From Gustavo Dudamel’s planned Tour with the national youth orchestra of the USA is nothing. The conductor had criticized Venezuela’s head of state, Maduro loud, its Echo followed.
The conductor and Violinist Gustavo Aolfo Dudamel Ramirez is in his native Venezuela, a celebrated Star. In the past few days, he used repeated his popularity, to criticize the head of state, Nicolás Maduro.
Critics accuse the head of state, by the choice of a disputed constitutional Assembly and the disempowerment of the Parliament will give to promote the establishment of a socialist dictatorship in the country with the largest Oil reserves in the world.
Cancellation on Twitter
Now Venezuela’s government has cancelled a planned for September Tour of the star conductor with the national youth orchestra of Venezuela. “Heart-wrenching cancellation of our four-day Tour of four U.S. cities,” wrote the 36-year-old Dudamel on Twitter.
Strong Voice
At work – Gustavo Dudamel with choir and orchestra
The acclaimed musician and former government supporters had created in the past few days repeatedly with Maduro. Dudamel, who conducted, among others, the Philharmonic orchestra of Los Angeles, had warned in a guest post for a big Spanish newspaper prior to the development in his home country. As one of the most well-known Venezuelans, Dudamel’s voice weight. Last Friday, President Maduro had attacked for the first time, the star conductor directly.
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