You already know everyone wanted to applaud so heavily after that second movement lol

Youth? YOUTH? YYOUUTTTHHH??? I literally have tears running down my face. Oh my God, oh my God......

Venezuela's wealth is definitely not oil. Each of these musicians is a world treasure. What a great experience seeing this video.

I performed this with the national youth orchestra back in 2013 when I was 16. Being 1st clarinet for this masterpiece was one of the best memories of music making ❤

The second movement of this awesome symphony is one of the most diabolical and treacherous 4 1/2 minutes ever written for orchestra. These kids not only played it well, but really really fast. Faster than most I've heard. Terrific job!!

the clarinettist is fantastic. Amazing soulful playing.

SHOSTAKOVICH IS THE MOST BADASS COMPOSER!!!!! Just discovered him in spring of 2020. He was decades ahead of his time. If I were to hear his symphonies (10, 7, 5, 8, 11, 12) for the very first time BUT didn't know who composed them OR WHEN, I'd think they were for an epic action movie filmed after 1980. No other classical composer compares to him. His use of heavy strings is spellbinding. SHOSTY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shostakovich, Symphony 10 in E minor, Op.93 Movement 1: 0:53 Movement 2: 27:53 Movement 3: 32:16 Movement 4: 44:51

0:00 - First Movement 27:51 - Second Movement 32:15 - Third Movement 44:50 - Fourth Movement 53:52 - MAYBE THE LOUDEST FLIPPIN' SOUND AN ORCHESTRA CAN PRODUCE! Bravo!

Shostakovich would have hugged EVERY one of these OUTSTANDING musicians!! And Gustavo Dudamel brought ALL that greatness out- the greatest performance of this symphony I've ever heard-BRAVISSIMO!!!❤️🙏🏼

So proud to have had Gustavo as our orchestra leader in Los Angeles all these years. And so sad to be losing him . . .

This is by far, one of the very best interpretations of this masterpiece... Especially the second movement is exactly how I'd like to hear it. Splendid!!! Such virtuosity from such a young orchestra, I mean this is truly uncanny...

I can only imagine how emotional the first performance, in 1953, was. Everyone knew what the music said.

Putting ads on this video, in the MIDDLE OF MOVEMENTS, is a crime. A CRIME!

There will never be another performance to surpass this one. A breathtaking interpretation.

Oh my gosh, the violin section bowings put the Vienna Philharmonic to shame! Super duper incredible performance!

This is without question one of the finest performances of this symphony. Wow...just wow. They need to try their hand at the Shostakovich 8th...VERY difficult piece to perform.

El sistema no selecciona a los músicos por su origen social. solo selecciona talento, mis hijos pertenecieron al sistema de orquesta. aun no sabían escribir bien y ya ejecutaban el violín con maestría. A veces sentía ganas de llorar al ver a niños tan pequeños manejarse de esa manera. La música llena el alma y engrandece el corazón, pero llegar a esos niveles de perfección requiere mucho trabajo, dedicación y sacrificio de los niños y de sus padres. Por eso como venezolano me siento orgulloso de nuestro sistema de orquestas infantiles y juveniles en todo el territorio nacional. He disfrutado de su arte hasta en las comunidades indígenas de Canaima en Venezuela !!

Vuelvo a escuchar esta música y pienso que lo que oigo es una perfección musical absoluta, que no ha sido igualada desde que Shostakovich escribió esta sinfonía. Cuando escucho esta grabación de la Décima Sinfonía de Shostakovich, no sólo oigo la música, sino que experimento toda la historia del siglo XX, con todas sus atrocidades, que se siguen repitiendo en el siglo XXI. Ninguna otra orquesta o director del mundo puede igualar el sonido orquestal tal y como se toca y se graba.

As a violinist I would love to be conducted by Dudamel, he has such energy and command its breath-taking. I remember when I played this with the local amature orchestra I play for, this performance made us look a secondary school orchestra that had just learnt to play, despite the fact we have all been playing for years!

This is with no doubt the best musical and acoustical rendering of this symphony. I could not find another rendering of this music which even from far away can stand with this interpretation and acoustical rendering. the Venezuelan soul is the créme de la créme of the human soul, at least as far as music is concerned.

