2024-05-08 02:15:07
The Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel He claims that he had to leave his position as musical director of the Paris Opera a year ago because he had “no other option,” in an interview published yesterday by the French media. The world.
In this, the first interview about the causes of his sudden departure from office, Dudamel said that “there came a point where he did not have material time to digest everything that was happening to him.” professional level” and “on a personal level.”
“I wasn’t happy, and deep down I think that was the essential reason,” added the director.
His multiple international commitments, and his desire to spend more time with his family, are cited by the famous violinist, 43, currently in charge of the New York Philharmonic.
But Dudamel acknowledges that there were disagreements within the Paris Opera orchestra, with which he planned to tour in April 2023.
The labor disagreements between the address and the members of the orchestra on that tour were “perhaps the straw that broke the camel’s back,” he added.
“There are many people, with good intentions” in the Paris Operaa “huge house,” he explained.
“I personally had the feeling that I would not be able to realize my artistic ambitions,” he explained.
Despite the closure of that artistic stage, Dudamel praised the artistic quality of the Parisian project. “I feel great love, admiration for an extraordinary institution,” she said.
Dudamel will star with the Philharmonic of NY two concerts at the Paris Philharmonic on May 30 and 31.
Originally from Barquisimeto Lara, in Venezuela, Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez took the reins of the Paris Opera in August 2021 and it was at the beginning of 2023 that the Latin American musician announced his departure, which was effective until August of the same year.
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