Gustavo Dudamel, new conductor of the Paris Opera

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Gustavo Dudamel is one of the 10 most popular chefs in the world and one of the few to have his star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.

At 40, he took charge of the Paris Opera.

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By: Muriel Maalouf

4 min

The Venezuelan conductor superstar Gustavo Dudamel, 40, has just been appointed musical director of the Paris Opera.

He is currently the head of the San Francisco Philharmonic Orchestra where he was appointed at the age of 28.

With the Paris Opera he took for the first time the musical direction of a house of lyrical art. 

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