Conductor Gustavo Dudamel will return to the Auditori de Barcelona on November 3 with the National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, as part of a tour marking the 50th anniversary of Venezuela’s National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras and Choirs ( in spanish El Sistema).

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The performance was rescheduled twice—first due to air travel restrictions in Venezuela, and subsequently because of earthquakes that affected the country.

The concert, organized by the Barcelona-based series BCN Clàssics, will be dedicated entirely to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7, “Leningrad,” composed during the Second World War amidst the Nazi siege of that Russian city. The work is regarded as a symbol of resistance and hope in the face of the devastation caused by the conflict.

The concert is part of the 50th-anniversary celebrations of “El Sistema,” a social and cultural initiative of the Venezuelan state founded in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu. The National Youth Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela is described by the organizers as one of the flagship ensembles of this pedagogical model and a benchmark for artistic excellence.

Radetzky March, Op. 228 by the renowned composer Johann Strauss I.

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Dudamel—who himself received his training through “El Sistema”—returns to the Catalan capital following his appearance three weeks ago to open the 2026–2027 season of BCN Clàssics, where he conducted the New York Philharmonic on its first international tour, alongside the Orfeó Català.

The performance is scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. in the Sala Pau Casals at the Auditori de Barcelona. The program will consist exclusively of Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60—one of the most expansive and powerful works in the 20th-century symphonic repertoire.

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