Star-Studded LA Phil ‘Valkyries’ Is a Thrill Ride
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Gustavo Dudamel, the LA Phil’s departing Music Director, conducted his final opera in a hall designed by the late architect Frank Gehry (who also designed the opera’s sets.)
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New Year's at LA Phil with Yunchan, Yuja and Cate Blanchett
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LA Phil journal of February, 2026 - Elim Chan conducts Mahler Fourth, Yuja Wang plays Prokofiev 2, Yunchan Lim plays Schumann, Cate Blanchett narrates Beethoven’s Egmont…
Read MoreA Thrilling Beginning of Dudamel's Final Season
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Gustavo Dudamel is going out with a bang. The maestro's final season as the LA Phil's Music & Artistic Director kicked off with a magnificent triple-header…
Read MoreWeekend in Review - Hollywood, Mexican Film Music and Angela Gheorghiu
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Weekend of October 26-27: Korngold and Mahler at Pasadena Symphony, Angela Gheorghiu in Santa Monica, Hollywood and Mexican film music at LA Phil
Read More2023 Hollywood Bowl Classical Highlights
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Classical highlights at the Bowl, 2023 include John Williams, Verdi’s Requiem, Rhapsody in Blue, Rachel Barton Pine…
Read MoreLA Phil Season Ends with Mostly Memorable Mozart
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Swiss Philippe Jordan returned to conduct Dvorak and Bruckner. Pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Mitsuko Uchida played Mozart...
Read MoreLA Phil’s Double-Delight: John Williams Celebration on Dudamel’s Birthday
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Beyond all the pomp, comedy and magic, John Williams’ music is also capable of great emotion, as evidenced in the Theme from Schindler’s Lis, played poignantly by violinist Simone Porter.
Read MoreA Pleasant Outdoor Summer Night with Perlman and Dudamel
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Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl featured two powerhouse names in classical music – Itzhak Perlman and Gustavo Dudamel. The music-making, however, was pleasantly low-key and congenial.
Read MoreDudamel Conducts a Forceful 'Otello' at the Bowl
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For the Sunday performance of Verdi’s “Otello”, the sound engineers clearly flattered the dynamic conducting of Gustavo Dudamel. The results were some incredibly exciting passages…
Read MoreBernstein 100 Celebration Continues at the Bowl
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TV actress Sutton Foster and Broadway veteran Brian Stokes Mitchell made a delightful, winsome couple in musical numbers from On the Town (1944) and Wonderful Town (1953).
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