A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

Dudamel is featured in the 2011 documentary "Let The Children Play" a film which focuses on his work advocating for music as a way to enrich children's lives. In 2006 Dudamel was named Principal Conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony. On February 12 2012 Gustavo Dudamel won a Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for his recording of Brahms Symphony No.

Gustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez (born January 26 1981) is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is honorary conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg Sweden.