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Today, Explained

The rockstar maestro

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Gustavo Dudamel brought classical music to the masses in Los Angeles. Now he’s announced that he’s taking his talents to New York, which could revive classical music on one of its biggest stages. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You want to dance the mask? You must service the composer. You're going to supplement yourself.

0:07.0

Your ego and yes, your identity.

0:09.0

Lydia Tar is kind of scary.

0:11.0

Listen, fact-stand in front of the public and God and you need to raise your soul.

0:16.0

But don't let Tar trick you into believing a conductor can't be wildly successful and

0:22.3

liked by just about everyone.

0:25.3

Take Gustavo DuDamel. He brought classical music to the masses in Los Angeles. He got so

0:34.2

big he joined Coldplay for the halftime show at the Super Bowl in 2016.

0:38.3

A lot of people call DuDamel classical music's savior. And he just announced he's leaving

0:46.6

Los Angeles for New York City. We're going to ask if he can revive classical music on one

0:51.7

of its biggest stages on today's split.

0:59.7

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Today explained Sean Rommas firm. We're going to tell you the story of a rock star

2:02.0

Maestro today. And to do it, we reached out to Ted Braun because Ted just made a documentary

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