THE BEST youth orchestra I've personally ever heard - simply phenomenal! And the soloists were not only technically but also musically superb. Truly outstanding.

I loved the bassoon and contrabassoon solos.

Absolutely amazing how good these kids are!!! They sound as good if not better than some of the professional big Orchestras in the US and abroad! Kudos to Gustavo Dudamel for such a amazing group of young people all with stupendous talent!!

My all-time favourite DSCH work, not to mention the fact that it's one of the 20th-century's greatest symphonies. Bravo a thousand times over. The second movement if played just a tad fast really brings on the "wow" factor. No other conductor plays the second movement with such passion.

That's a spetacular performance by Dudamel and Simon Bolivar Orchestra. Shostakovitch's 10th Symphony will never more executed better than like this !

I just remembered why this is my favorite symphony. . .

Gustavo Dudamel brings out the very best of this highly talented group. His conducting evokes the elegiac and dramatic qualities, with which Shostakovitch imbues in this particular epic symphony; in my opinion, one of the composer's masterpieces, played here with both solemnity and passion. It's just astounding and very noteworthy, all in all, also a joy to listen to.

I'm going to break my own rules. I don't believe in the 'best' or 'greatest' but for me this the greatest symphony yet written, & this the best performance I've heard. Shostakovitch sees EVERYTHING. Love, beauty, grandeur, horror, cruelty, everything that is in this world. And it's driving him insane. The section starting about 12.40 (I wish I knew the technical terms for his genius, but whatever techniques he uses are always subservient to his music, his humanity) develops at 17 minutes into the most distraught, compassionate piece of music I've ever heard. It has me in tears. Literally stunning. To paraphrase: Dmitri Will Tear You Apart Again.

I believe this is the greatest performance of Shotakovich's 10th symphony I've ever heard! Better even than Kondrashin. Didn't think I'd ever say that.

This is the closest and most interconnected I´ve seen musicians be in an orchestra, including the Director, they all are one big instrument. Bravo "El Sistema" !!

Sibelius suggests a story; Mahler tells a story; Shostakovich unfolds a story.

What a discipline this orchestra has, exceptional. Many other orchestras in the world should take an example of this orchestra here.

Adore the bassoon AND Contra Bassoon in this piece.! Think this orchestra & Dudamel are spectacular!

He estado escuchando esta sinfonia por varios anhos, con distintas orcestas y directores. Todavia pienso que esta es una de las mejores versiones, si no la mejor.

This orchestra and the Maestro is a gift of G-d to the world. I feel like I am in heaven! Real paradise! Everything is so perfect! It is difficult to believe that these youth has accomplished such a unique level! What a treasure! Dudamel is certainly above nature! G-d bless them all!

Breathtaking. Behold what socialized music programs can produce. Corporations produce stuff. People produce true beauty. Bravo.

Watching the expressions on the young players' faces is a joy in itself.

Absolutely magnificent! Gustavo Dudamel one of the greatest conductor of our time. Bravo, Bravo Bravo!

I come back to this again and again...chills every time.

Principal clarinet is sublime. Bravo bravo! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

I love the expression(s) on Dudamel's face around the 32:00 mark... I have no words! He's completely uncanny. Amazing. Over the past few months I've watched this video so many times that I can practically see it with my eyes shut, but somehow it never gets old.

I listen to this music again and I think that what I hear is absolute musical perfection, which has not been equaled since Shostakovich wrote this symphony. When I listen to this recording of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, I not only hear the music, but I experience the whole history of the XXth century, with all its atrocities, which are still being repeated in the XXI century. No other orchestra or conductor in the world can match the orchestral sound as it is played and as it is recorded.

Гениальное исполнение гениальной симфонии гениального композитора! И ещё... Звукорежиссер знает эту труднейшую партитуру не хуже дирижера. БРАВО!!!

every time I hear DSCH it just makes me smile

57:11 BEST PART EVER

Hard to find the appropriate words, I want to bathe in this wonderful piece, need to find a way to get to see this amazing man. The passion from these young people and Gustav is awe inspiring, thank you for keeping GREAT music alive. Bravo to Venezuela for supporting and maintains this program.

Besides being performed well, this is one of the greatest symphonies of all time. So beautifully composed.

