Alexander Prior, the 17 year-old prodigy conductor

Move over, Gustavo Dudamel. The Tanglewood Music Center has its own prodigy conductor, Alexander Prior, and he's 17.

During Sunday evening's TMC Orchestra concert at Ozawa Hall, Prior confirmed the strong impression he made on listeners earlier this summer. Like Dudamel, 29, who emerged a decade ago from El Sistema in Venezuela (the training organization for young musicians) en route to his current high-profile position as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Prior, who has composed 40 works since he was 8, is on the express track for a potentially meteoric rise.

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Alexander Prior will conduct the Las Vegas Philharmonic on February 12, 2011.  View concert schedule.