12 Apr 2018

The electrifying, energetic conductor arrives in Dunedin

From Upbeat, 1:00 pm on 12 April 2018

José Luis Gomez is something of a musical phenomenon.

His initial musical training was in Venezuela’s El Sistema as a violinist. He decided to switch to conducting, and after only six months won First Prize at the International Sir Georg Solti Conductor’s Competition.

Conductor Jose Luis Gomez

Conductor Jose Luis Gomez Photo: MATTHIEU GAUCHET

The Venezuelan-born conductor now has Spanish citizenship, and is music director of the Tucson Symphony in the USA.

Upbeat talks with José Luis Gomez about his remarkable career so-far, and his upcoming concert with the Dunedin Symphony Orchestra.