L.A. Philharmonic maestro Gustavo Dudamel disputes news reports and tries to distance himself from political unrest and violence in his native Venezuela.Wherever he goes, Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel is hailed as a symbol of El Sistema, Venezuela's model music education program. But Tuesday Dudamel arrived in L.A. as the subject of criticism for not speaking out against Venezuelan President…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AM on February 19, 2014