Watch the trailer for our season-long celebration affectionately called “Gracias Gustavo,” honoring Dudamel’s final season as LA Phil Music & Artistic Director.
The 5-time Grammy winner on her 2024 album Portrait, getting into jazz, and more
Mahler expert and enthusiast Gustavo Dudamel reveals why this composer celebration is so special.
Take a listen to the Grammy-winning recording from the world premiere performance in November 2023
At the LA Phil’s first concert since the wildfire crisis of January 2025, the orchestra paid tribute to the first responders and those affected by…
The LA Phil oboist and local composer share the story behind a new piece about love, grief, and commemoration.
The cellist and composer meet across the street to discuss Ortiz’s “tailor-made” concerto.
The LA Phil’s Music & Artistic Director becomes the first classical musician to be featured on the cover of Billboard magazine’s Grammy issue.
How the hit podcast came together
Get a glimpse of the music, friendships, and memories made at our annual 10-day youth orchestra festival.
Get an inside look at our annual summer retreat to Idyllwild, CA.
A gorgeous take on the De Todas las Flores track live from the Walt Disney Concert Garden
The duo reunites for the first time in 5 years
Meet three of the nearly 1,700 young people who have found purpose, inspiration, and life-changing opportunities through the LA Phil’s music education program.
This is the story of how visionary Angelenos worked across a century to get us to Walt Disney Concert Hall.
A documentary short film following bass-baritone singer Ryan Speedo Green as he performs in the LA Phil’s bespoke production of Das Rheingold.
Estrada discusses the impactful lyrics and message of her song "Si Me Matan" ("If they kill me")
Four renowned Latin American composers discuss their works, cultural diversity in music, and their roles in the Pan-American Music Initiative.
Watch the unforgettable 2023 Gala, featuring Herbie Hancock, H.E.R., Lucinda Childs, Geneva Lewis, and more on the award-winning signature PBS series.
The Oscar-nominated documentary short takes a loving look at the workshop where student instruments are brought back to life.
Gehry and Salonen mark Walt Disney Concert Hall's 20th with a nostalgic chat on its inception, joined by Getty's Senior Curator for a musical remembrance.
Experience the magic behind the scenes with Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil as they bring Stravinsky's 'The Firebird' to life at Walt Disney Concert…
Join the LA Phil and Gustavo Dudamel in a powerful performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 1.
Learn about the intensive music program that trains, mentors, and empowers the next generation of musicians, leaders, and agents of social change.
The iconoclast found a home at WDCH
Bridging continents with the rhythms of Latin America in the Pan-American Music Initiative
Esa-Pekka Salonen breaks down the meaning of Wing on Wing, his dedication piece to Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Gustavo Dudamel reflects on Walt Disney Concert Hall as an “inspiring instrument” for community—all thanks to the genius of architect Frank Gehry.
“Every time the light changes, you’re seeing something different.” Clinch takes us behind the scenes at Gustavo’s Walt Disney Concert Hall photo shoot.
With its cozy, natural interiors and Blue Ribbon Garden, Walt Disney Concert Hall has been a home away from home for 20 years.
10 days, 176 musicians from 62 programs, united in 1 purpose.
Watch the iconic singer reimagine many of his hits for solo piano and voice during his February 2023 concert.
A state-wide music initiative showcasing the most compelling and forward-looking voices in performances of works written in the past five years
Gustavo Dudamel talks about Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Ellington’s jazzy reimagination of it, and conducting his first-ever Symphonies For Youth concert.
Dudamel leads Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde at Walt Disney Concert Hall this December.
Gustavo Dudamel on how music unites.
Dudamel leads the world premiere of Gonzalo Grau’s beautiful Odisea concerto for Venezuelan cuatro and orchestra.
Gustavo Dudamel’s international orchestra of young musicians gathered in LA
Over ten days in July, young musicians from all over the country gathered in LA.
Learn about deafness, Deaf culture, and Deaf artists, framed around Beethoven’s experience with deafness and music by Beethoven, Caroline Shaw, and Gabriela Lena Frank.
Learn from musicians and artists who help unite people around shared values and aspirations in this concert experience created for the Symphonies for Schools learning…
The Oscar winner takes us inside his process
The singer and producer on how it all came together
Hear the extraordinary violinist speak about her formative experiences with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the unique music of John Adams, and her close relationship with…
H.E.R. and musician and arranger Derrick Hodge sit down to talk about how they brought her music to the Bowl for a pair of stunning…
Composer and LA Phil John and Samantha Williams Creative Chair John Adams discusses his ongoing relationship with violin virtuosa Leila Josefowicz, her commitment to new…
YOLA alums Dalanie Harris and Laura Garcia share their thoughts
The Grammy® winner’s new concert film features new orchestral arrangements at the Hollywood Bowl.
The Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood is the boldest step yet in YOLA’s mission of youth development through music education.
Ellen Reid and Gabriela Ortíz share their thoughts with the LA Phil’s Meghan Martineau.
Jazz and Gender Equity, Dianne Reeves and Terri Lyne Carrington hash out what it means to be a woman playing jazz in 2021.
High school-aged composers team up with LA Phil musicians
Catherine Ransom Karoly performs this incredibly difficult modernist flute solo
The LA Phil’s Barry Gold shows off the percussive side of his cello
The co-directors’ documentary short had its Sundance-selected debut this winter.
Emerging composers have their virtual world premieres with LA Phil musicians
The LA Phil’s Resident Fellow in percussion, Wesley Sumpter, releases the tempestuous energy of At Midnight I Walked into the Middle of the Desert by…
Explore videos, interviews, and more on the Sound/Stage website. Tune in to Season 4!
LA Phil cellist Jason Lippman explores the spaces and intricacies of INBHIR (many waters) by inti figgis-vizueta.
LA Phil first violinist Miika Gregg reveals a musician’s lyrical inner monologue in Good to You by Marcus Norris.
The LA Phil’s Associate Concertmaster, Bing Wang, premieres the shimmering Phantom Trails by Noah Jenkins, using materials from his own string quartet.
LA Phil bassist Ted Botsford performs with prerecorded and live electronics in the explosive and carefully crafted freneticism of for social media by Nathaniel Haering.
Gustavo Dudamel, Yuja Wang, and the LA Phil perform the first movement of John Adams’ new piano concerto.
Kamasi Washington performs an excerpt from his original score to BECOMING: An intimate portrait of Michelle Obama – a new documentary based on the former…
Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA Phil in the closing movement of Maurice Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite.
As part of YOLA National at Home, take a rare chance to sit on a master class.
As a concert encore from the Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo Dudamel conducts John Philip Sousa's march "The Liberty Bell," which has featured everywhere from presidential inaugurations…
The star cellist, live from his living room.
Performing “Heaven” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”
Oboists Karen Hernandez and Madison Centeno are both alumnae of YOLA who are now pursuing musical studies at California State University–Long Beach. Together, they present…
Congratulations, Class of 2020!
See excerpts from this dramatic November 2019 performance.
Watch the concert, plus LA Phil musicians and staff share stories about the orchestra’s centennial season and culminating performance.
Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the second movement of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 – one of Dudamel’s favorite orchestral selections.
“It all starts with a trick.” LA Phil violinist Mitchell Newman takes us inside the “Jupiter” movement of Gustav Holst’s “The Planets.”
Conductor Juanjo Mena leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the "Aquarium" movement of Camille Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals, featuring pianists Katia and Marielle Labèque.
LA Phil musicians share their favorite moments in Berlioz' score and treat us to a private performance.
Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the first movement of Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony at the Hollywood Bowl on August 21, 2018.
Joanne Pearce Martin and Thomas Hooten talk Stravinsky.
Thomas Lauderdale’s big band captivates the Bowl.
Gustavo Dudamel leads the LA Phil at the Bowl in the final movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4.
A WWII refugee builds a musical life in L.A.
LA Phil staff and musicians reflect on the importance of performing outside the Concert Hall.
The Frank Gehry-designed Center will expand YOLA's impact while providing much-needed resources to its surrounding community.
How spending time in Idyllwild sets students up for success.
The LA Phil performs symphonies by the two composers from February 20 to March 3.
Watch the group open their 2017 concert at the Hollywood Bowl.
That’s one way to celebrate your 100th birthday.
Watch as Gustavo Dudamel shares his vision for a world in which young people are enriched by music education.
Mayor Eric Garcetti and Gustavo Dudamel reflect on what CDMX means to them.
"Seriously, I was shaking a little bit."
Watch as 96 YOLA musicians joined the LA Phil on tour in Mexico City.
Gustavo Dudamel talks about what, exactly, he’s doing on stage.
YOLA’s Lili Morales remembers her first time on stage at the Hollywood Bowl.
Zubin Mehta's long, influential path.
Look back at the first 10 years of Gustavo Dudamel's tenure as Music & Artistic Director in this video retrospective.
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in selections from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake.
Selection from the final movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in "Mars" from Gustav Holst's The Planets.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic collaborated with media artist Refik Anadol to celebrate our history and explore our future.
Last August, 22 YOLA and YOLA National musicians (students from diverse regions across the U.S.) joined the LA Phil in Edinburgh, Scotland, participating in a…
Three young finalists took to the Hollywood Bowl stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Ray Chen.
In 2018, ten YOLA musicians joined their UK and Scottish peers for “Tuning into Change,” a youth symposium focused on the role of artists in…
The Icelandic art-rock band teams up with the LA Phil and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
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