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March of the Spanish-Humming Conductors: Dudamel, Heras-Casado, Orozco-Estrada, Mattheuz, Payare, Mena, Kalmar...De Leon de Vega

In the wake of the success of Gustavo Dudamel, or maybe more accurately in the wake of the work of El Sistema scion Jose Antonio Abreu, there has been an explosion in the number of top appointments going to Spanish or Latin American conductors. Whether this matters, whether any kind of cultural movement or school or schools of interpretation can be discerned, is an arguable point. Possibly one that will only be clear in many years' time. But it's worth casting an eye over the class of 2014...
By Brick Dozer