Los Angeles Philharmonic names Anna Handler as Conductor-in-Residence

The German-Colombian conductor will succeed Daniele Rustioni from September 2026.

A ceremony honoured the legendary composer and conductor’s enduring impact on film and orchestral music, and his long-standing relationship with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

In his score to Brady Corbet’s feature, Blumberg’s cited London venue Café OTO and multiple musical collaborators: “radical musicians who’ve been making uncompromising music for many years.”

The early work of Ravel’s, Prélude et danse de Sémiramis, from a partially lost cantata, has not been performed since it was composed in 1902.

LA Opera’s 40th season – concluding James Conlon’s 20-year run as music director – will not see any main-stage world premieres, with Missy Mazzoli’s previously scheduled Lincoln in the Bardo premiering in New York instead.

Michael Tilson Thomas, the American conductor, composer and educator, has died at the age of 81.