N.Y. Philharmonic chief looks to Gustavo ‘Dudamel era’ after historic appointment
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022.…
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For Dudamel, the trauma of COVID-19 turned personal: ‘I am not the Gustavo of 2010’
All summer at the Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo Dudamel showed signs of a new gravitas. Despite the vagaries of the amphitheater, with its typically limited rehearsal time and easily distracted audiences, the Los Angeles Philharmonic displayed in…
Review: For Dudamel, Erivo and the L.A. Phil, an incomparable ‘Homecoming’ gala
Homecoming can easily turn fraught. Just ask Ulysses.The Los Angeles Philharmonic untypically appeared to be taking no chances Saturday night with “Homecoming,” its first season-opening gala in two years. On paper it looked as though an…
Gustavo Dudamel built a ladder. These conductors, many women, are climbing — fast
Gustavo Dudamel has gotten enough attention of late — an appointment to music director of Paris Opera, sensational Hollywood Bowl concerts, proud papa of the new Frank Gehry-designed Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center in Inglewood. So how about…
Review: If you’re missing Dudamel at the Bowl this summer, you’re missing greatness
May I make a modest proposal for the Hollywood Bowl? How about commissioning a Los Angeles artist to create some sort of tribute to a bag of Cheetos?It was that salty, greasy, cheesy snack 16 summers ago that proved a true marker for the…
Review: How to command the Hollywood Bowl? Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Gustavo Dudamel show the way
Next month will mark 16 years since a 24-year Venezuelan conductor known only to industry insiders made his U.S. debut at the Hollywood Bowl looking like he already owned the place. Back this summer for his longest Bowl residency with…
Review: In rollout of Dudamel Fellows at the Hollywood Bowl, Tianyi Lu impresses
This is not a normal Hollywood Bowl summer.No, I am not referring to our convoluted attempts to extricate ourselves from the pandemic. Attending the Bowl is, thus far, surprisingly as it has always been. All are welcome. The weather is…
Gustavo Dudamel and Frank Gehry give YOLA’s new Inglewood concert hall a sound check
The kids have entered the room. The Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Youth Orchestra Los Angeles recently tried out the nearly completed Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center. That is the dilapidated former bank building and Burger King…
Review: ‘Like a resurrection,’ Gustavo Dudamel brings the Hollywood Bowl back to life
Unpracticed in saying goodbye, the Los Angeles Philharmonic went silent uneasily 14 months ago. The COVID-19 pandemic hit a uniquely imaginative, welcoming and wealthy orchestra especially hard. Cancellations initially thought to be brief…