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A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.

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Gustavo Dudamel
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: January 26
Composer
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Violinist
Barquisimeto
Venezuela
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