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N.Y. Philharmonic chief looks to Gustavo 'Dudamel era' after historic appointment

New York philharmonic president and CEO Deborah Borda discusses the decisionmaking process behind bringing the superstar conductor to the Big Apple.
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022.

When the New York Philharmonic's current music director, Jaap van Zweden, announced he would be leaving his post next year, president and CEO Deborah Borda had only one new maestro in mind: Gustavo Dudamel.

"There are so many things that are remarkable about Gustavo Dudamel," Borda tells NPR's Leila Fadel. "But I

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