Dudamel Conducts Eroica & The People United…
About This Event
Event: Dudamel Conducts Eroica & The People United… Venue: David Geffen Hall Gustavo Dudamel conducts the World Premiere of a new orchestration of Frederic Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. The performance includes contributions from various American composers and is paired with Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony, highlighting themes of community and social change.
About The People United Will Never Be Defeated
Frederic Rzewski’s *The People United Will Never Be Defeated* is a long-form piano work built as a chain of 36 variations on a Chilean protest song associated with solidarity movements under dictatorship. First heard in 1976 and closely linked to pianist Ursula Oppens, it brings political material into the concert hall without turning it into programmatic narrative. At David Geffen Hall, it appears alongside Beethoven’s *Eroica* under Gustavo Dudamel, placing two different ideas of public music in dialogue. Its significance in New York is less about a single local premiere than its durable place in the city’s tradition of socially alert modernism.
About the Artist
Gustavo Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist, recognized for his dynamic conducting style and leadership of major orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic.