to the audience after conducting the LA Philharmonic performance during the 'In Memoriam' at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Dudamel will remain as music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for five more years. The 38-year-old Venezuelan conductor made his debut with the LA Philharmonic in 2005 and was named director in 2009. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP via AP, File)

Gustavo Dudamel to head LA Philharmonic for 5 more years

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FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2018, file photo, Phil Music &amp; Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel conducts musicians from the LA Phil, Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) at the Celebrate LA: LA Phil 100 x CicLAvia event outside the Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown Los Angeles. Dudamel was named the recipient of a top arts prize worth approximately $250,000 for his craft and music education advocacy. The Venezuelan conductor will receive the 25th annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize during a ceremony Dec. 4 at New York’s Lincoln Center. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Gustavo Dudamel wins the Gish Prize, a top arts honor

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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017 file photo, maestro Gustavo Dudamel of Venezuela conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the traditional New Year's Concert at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a televised appearance Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, said the musical director had been deceived by Venezuela’s enemies into betraying the socialist government that had for years generously supported the world-famous El Sistema musical education program. Dudamel for years toured with El Sistema ensembles and even appeared alongside Maduro in 2014 amid a wave of anti-government unrest to survey plans for a concert hall to be built in his name. But he publicly broke with the government in May after a member of El Sistema was killed in another wave of protests. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Dudamel tour of US cancelled amid feud with Venezuela govt

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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017 file photo, maestro Gustavo Dudamel of Venezuela conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the traditional New Year's Concert at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in a televised appearance Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, said the musical director had been deceived by Venezuela’s enemies into betraying the socialist government that had for years generously supported the world-famous El Sistema musical education program. Dudamel for years toured with El Sistema ensembles and even appeared alongside Maduro in 2014 amid a wave of anti-government unrest to survey plans for a concert hall to be built in his name. But he publicly broke with the government in May after a member of El Sistema was killed in another wave of protests. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Venezuelan president blasts maestro Dudamel for speaking out

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2017 file photo, Maestro Gustavo Dudamel, of Venezuela, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra during the traditional New Year's Concert at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. Dudamel spoke out against the Venezuelan government he has long performed for over its bloody crackdown on protesters in a statement after the May 3, 2017 death of 17-year-old Armando Canizales at a demonstration. Canizales was reportedly a member of the government-financed El Sistema musical education program that gave rise to Dudamel’s career. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Maestro Dudamel tells Venezuelan leaders ‘Enough is Enough’

By JOSHUA GOODMAN - Associated Press

Dudamel and LA Philharmonic make waves in Caracas

By IAN JAMES - Associated Press

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, 31, is a national hero in Venezuela. Outside the concert hall where the Los Angeles Philharmonic performed, vendors sold T-shirts and buttons emblazoned with his image. (Associated Press)

Caracas gives L.A. conductor a hero’s welcome

By Ian James - Associated Press

Dudamel and LA Philharmonic make waves in Caracas

By IAN JAMES - Associated Press

LA takes baton as flagship for youth orchestras

By CHRISTINA HOAG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2009 file photo, conductor Gustavo Dudamel speaks at a news conference in Vienna, Austria. Dudamel's passion for music education is on display in a new PBS special "Gustavo Dudamel: Conducting a Life," airing Wednesday Dec. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Lilli Strauss, file)

Dudamel, Smiley special highlights music education

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press