Travel Tip: Classical Music in Italy
Filarmonica della Scala

Superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads Milan's Filarmonica della Scala in a rich programme of 19th and 20th century music including a birthday tribute to soloist Daniel Barenboim.

The young Venezuelan maestro is the product of the highly regarded Foundation for the National Network of Youth and Child Orchestras of Venezuela ("El Sistema") whose founder, the Venezuelan musician, educator and economist Dr. José Antonio Abreu, was awarded recently the Glenn Gould Prize.

Brahms: Concerto No. 1 in D minor op. 15
Elliott Carter: Dialogues II for piano and Chamber Orchestra
First performance ever - commissioned by Teatro alla Scala and Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin
On the occasion of Daniel Barenboim's 70th birthday

Bartók: Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra

Filarmonica della Scala
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Daniel Barenboim, piano