All shall have prizes? Not Dudamel, surely… Orchestrasnorman lebrecht July 30, 2024The Glenn Gould Foundation is to award its 14th annual Glenn Gould Prize to the conductor Gustavo Dudamel at Carnegie Hall on August 2. According to the press release: ‘the presentation coincides with Carnegie Hall’s World Orchestra Week (WOW! On this day, Dudamel will conduct the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela. Giving an award to the envoy of a notorious militarist regime that has just stolen an election seems … inadvisable.
