But the musicians were visibly having the
time of their lives. You would not know — sitting among the gown- and
tuxedo-clad crowd — that these artists’ home country is grievously suffering.
In brief remarks from the stage that focused on his and the players’ love of, and
joy in, music, Mr. Dudamel dropped an oblique reference to “the troubling times
we are living in,” and that was that. But is that enough? It is a question that
has dogged Mr. Dudamel’s career. The smiling international face of El Sistema,
he has come under criticism for remaining a largely silent (and therefore
acquiescent) beneficiary of government support. More…
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