8/12/2023 0 Comments Simon bolivar nickname![]() ![]() According to Mark Newbanks, Dudamel’s London-based manager, his mission in life is to reach the 99% of the population currently untouched by classical music – hence the soap opera and Super Bowl appearance. Happily, the Dude is in on the joke: he coached actor, and his TV alter ego, Gael García Bernal in the art of conducting and even had a walk-on part as a stagehand in one episode. Rodrigo, the small, outré Mexican music director of a mythical orchestra called the New York Symphony that seems to bear more than a passing resemblance to the LA Phil, is based on Dudamel. Supporters of Simon Rattle and Daniel Barenboim might contest that claim, but can you imagine either of them appearing with Coldplay at the Super Bowl half-time concert, as Dudamel – a close chum of the band’s lead singer Chris Martin – did this year? He also inspired the character of Rodrigo in Amazon’s hit TV series Mozart in the Jungle – some of the cast are at one of the concerts I attend, but they are lost in the scrum. Dudamel – “the Dude”, as he is affectionately, even reverently known in LA – is the best-known conductor in the world.
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