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Wednesday, October 21, 8-10 pm ET
In fall 2009, music sensation Gustavo Dudamel will become the new music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. GREAT PERFORMANCES will join the opening night festivities for his inaugural gala concert.
Bursting on to the international scene in 1999 as the 18-year-old
wunderkind conductor of the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of
Venezuela, Gustavo Dudamel has taken the classical music world by
storm. In fall 2009, he will become the new music director of the
Los Angeles Philharmonic. GREAT PERFORMANCES will join the opening
night festivities for Dudamel's inaugural gala concert at the Walt
Disney Concert Hall on October 8. The concert's repertoire is
currently planned to include Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1, as
well as the premiere of John Adams' City Noir (a
commission of the LA Philharmonic).