Gustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic, March 9, 2022. Chris Lee/New York Philharmonic hide caption
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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, posing during a photo session at Paris' Opéra Bastille in September 2022. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel during a press conferece on Sept. 30, 2009 in LA, around the time he was named the music director of the LA Philharmonic. Gabriel Bouys/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dudamel And L.A. Philharmonic Reunite For Socially Distanced Virtual Concert Series
The site-specific art installation called "WDCH Dreams" by media artist Refik Anadol is projected onto the undulating stainless steel facade of the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall in Sept. 2018 in Los Angeles. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Rise Of The LA Philharmonic To 'America's Most Important Orchestra'
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra during a rehearsal in Caracas on November 20, 2012. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Venezulean conductor Gustavo Dudamel, conducting in Vienna, Austria, in January 2017. Dieter Nagl/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel led the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra to open the new season of concerts at Carnegie Hall Thursday, Oct. 6. Chris Lee/Carnegie Hall hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor of the LA Philharmonic since 2009, composed the score for the new Simón Bolívar biopic The Liberator. Vern Evans/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Members of the ensemble So Percussion join conductor Gustavo Dudamel for the U.S. premiere of David Lang's man made at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Doriane Raiman/for NPR Music hide caption
LA Philharmonic In Concert: Dudamel, Mahler And New Music
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An Angeleno revels at 10 Times The Party, a celebration of Walt Disney Concert Hall's 10th Anniversary, on Oct. 5 in Los Angeles. David Livingston/Getty Images hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic celebrate the 10th anniversary of Walt Disney Concert Hall in a special gala concert. Vern Evans hide caption
Mahler's ironic funeral march, in his first symphony, was inspired by this woodcut of forest animals bearing the hunter to his grave. wikimedia commons hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at Carnegie Hall. Ramin Talaie/NPR hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at Carnegie Hall in New York. Ramin Talaie/NPR hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel Leads The Simon Bolivar Symphony
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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, whose recording of music by John Adams made our Top 10 of 2012. Bill Swerbenski/courtesy of the artists hide caption
The New York Philharmonic performing at the current incarnation of Avery Fisher Hall in January 2011. Chris Lee/courtesy of the New York Philharmonic hide caption
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads his forces through a vibrant opening-weekend performance of Stravinsky, Stucky and Ravel on Sept. 30, 2012. Greg Grudt/Mathew Imaging/courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic hide caption
Gustavo Dudamel Discusses 'The Rite of Spring' With KUSC's Brian Lauritzen
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Courtesy of the Los Angeles Philharmonic hide caption
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is facing budget battles, and the shame of being silenced while backing a pop group. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra hide caption
A flight of beers to accompany some musical flights of fancy. iStock hide caption