On March 6, 2025, Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director and Walt and Lilly Disney Chair Gustavo Dudamel and LA Phil President & CEO and David C. Bohnett CEO Chair Kim Noltemy revealed the 2025/26 LA Phil season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which Dudamel will serve in his current role. The announcement was made at a luncheon that included a performance by Dale Breidenthal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Sergio Paez, an alumnus of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), the signature education program that has thrived under Dudamel’s leadership.

Affectionately dubbed “Gracias Gustavo,” the season celebrates the conductor’s 17-year partnership with the LA Phil. The 10 months of programming will revisit and expand upon the acclaimed artist’s passion, humanity and vision throughout his tenure at the LA Phil. Programs include the return of such
longtime collaborators as Frank Gehry and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the juxtaposition of core repertoire with contemporary voices, investments in the meeting of art and social action and some of the very best compositions fostered by Dudamel’s border-transcending Pan-American Music Initiative. Taken together,  they offer a statement of the legacy and culmination of nearly two decades of deep connections, extraordinary music-making and community-building.

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the LA Phil in 14 different programs from September 2025 through June 2026, including performances of world premieres, explorations of some of the most monumental works in the symphonic repertoire, special new editions to Dudamel’s innovative Pan-American Music Initiative and collaborations with outstanding guest artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Yunchan Lim. In addition, he will lead a special series of performances of Wagner’s Die Walküre, which follows up the acclaimed production of Das Rheingold that was also staged with Frank Gehry and Alberto Arvelo.

Gustavo Dudamel says, "As I look toward my final season as Music & Artistic Director of the LA Phil, I am filled with gratitude for the journey we have shared, and all that we have collectively achieved. Together, we have reimagined what an orchestra can be, and how it can serve both the community around it and the world at large. In these remarkable players, I have found both a profound wellspring of generosity, and a visionary commitment to excellence in music-making. It has been humbling to see how our programming, from new interpretations of classics, to contemporary works and new commissions, has helped to broaden the vision of the art form - looking not only from the New World back toward Europe, but also across the Americas, and beyond.

I'm deeply proud of our groundbreaking, innovative audio and video recordings, which have reached millions around the world with music ranging from Brahms to Mozart, Ives to Adès, Márquez to Ortiz, Billie Eilish to Common. We have also expanded to four magnificent venues across Los Angeles – Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Ford, and the Beckman YOLA Center – and built an orchestral concert-going audience whose size and diversity is unmatched. And my beloved YOLA, with its mission of transformational access to the arts, and its extraordinary teachers, students, and families, has ensured that music education now sits at the very core of the institution.

We have achieved all of this only by working together, towards the same goals; our musicians, our administration, our board and our community. Every moment we spend together is a gift, and every note will be a memory that continues to resonate for many years to come. With all my heart, I thank my LA Phil family.”

In its fifth and final year, Dudamel’s Pan-American Music Initiative (PAMI) continues to showcase new work by composers from North, Central and South America while taking stock of the commissions, tours and recordings that it has realized. Curated in its final three years by composer Gabriela Ortiz, PAMI brought to life more than 25 new works; generated tours to CDMX, Bogotá and New York; produced the Encuentros cultural exchange program for young musicians; and garnered a combined six Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. In 2025/26, PAMI commissions include new works by Ricardo Lorenz, Angélica Negrón, Lido Pimienta, Ellen Reid, Roberto Sierra and Gabriella Smith, a performance by Grupo Corpo and a concert inspired by Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles. Exceeding its goals, PAMI has helped forever shift and diversify American orchestral repertoire and is now an integral part of the LA Phil’s curatorial ethos.  

Additional season info can be found at the official website of the LA Phil.

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On March 6, 2025, Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director and Walt and Lilly Disney Chair Gustavo Dudamel and LA Phil President & CEO and David C. Bohnett CEO Chair Kim Noltemy revealed the 2025/26 LA Phil season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which Dudamel will serve in his current role. The announcement was made at a luncheon that included a performance by Dale Breidenthal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Sergio Paez, an alumnus of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), the signature education program that has thrived under Dudamel’s leadership.

Affectionately dubbed “Gracias Gustavo,” the season celebrates the conductor’s 17-year partnership with the LA Phil. The 10 months of programming will revisit and expand upon the acclaimed artist’s passion, humanity and vision throughout his tenure at the LA Phil. Programs include the return of such
longtime collaborators as Frank Gehry and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the juxtaposition of core repertoire with contemporary voices, investments in the meeting of art and social action and some of the very best compositions fostered by Dudamel’s border-transcending Pan-American Music Initiative. Taken together,  they offer a statement of the legacy and culmination of nearly two decades of deep connections, extraordinary music-making and community-building.

