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MSM Symphony conducted by Daniela Candillari featuring James C. Harris, baritone

The Riverside Church

Gustavo Dudamel, the charismatic Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009, whose fiery baton has made him one of classical music’s most recognizable figures, will be departing his post at the LA Phil in September 2026 to become the new Music Director of the New York Philharmonic beginning September 2026. Don’t miss the upcoming opportunity on May 28 to experience Gustavo Dudamel’s dynamic presence on the podium as he leads the LA Phil in the closing concert of CAMA’s 2023/2024 International Series season.

The May 28 concert will feature Gustavo Dudamel conducting Ludwig van Beethoven’s high-spirited Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92, plus two world premieres of works by noted American composers Ellen Reid and Gabriella Smith, with cellist Gabriel Cabezas as soloist in Smith’s Lost Coast, inspired by her reflections on climate change.

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Granada Theatre

The thrilling way Beethoven treats different dance rhythms in his Seventh Symphony made it a hit from the start, and Dudamel is the perfect interpreter to bring out its vibrant and whirling character. Gustavo also leads Gabriella Smith’s brand-new Lost Coast, a cello concerto played by Gabriel Cabezas. For Thursday and Saturday night audiences, Lost Coast is paired with Ellen Reid’s West Coast Sky Eternal, another world premiere.

Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Smith

Walt Disney Concert Hall

The final concert of the season opens with Jaime premiering a LACO-commissioned work from Composer-in-Residence and Artistic Advisor Ellen Reid. Then, LACO’s Concertmaster Margaret Batjer and Principal Cello Andrew Shulman perform the beloved Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, fulfilling a dream over ten years in the making for Margaret. Beethoven’s titanic fifth symphony closes the season. 

REID, BRAHMS + BEETHOVEN

Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Royce Hall

Ambassador Auditorium

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra performs Brahms' Double Concerto—his final orchestral work and a rare pairing of violin and cello—featuring LACO concertmaster Margaret Batjer and principal cellist Andrew Shulman. Also on the program is Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony and a newly commissioned work by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid.

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

The adventurous Pekka Kuusisto, who successfully premiered Daníel Bjarnason’s Violin Concerto at the Hollywood Bowl 2019, returns as the protagonist for the recent piece by the prolific Nico Muhly, conducted by the one-and-only Esa-Pekka Salonen. Kuusisto also collaborates on this program with composer and sound artist Ellen Reid (p r i s m), who will share some of her own extraordinary music.

Pekka Kuusisto + Ellen Reid

2005 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World — soprano Nicole Cabell — joins force with conductor Grant Gershon on Lumee’s Dream from Ellen Reid’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, p r i s m.

"Lumee's Dream" from p r i s m

In this star-studded episode, guest conductor Grant Gershon leads a LACO-commissioned world premiere by Sound Investment Composer Peter S. Shin, Lumee’s Dream from Ellen Reid’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera p r i s m, and Britten’s Les illuminations. Shin’s premiere incorporates animation and drawn portraiture by visual artist Jian Lee. The pioneering nature of this collaboration lies in the fact that Shin and Lee are actively working together to conjure up visuals as the piece is written in real time throughout the multi-month artistic process. Britten’s Les illuminations and Ellen Reid’s Lumee’s Dream spotlights internationally renowned soprano and native Californian Nicole Cabell in her LACO debut.  The Britten and Reid selections are cinematic in nature, and will be woven together by a new opera dance-theater film by director George Miller and choreographer Rebecca Steinberg—exploring the deeply complex array of relationships present throughout this wisely-curated pair of repertoire.

Shin, Reid + Britten

Beethoven’s heroic voice is on full display with his greatest piano concerto performed by award-winning pianist Alessio Bax, whom Gramophone called “clearly among the most remarkable young pianists now before the public,” in their review of his recording of the same work. Reid’s Petrichor redefines ‘surround sound’ with spatialized musicians, shimmering strings and bright winds throughout the hall. Lockington is sure to deliver Latin sizzle with the rapturous rhythms and sultry melodies of DeFalla and Marquez. 

Beethoven "Emperor" Piano Concerto

With a view of the New York City skyline, Philharmonic musicians perform music with a story to tell by Pulitzer Prize winners Ellen Reid, John Luther Adams, and Jacob Druckman, plus Thea Musgrave. Hosted and curated by <strong>Nadia Sirota, Creative Partner.

Ellen Reid

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Events

Nov 21, 2023

MSM Symphony conducted by Daniela Candillari featuring James C. Harris, baritone · Manhattan School of Music

May 28, 2023

Los Angeles Philharmonic · CAMA

25 - 27 May, 2023

Dudamel Leads Beethoven and Smith · Los Angeles Philharmonic

12 - 15 May, 2022

REID, BRAHMS + BEETHOVEN · Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

May 12, 2022

Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra · Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

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