Браво, маэстро Дудамел!!. Все произведения , которые исполняются под его руководством, он дирижирует блистательно. Шостаковича же чувствовать и интерпретировать сложно. Трижды браво!!!

All orchestras in Venezuela are double sized due to the abundance of fine musicians. I have seen the combination of two large orchestras, and it amazing. Only in Venezuela.

Immensely powerful and expressive for such young musicians. They are immensely talented.

Oh how I have to wished to have been attendance for this performance. This is the GREATEST performance of my favourite symphony ever. Thanks ever so much for posting

I have no words... this is stunning beyond belief... The only thing that could have made this better would have been if I were lucky enough to have been in the audience to experience this live.

Questa Sinfonia è una delle migliori interpretazioni di questo capolavoro ... Soprattutto il secondo movimento è esattamente come mi piacerebbe sentirlo. Magnifica.... Un tale virtuosismo da parte di un'orchestra così giovane la Simon Bolivar diretta dal Grande Gustavo Dudamel dico che è veramente sconvolgente !

Es necesario e imperioso que nosotros los hispano-hablantes, no solo reconozcamos el talento y la maravilla de esta Orquesta Sinfónica, sino que su grandeza y esplendor radica en su total y exquisita ejecución de esta magnífica obra que quizás otros conjuntos no han logrado, esa sinergia de éxtasis y poderío con el cual esta orquesta se hace su interpretación tan hermosa y pulcra, como hermano latinoamericano es un orgullo para todo el continente y una precisa y eficaz demostración que el arte no solo europa se lo reserva, el arte es mundial como lo fue en tiempos antiguos, a su vez es una lástima que muchos países europeos talves no todos, detentan superioridad y observan con cierto desdén a los compositores rusos los cuales podemos decir en resumidas palabras, son mejores, Bach (al cual amo profundamente cada composición), Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Reincken, Buxtehude, Mozart, Haydn tuvieron su gloria pero, los compositores rusos tales como Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Scriabin, Shostákovich, Musgorsky y demás son incomparables y exceden el arte con las bases de los grandes para ellos ser aún más grandes no por vanidad ni altanería sino porque lo son, y la Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolívar es un digno ejemplo de esa grandeza mundial, mi mayor respeto y admiración para ellos, y la más grande ¡Enhorabuena!

such a massive number of musicians who can play together even at the fastest tempos...from 53:36 is astounding...

Dudamel infuses so much energy to this Shostakovich piece!! BRAVO to the Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar!!

The first notes scream for authority. This is one of the most exciting symphonies I know - and not just for the crazy 2nd movement. The whole piece is full of imagination, sarcasm, irony and hatred. Shostakovich spat on Stalin´s grave and this music makes it audible.

The best ever performance to date. Five stars!

What a wonderful performance of the greatest symphonic masterpiece of them all.

Increíble. Sin palabras. Un orgullo que hermanos latinoamericanos logren tal maestría, tal... divinidad. Impresionante.

As a Venezuelan , I tell you : Stop critizising !!!!! This is a result of daily studying and practicing from age 3 !!!! This beautiful movement Was initiated Long before Chavez !!! Poor, middle class, rich kids play together . Dudamel Is one of them too !!!!

Great interpretation! Fearless and most enthusiastic! The brass might be a tad too controlled (but I'm being a bit highly demanding and too used to Russian brass that is OUT of control).

Genius. He's amazing as a Director & Instructor. Much to be proud of.

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 / Dudamel · Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela. Great composer, great conductor, great performance! It is simply breathtaking! Gustavo Dudamel and Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra you are magnificent and unique! I've watched this video at least ten times and never get tired to watch it again. You tremendsuly, have inspired me!

Every time, this piece leaves me close to tears. Very powerful

Esto es fantasticooo...Todavía no se percataron de la Grandiosidad de Dudamel? ??? a la fecha 29 de Set. 2013 ya rompió Record Guinness...!! Primer director de Orquesta que tiene tanta Música en La Memoria....Y de la Buena, por si Queda alguna duda.