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the LA Phil in 14 different programs from September 2025 through June 2026, including performances of world premieres, explorations of some of the most monumental works in the symphonic repertoire, special new editions to Dudamel’s innovative Pan-American Music Initiative and collaborations with outstanding guest artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Yunchan Lim. In addition, he will lead a special series of performances of Wagner’s Die Walküre, which follows up the acclaimed production of Das Rheingold that was also staged with Frank Gehry and Alberto Arvelo.

Gustavo Dudamel says, "As I look toward my final season as Music & Artistic Director of the LA Phil, I am filled with gratitude for the journey we have shared, and all that we have collectively achieved. Together, we have reimagined what an orchestra can be, and how it can serve both the community around it and the world at large. In these remarkable players, I have found both a profound wellspring of generosity, and a visionary commitment to excellence in music-making. It has been humbling to see how our programming, from new interpretations of classics, to contemporary works and new commissions, has helped to broaden the vision of the art form - looking not only from the New World back toward Europe, but also across the Americas, and beyond.

I'm deeply proud of our groundbreaking, innovative audio and video recordings, which have reached millions around the world with music ranging from Brahms to Mozart, Ives to Adès, Márquez to Ortiz, Billie Eilish to Common. We have also expanded to four magnificent venues across Los Angeles – Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Ford, and the Beckman YOLA Center – and built an orchestral concert-going audience whose size and diversity is unmatched. And my beloved YOLA, with its mission of transformational access to the arts, and its extraordinary teachers, students, and families, has ensured that music education now sits at the very core of the institution.

We have achieved all of this only by working together, towards the same goals; our musicians, our administration, our board and our community. Every moment we spend together is a gift, and every note will be a memory that continues to resonate for many years to come. With all my heart, I thank my LA Phil family.”

In its fifth and final year, Dudamel’s Pan-American Music Initiative (PAMI) continues to showcase new work by composers from North, Central and South America while taking stock of the commissions, tours and recordings that it has realized. Curated in its final three years by composer Gabriela Ortiz, PAMI brought to life more than 25 new works; generated tours to CDMX, Bogotá and New York; produced the Encuentros cultural exchange program for young musicians; and garnered a combined six Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. In 2025/26, PAMI commissions include new works by Ricardo Lorenz, Angélica Negrón, Lido Pimienta, Ellen Reid, Roberto Sierra and Gabriella Smith, a performance by Grupo Corpo and a concert inspired by Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles. Exceeding its goals, PAMI has helped forever shift and diversify American orchestral repertoire and is now an integral part of the LA Phil’s curatorial ethos.  

Additional season info can be found at the official website of the LA Phil.

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On March 6, 2025, Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director and Walt and Lilly Disney Chair Gustavo Dudamel and LA Phil President & CEO and David C. Bohnett CEO Chair Kim Noltemy revealed the 2025/26 LA Phil season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which Dudamel will serve in his current role. The announcement was made at a luncheon that included a performance by Dale Breidenthal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Sergio Paez, an alumnus of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), the signature education program that has thrived under Dudamel’s leadership.

Affectionately dubbed “Gracias Gustavo,” the season celebrates the conductor’s 17-year partnership with the LA Phil. The 10 months of programming will revisit and expand upon the acclaimed artist’s passion, humanity and vision throughout his tenure at the LA Phil. Programs include the return of such
longtime collaborators as Frank Gehry and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the juxtaposition of core repertoire with contemporary voices, investments in the meeting of art and social action and some of the very best compositions fostered by Dudamel’s border-transcending Pan-American Music Initiative. Taken together,  they offer a statement of the legacy and culmination of nearly two decades of deep connections, extraordinary music-making and community-building.

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the LA Phil in 14 different programs from September 2025 through June 2026, including performances of world premieres, explorations of some of the most monumental works in the symphonic repertoire, special new editions to Dudamel’s innovative Pan-American Music Initiative and collaborations with outstanding guest artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Yunchan Lim. In addition, he will lead a special series of performances of Wagner’s Die Walküre, which follows up the acclaimed production of Das Rheingold that was also staged with Frank Gehry and Alberto Arvelo.

Gustavo Dudamel says, "As I look toward my final season as Music & Artistic Director of the LA Phil, I am filled with gratitude for the journey we have shared, and all that we have collectively achieved. Together, we have reimagined what an orchestra can be, and how it can serve both the community around it and the world at large. In these remarkable players, I have found both a profound wellspring of generosity, and a visionary commitment to excellence in music-making. It has been humbling to see how our programming, from new interpretations of classics, to contemporary works and new commissions, has helped to broaden the vision of the art form - looking not only from the New World back toward Europe, but also across the Americas, and beyond.

I'm deeply proud of our groundbreaking, innovative audio and video recordings, which have reached millions around the world with music ranging from Brahms to Mozart, Ives to Adès, Márquez to Ortiz, Billie Eilish to Common. We have also expanded to four magnificent venues across Los Angeles – Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Ford, and the Beckman YOLA Center – and built an orchestral concert-going audience whose size and diversity is unmatched. And my beloved YOLA, with its mission of transformational access to the arts, and its extraordinary teachers, students, and families, has ensured that music education now sits at the very core of the institution.

