How Gustavo Dudamel’s Mahler festival grooves for young and old

Some months before beginning his six-week Mahler Project in 2012, a 30-year Gustavo Dudamel said he was studying like crazy. Just before the first concert on Jan. 13 that year, he said, “It’s crazy,” the craziness being that he was about to attempt something beyond reason: performing all nine completed Mahler symphonies and the first … Read more

‘Gracias Gustavo’: Details of the L.A. Phil’s plans for Dudamel’s final season

The end of a golden era approaches as the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Thursday announced details of the final season at Walt Disney Concert Hall for Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, who after 17 years will move on to helm the New York Philharmonic. The 2025-26 L.A. Phil season is being dubbed “Gracias Gustavo.” … Read more