LA Phil dedicates the Hollywood Bowl stage to John Williams

Harding will join the LA Phil’s reimagined leadership team, including Esa-Pekka Salonen, Anna Handler and Gustavo Dudamel.

The LA Phil's new post, beginning in the 2026–27 season, will complement the position of Creative Director in the absence of a Music Director after the departure of Gustavo Dudamel.

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.”

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.

The appointment marks the first formal conducting title of Adèsʼ career, during which he has enjoyed a close relationship with the orchestra as Composer-in-Association.

The Hong Kong-born conductor joins the San Francisco Symphony as Music Director Designate, effective immediately, and begins her tenure as Music Director in September 2027.