At 125 plus committed and competent musicians (with a good amount above the usual compliment of strings) the second movement, taken at the extreme end of the tempo indication, sounds even more menacing, hectoring and impactful than usual. Overwhelming barely begins to describe it and the rest of the performance as well. Bravo to the orchestra and Dudamel. Simply a composition of great breadth and depth of feeling/emotions (and of high craft, of which DSCH was most proud)...in the tradition of someone whose work he admired deeply, Mahler.

Every now and then,I turn to this symphony no.10 sponteniosy,!It is an inner demand, I guess.Kevork Zabounian. Sweden,Stockholm

Magnifica presntacion del maestro gustavo me siento orgulloso de pertenencer al sstema de orquesta y de haber trabajado con el!

bloody hell that was brilliant!

Spectacular performans,fascinating!Dudamel is my favorite conductor

This is very hard to believe they are a youth orchestra cause they just play so well together

One of the most powerful and beautiful introductions to any piece of music. Wonderful. A great piece of music by one of the all time great composers. And so beautifully played as well. So good. Thank you.

Assolutamente fantastico. Effetti sonori dall'onirico al stupefacente con perfetta intesa fra orchestra e direttore. Da ricordare fra le esecuzioni migliori di questa sinfonia "cosmica".

26:20 is unprecedented. Two piccolos playing in tune!

Simply magnificent! I love the work of Gustavo Dudamel!

Incredibly great -- both the marvelous performance and Shostakovich's brilliant symphony.

SBYSO proves to be the MOST talented youth orchestra in the world. My seat is wet.

this orchestra is amazing...the strings in the 2nd movement :O

the ending brings me so much joy. dudamel looks so proud of the orchestra, the audience explodes with applause (and that really loud "hey!" i love it omg), it's just so pure c: dudamel is so full of energy the entire time and doesn't even break a sweat from what i can tell? and you can tell at the end he knows it was a damn good performance too and it just makes me so happy to watch this cx one of the best interpretations too, by far! thanks so much for uploading this! made my day :D

The best ever performance of the DSCH 10th. Nothing comes close.

How can you NOT just love this? Simply amazing.

I am only 6:03 into this and I am breathless

Me enorgullese ser Venezolana y violinista y ver a esta gran orquesta y como director a Gustavo triunfar en cada rincon del mundo.. IM SO PROUD

31:50 this guys face says it all

The ending to this is just so full of joy. Saw this live with Los Angeles Phil and I just wanted to jump up and dance.

Excelente interpretación. El Sistema de Orquestas es sin lugar a dudas el más importante aporte de Venezuela a las artes universales.

sensacional Gustavo Dudamel con la Orquesta Sinfónica Juvenil Simón Bolivar en el Royal Albert intrpretando la sinfonia no 10 de Dmitri Shostakovich para mi fantástica sensaciional muchas felicitaciones para todos

Wonderful performance! Bravo Dudamel and the orchestra!

This is one of the best renditions of this fantastic symphony...the musicians may be younger, but they play like very mature individuals! Greeeeeeeat!

A performance of immense maturity. Astonishingly musical. They must have had many sectional rehearsals with very fine tutors

молоде́ц !!!!!!! Best performance of this Symphony I´ve ever heard.

De todos es conocido el profundo rechazo que el compositor, sentía por el régimen político imperante en Rusia, entonces llamada URSS, pese a que, por salvar su vida, tuvo que plegarse a las directrices soviéticas. Parece ser, que el segundo movimiento de esta sinfonía, esta dedicada a las victimas de unos de los grandes asesinos del siglo XX, Stalin. Es una gran sinfonía, profunda y llena de momentos espectaculares. Los finales de Shostakovich son únicos, por sus pianíssimos, como en la 4ª y 13ª, o por su explosividad, como en la 5ª y 10ª. Es una maravilla de música, y esta orquesta y su director, la hacen aún mas grande.

OH MY GOD this is absolutely amazing wow

magnifique ! quelle chance d'être un musicien dirigé par un si grand talent Gustavo Dudamel !!

Rafael Payare is the music director of the San Diego Symphony Orchestra 2021.

One of the greatest symphonic endings in all of classical music.

Just listen and admire!

Damn, what a stunning performance!!! Interesting to see the various Dudamel/SBYO videos where the trumpets sometimes play piston or rotary valved trumpets...BRAVO Maestro Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela!!!!!!!