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LondonDudamel and the LA Phil: Beethoven and Adès

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Beethoven, Adès
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel

LondonDudamel and the LA Phil: Beethoven and Ortiz

BBC Proms
Beethoven, Ortiz
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel; Los Angeles Master Chorale

Los AngelesThe Classical World Cup

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Ginastera, Barber, Schoenberg, Revueltas, Copland
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Tito Muñoz; Randall Goosby

Los AngelesTchaikovsky and Beethoven

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Tchaikovsky, Beethoven
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Cristian Măcelaru; Leonidas Kavakos

Los AngelesMozart and Brahms

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Korngold, Mozart, Brahms
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Roberto González-Monjas; Mao Fujita

Los AngelesRhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich

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Clyne, Gershwin, Shostakovich
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Marin Alsop; Conrad Tao
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It’s a hero’s life for Gustavo Dudamel at Disney Hall

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic © Timothy Norris
Dudamel closes in on the end of his Disney Hall tenure in heroic style with Richard Strauss’ tone poem, Ein Heldenleben
****1
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Dudamel’s LA Phil Walküre proves worth the wait

Ryan Speedo Green (Wotan) and Christine Goerke (Brünnhilde) © Elizabeth Asher
An enveloping performance of Die Walküre spans three consecutive evenings, featuring world class singing in Frank Gehry’s stunning space.
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LA Phil celebrates the California spirit with Andrés Orozco-Estrada

Andrés Orozco-Estrada © Werner Kmetitsch
The program features Maria Dueñas in Korngold's Violin Concerto and a moving tribute to LA native Michael Tilson Thomas
****1
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A cerebral bacchanalia: Young's bold, brainy Messiaen at Disney Hall

Simone Young © Sandrah Steh
Simone Young's take on Messiaen's Turangalîla with the Los Angeles Philharmonic proves a night to remember.
*****
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Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic © Farah Sosa ​
In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait. 
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Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt

Yuja Wang and the Los Angeles Philharmonic © Elizabeth Asher
If Prokofiev’s original intention in his Second Piano Concerto was shock and awe, Yuja Wang gives exactly the right performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
***11
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Los AngelesLuciano Pavarotti: "Nessun dorma"

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Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta; Luciano Pavarotti
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The crisis facing US classical music: Douglas McLennan

President Trump at the Kennedy Center © Daniel Torok | The White House
Longtime music journalist and founder of ArtsJournal talks about the multiple crises facing orchestras and arts organisations in the United States, amid the damage wrought by the second Trump administration.

LA Phil names Anna Handler as Conductor-in-Residence

Anna Handler © Peter Rigaud
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.

Elim Chan: from Sorcerer’s Apprentice to Proms Queen

Elim Chan © Marco Borggreve
The Hong Kong-born conductor talks about her entry into music, her love of big Russian repertoire, her “Cinderella moment” winning the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition and her ambition to “go against the grind”.