For me to rehearse with a children's orchestra a Mahler symphony was to really work. We had three or four weeks of rehearsal with the orchestra, every day eight or nine hours, putting the First together. I had been conducting Tchaikovsky a lot and Beethoven, but Mahler was different.

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.