Tag: LA Phil
The 2026 LA Phil Gala Celebrates the Heights of Los Angeles...
Yuja Wang’s breathtaking virtuosity, Teddy Abrams’ inspired leadership, and a celebration of the city reveals how extraordinary music can restore the human spirit.
By John...
At 90, Buddy Guy Leaves the Hollywood Bowl Astonished and Grateful...
With the nimble fingers of a younger man and a wizened elder's sharp wit, Buddy Guy explored the wonderland of the blues, reflecting the...
Gustavo Dudamel, the Chosen Fish in an Ever-Expanding Pond, Honors His...
From El Sistema and John Adams to Natalia Lafourcade and Chris Martin, Dudamel’s Hollywood Bowl benefit revealed how Venezuela nurtured a global maestro.
By John...
John Williams Salutes Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil Musicians with...
At the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the extraordinary relationship between Gustavo Dudamel and John Williams was honored in Bravo Gustavo!, a new composition by...
Gods, Fire, and a Transcendent Dudamel at the Walt Disney Concert...
Across three monumental nights of Wagner’s Die Walküre, Gustavo Dudamel conducted the LA Phil with power and precision in one of his epic closing...
A Masterful Battle with Love and Pain — Szymanowski and Rachmaninoff...
Lisa Batiashvili and Lorenzo Viotti Lead the LA Phil in a Program of Emotional Resonance, Showing How Technical Discipline Brings Romantic Passion to Life.
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Shostakovich’s Second Cello Concerto Becomes a Battle of Will and Sound...
With Genius Grant-winner Alisa Weilerstein at the center, the LA Phil, under Ryan Bancroft, delivers a performance of raw intensity and existential force at...
An American Master at 86 — Herbie Hancock in Concert
On his birthday at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Herbie Hancock and his ultra-talented band reveal why this American treasure has endured and continued...
Gustavo Dudamel’s Farewell in Juxtapositions – Beethoven’s Pastoral Meets the Fires...
As Gustavo Dudamel approaches the final curtain of his transformative tenure with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, his programming has begun to feel like a...
A Holy Grail Unveiled — Dudamel’s Revelatory Missa Solemnis at the...
At the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gustavo Dudamel scales the heights of Beethoven’s somewhat obscure masterwork with rare power and spiritual depth.
By John Lavitt
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