I don’t know how many of you saw Gustavo Dudamel’s recent appearance on 60 Minutes. If you didn’t see it, use the link enclosed in this post.  It takes about 13 minutes and is well worth the time.

It seems to me that Dudamel is the type of charismatic artist who will attract people to the concert hall, get people to purchase recordings/downloads, and make the concert experience attractive and exciting for diverse audiences.  I predict that the Los Angeles Philharmonic will be seeing some new faces in the seats when he begins his tenure as their music director.  He may be the Bernstein of our time.

Kudos to the very smart people at the Los Angeles Philharmonic for hiring this budding superstar.  I’m guessing that a fair number of orchestras who are looking for music directors will end up wishing they had gotten Gustavo.