We have achieved all of this only by working together, towards the same goals; our musicians, our administration, our board and our community. Every moment we spend together is a gift, and every note will be a memory that continues to resonate for many years to come. With all my heart, I thank my LA Phil family.”

In its fifth and final year, Dudamel’s Pan-American Music Initiative (PAMI) continues to showcase new work by composers from North, Central and South America while taking stock of the commissions, tours and recordings that it has realized. Curated in its final three years by composer Gabriela Ortiz, PAMI brought to life more than 25 new works; generated tours to CDMX, Bogotá and New York; produced the Encuentros cultural exchange program for young musicians; and garnered a combined six Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. In 2025/26, PAMI commissions include new works by Ricardo Lorenz, Angélica Negrón, Lido Pimienta, Ellen Reid, Roberto Sierra and Gabriella Smith, a performance by Grupo Corpo and a concert inspired by Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles. Exceeding its goals, PAMI has helped forever shift and diversify American orchestral repertoire and is now an integral part of the LA Phil’s curatorial ethos.  

Additional season info can be found at the official website of the LA Phil.

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On March 6, 2025, Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director and Walt and Lilly Disney Chair Gustavo Dudamel and LA Phil President & CEO and David C. Bohnett CEO Chair Kim Noltemy revealed the 2025/26 LA Phil season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the last in which Dudamel will serve in his current role. The announcement was made at a luncheon that included a performance by Dale Breidenthal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Sergio Paez, an alumnus of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), the signature education program that has thrived under Dudamel’s leadership.

Affectionately dubbed “Gracias Gustavo,” the season celebrates the conductor’s 17-year partnership with the LA Phil. The 10 months of programming will revisit and expand upon the acclaimed artist’s passion, humanity and vision throughout his tenure at the LA Phil. Programs include the return of such
longtime collaborators as Frank Gehry and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the juxtaposition of core repertoire with contemporary voices, investments in the meeting of art and social action and some of the very best compositions fostered by Dudamel’s border-transcending Pan-American Music Initiative. Taken together,  they offer a statement of the legacy and culmination of nearly two decades of deep connections, extraordinary music-making and community-building.

Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the LA Phil in 14 different programs from September 2025 through June 2026, including performances of world premieres, explorations of some of the most monumental works in the symphonic repertoire, special new editions to Dudamel’s innovative Pan-American Music Initiative and collaborations with outstanding guest artists such as Yo-Yo Ma and Yunchan Lim. In addition, he will lead a special series of performances of Wagner’s Die Walküre, which follows up the acclaimed production of Das Rheingold that was also staged with Frank Gehry and Alberto Arvelo.

Gustavo Dudamel says, "As I look toward my final season as Music & Artistic Director of the LA Phil, I am filled with gratitude for the journey we have shared, and all that we have collectively achieved. Together, we have reimagined what an orchestra can be, and how it can serve both the community around it and the world at large. In these remarkable players, I have found both a profound wellspring of generosity, and a visionary commitment to excellence in music-making. It has been humbling to see how our programming, from new interpretations of classics, to contemporary works and new commissions, has helped to broaden the vision of the art form - looking not only from the New World back toward Europe, but also across the Americas, and beyond.

I'm deeply proud of our groundbreaking, innovative audio and video recordings, which have reached millions around the world with music ranging from Brahms to Mozart, Ives to Adès, Márquez to Ortiz, Billie Eilish to Common. We have also expanded to four magnificent venues across Los Angeles – Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, the Ford, and the Beckman YOLA Center – and built an orchestral concert-going audience whose size and diversity is unmatched. And my beloved YOLA, with its mission of transformational access to the arts, and its extraordinary teachers, students, and families, has ensured that music education now sits at the very core of the institution.

We have achieved all of this only by working together, towards the same goals; our musicians, our administration, our board and our community. Every moment we spend together is a gift, and every note will be a memory that continues to resonate for many years to come. With all my heart, I thank my LA Phil family.”

In its fifth and final year, Dudamel’s Pan-American Music Initiative (PAMI) continues to showcase new work by composers from North, Central and South America while taking stock of the commissions, tours and recordings that it has realized. Curated in its final three years by composer Gabriela Ortiz, PAMI brought to life more than 25 new works; generated tours to CDMX, Bogotá and New York; produced the Encuentros cultural exchange program for young musicians; and garnered a combined six Grammy and Latin Grammy awards. In 2025/26, PAMI commissions include new works by Ricardo Lorenz, Angélica Negrón, Lido Pimienta, Ellen Reid, Roberto Sierra and Gabriella Smith, a performance by Grupo Corpo and a concert inspired by Judy Baca’s Great Wall of Los Angeles. Exceeding its goals, PAMI has helped forever shift and diversify American orchestral repertoire and is now an integral part of the LA Phil’s curatorial ethos.  

Additional season info can be found at the official website of the LA Phil.

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