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Gustavo Dudamel receives $1 million award from musician Herb Alpert: ‘We can change the world, but it starts with educating young people’

Summary by El Pais
Herb Alpert and Gustavo Dudamel are separated by many things. Their birthplaces—Los Angeles, California, and Barquisimeto, Venezuela are 3,728 miles (6,000 km) apart—; their ages—one is over 90; the other has just turned 45—; their languages... But there is even more that unites them, as their long conversations, which often end in laughter, demonstrate. The first and foremost is their passion for music, which they’ve shared since childhood, and…

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The leading American trumpeter and producer Herb Alpert, 90 years old, has awarded a historical recognition to the Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel. It is the Herb Alpert Honor, an award with a million dollars, whose main objective is to support the social and pedagogical management carried out by the Dudamel Foundation. Unlike other distinctions given by Alpert during the last thirty years, this award is born with the specific purpose of pr…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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