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Messiaen - Turangalila-symphonie (Dudamel, OSSBdV, Wang, Millar)

Gustavo Dudamel Conducts - Golijov: Ainadamar, Mariana, tus ojos- | Marquee TV

Gustavo Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic’s next Music and Artistic Director, leads the Orchestra in a program that celebrates the past, present, and future of music education. Artist, actor, author, and activist Common; soprano Hera Hyesang Park; and guitarist and former New York Yankees centerfielder Bernie Williams take turns in the spotlight. The NY Phil musicians perform several works side-by-side with student musicians from communities across New York City. Program to be announced.

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Spring Gala with Gustavo Dudamel

David Geffen Hall

Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil lead Strauss’ Don Quixote, an epic tone poem that pits the infamous “Man of La Mancha” against a flurry of windmills and wizards, featuring LA Phil Principal Cello and Principal Viola Robert deMaine and Teng Li as soloists. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 is the composer at the top of his game, a piece that flipped conventional baroque traditions on its head by shining a clear spotlight on the soloist, highlighted here by leading Mozart interpreter Maria João Pires.

Dudamel Leads Mozart and Strauss

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Filled with drama, sweet longing, and unforgettable melodies evoking an American landscape seen through an immigrant’s eyes, Dvořák’s Ninth has become one of the most popular and performed symphonies. But both in recent performances and recordings, Gustavo Dudamel has been praised for “[jolting] the familiar score with vitality and imagination” (The New York Times). When Spanish violinist María Dueñas premiered the concerto Ortiz wrote for her, the Los Angeles Times wrote that “a star was born,” praising her musical depth and effortless virtuosity. Dueñas teams up with Dudamel once more for an encore performance of Ortiz’ Altar de cuerda.

Dvořák and Ortiz with Dudamel

The innovative semi-staged production of Beethoven’s Fidelio, created for both Deaf and hearing audiences, was called an “outright breakthrough for opera” by the Los Angeles Times when it was performed in 2022. With a story told through the composer’s music sung by hearing vocalists and the expressive gestural poetry of sign language by Deaf actors, the performances explore the search for communication—both primal and sublime—that is at the heart of all artistic expression.

Premiered in 1805 as Beethoven was reckoning with his own Deafness, Fidelio is a tale of triumph over oppression as the noblewoman Leonore goes undercover to daringly rescue her husband from political imprisonment. Dudamel conducts the LA Phil and a star-studded cast in a groundbreaking event co-directed by Alberto Arvelo and Joaquín Solano and produced in collaboration with Los Angeles’ acclaimed Tony Award®-winning Deaf West Theatre (Artistic Director, David Kurs) and Venezuela’s Coro de Manos Blancas (White Hands Choir.)

Beethoven’s Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre 2024

Since the mysterious opening celesta melody of “Hedwig’s Theme” sounded in the first Harry Potter film, John Williams’ score has been inseparable in audiences’ minds from the magic and wonder of the beloved franchise. Each piece captures a character or idea, and Williams said that while he was composing, the enchanting themes all insisted on being “hatched” and “seemed to arrive all clamoring for their individual identities.” Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA Phil in a family friendly program featuring a Grand Suite from Harry Potter with a special guest narrator and selected film clips, as well as a musical journey through the orchestra guided by a magical Sprite. Described as a “concerto for orchestra and animated film,” Philharmonia Fantastique combines music by Mason Bates, direction by Gary Rydstrom, and animation by Jim Capobianco resulting in what John Williams praised as “the biggest step forward since Fantasia” in combining music and animation.

Dudamel Conducts Harry Potter

Gustavo Dudamel, our future Music and Artistic Director, concludes the season with ​Mahler’s Symphony No. 7,​ in some ways ​the composer’s​​ most adventurous. Experimental in structure and orchestration, it veers rapidly from eerie, mysterious night music to towering exclamations by the brass, with a full range of moods in between.

Gustavo Dudamel

Conductor

Events

Apr 24, 2024

Spring Gala with Gustavo Dudamel · New York Philharmonic

May 2, 2024

Dudamel Leads Mozart and Strauss · Los Angeles Philharmonic

May 9, 2024

Dvořák and Ortiz with Dudamel · Los Angeles Philharmonic

16 - 17 May, 2024

Beethoven’s Fidelio with Dudamel and Deaf West Theatre 2024 · Los Angeles Philharmonic

18 - 19 May, 2024

Dudamel Conducts Harry Potter · Los Angeles Philharmonic

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