Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power of Music

by Tricia Tunstall

Book Overview

When Gustavo Dudamel, at the age of twenty-eight, ascended the podium at the Hollywood Bowl for his inaugural concert as conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he immediately captivated the hearts of his audience, just as he had the minds of music critics who designated him a modern-day Leonard Bernstein.

In Changing Lives, the maestro's story becomes the entry point to an equally captivating subject: El Sistema, the music education program...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393078965
• ISBN13: 9780393078961
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"