{"id":23145,"date":"2026-06-11T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/review-dudamels-closing-weekend-as-la-phil-music-and-artistic-director-symphony-org\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:10:45","slug":"review-dudamels-closing-weekend-as-la-phil-music-and-artistic-director-symphony-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/11\/review-dudamels-closing-weekend-as-la-phil-music-and-artistic-director-symphony-org\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Dudamel\u2019s Closing Weekend as LA Phil Music and Artistic Director – symphony.org"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic, soloists, and the LA Master Chorale at Walt Disney Concert Hall, June 5, 2026. Photo by Elizabeth Asher, courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.
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In Tuesday\u2019s (6\/9) San Francisco Classical Voice<\/em><\/a>, Richard S. Ginell writes, \u201c \u2018Gustavo, don\u2019t leave us for New York!\u2019 A woman\u2019s anguished cry in Spanish in Walt Disney Concert Hall Thursday night seemed to express what many Angelenos feel, unaware that Gustavo Dudamel isn\u2019t leaving them high and dry. After all, he\u2019s just been adorned with two imposing, if wordy, new titles\u2014Artistic and Cultural Laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Founding Director and Conductor Laureate of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles\u2014and is due to be back four weeks out of the year indefinitely, beginning this December\u2026. The programming on his final weekend\u2014the music of John Adams, the Phil\u2019s Creative Chair throughout the Dudamel era, and Antonio Est\u00e9vez, a hero of Gustavo\u2019s youth in Venezuela\u2014displayed Dudamel\u2019s dual allegiances to Venezuela and Los Angeles \u2026 On Thursday, Dudamel devoted nearly an entire evening to having the principal players of his orchestra take solo turns with the backing of their colleagues\u2026. All the soloists acquitted themselves beautifully\u2026. A pair of world premieres [bracketed] the evening: John Williams\u2019s dynamic portrait of Dudamel, Bravo Gustavo!<\/em> \u2026 and Gabriela Ortiz\u2019s quick progression from moonlit nights to roaring indigenous Mexican influences, Mujer Arena<\/em>. Both composers were present to gather the long ovations.\u201d
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