Inside Gustavo Dudamel’s impact on L.A.
Gustavo Dudamel, the celebrated conductor and music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will leave the L.A. Phil for the New York Philharmonic at the conclusion of his contract in 2026. In a phone call with The Times, Dudamel said the decision was extremely complex and difficult, and that his heart is in Los Angeles.
In a statement, he expanded: “My time with the LA Phil has been, and will continue to be, the most transformative period of my life. I have learned so much, grown so much, and together we have created something truly unique and beautiful — not only with this incredible orchestra, but in the community that we have built around ourselves, from Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Hollywood Bowl, to The Ford, and beyond.”
Here is a sampling of our coverage and our conversations with the maestro during his remarkable tenure is Los Angeles.
Gustavo Dudamel has a soft spot for his ‘adopted home’ of Los Angeles, which he will leave for New York City and its philharmonic in 2026.
What it means for Los Angeles and New York for Gustavo Dudamel to become head of the New York Philharmonic in 2026.
Gustavo Dudamel is set to leave the L.A. Phil at the end of his contract in 2026, when he will then take top post at the New York Philharmonic.
Back from Venezuela to conduct his first ‘Tristan und Isolde’ with the L.A. Phil, Gustavo Dudamel talks about the new sense of hope he found in his homeland.
Yes, we had another year dominated by Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil, but new stars such as María Dueñas and Lahav Shani made their mark.
A look at the Encuentros, a youth orchestra with players from 22 countries making its U.S. debut at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday with Gustavo Dudamel.
The L.A. Philharmonic begins a survey of Stravinsky and Latin American ballets with a landmark work that demonstrates Dudamel’s musical mastery.
Gustavo Dudamel returns to the L.A. Phil to lead a new production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” with Deaf West Theatre.
The new documentary by Theodore Braun gets at the heart of L.A. Phil conductor Gustavo Dudamel — and captures him pushed to his limits.
The loss of loved ones to the pandemic has given Gustavo Dudamel a fresh outlook on the L.A. Phil, his new post in Paris, and his life with his wife and son.
What made the L.A. Phil’s summer such a surprising success? It was music that demanded attention over the picnics and Pinot.
Former Dudamel Fellows are showing up everywhere, from the Hollywood Bowl to the Proms. It’s a diverse and L.A. Phil-centric generation of conductors.
I’m not sure anything in my career can top this — one of the classical world’s brightest stars seated at a piano and singing a 1969 rock ‘n’ roll hit to me on a Zoom call.
The Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday night may not have been a galaxy far, far away, but Holst’s “The Planets” and the premiere of an Icelandic violin concerto did give Gustavo Dudamel some musical and emotional distance from the tensions in his native Venezuela.
Gael Garcia Bernal of Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle” shares what it was like to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, with just a little coaching from the meastro, Gustavo Dudamel.
Cast tops 1,000 for Mahler’s ‘Symphony of a Thousand’ in L.A.
My Favorite Weekend: Gustavo Dudamel
