Juanjo Mena Leads LA Phil in Four Performances at Walt Disney Hall, Now thru 6/2

One of Spain's most distinguished conductors, Juanjo Mena, makes his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut, leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in four performances, tonight, May 30, at 8 pm, Friday, May 31, at 11 am, Saturday, June 1, at 8 pm, and Sunday, June 2, at 2 pm. The program opens with Brahms' Symphony No. 3, continues with Mozart's popular Symphony No. 40 and concludes with Brahms' Hungarian Dances Nos. 1, 6 and 5.

Juanjo Mena, Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester and Principal Guest Conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, is a frequent visitor to U.S. orchestras. Worldwide, he has appeared with the Dresden Philharmonic, Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de Lyon, Oslo Philharmonic, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Danish Radio Symphony, Orchestra FilarMonica Della Scala, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de São Paulo, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, and the BBC Scottish Symphony, among others. Two of Mena's most recent Chandos releases with the BBC Philharmonic were awarded Gramophone's Editor's Choice: "The Three-Cornered Hat" by Manuel De Falla (May 2011), and his album of Gabriel Pierné works (March 2011). Mo. Mena has also recorded a collection of Basque symphonic music for Naxos with the Bilbao Symphony. Mena made his LA Phil debut at the Hollywood Bowl in September of 2011.

Complete Program:

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3

MOZART Symphony No. 40

BRAHMS Hungarian Dances

No. 1 in G minor

No. 6 in D

No. 5 in G minor

Upbeat Live pre-concert events take place in Walt Disney Concert Hall's BP Hall one hour prior to theThursday, Saturday and Sunday concerts, and are free to all ticket holders. Upbeat Live on Friday takes place on stage at 9:45 am. Thomas Neenan, lecturer in Music History and Music Theory at the California Institute of Technology and Director of Music at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades, hosts. For full artist biography, visit: laphil.com/mena.

The concerts will take place Thursday, May 30, 2013, at 8 PM; Friday, May 31, 2013, at 11 AM; Saturday, June 1, 2013, at 8 PM; and Sunday, June 2, 2013, at 2 PM at the Walt Disney CONCERT HALL, 111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, Claif.

Subscriptions and single tickets for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's 2012/13 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall are currently available. To purchase, visit LAPhil.com, the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office or any Ticketmaster outlet. To order by phone with credit card, please call the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office at 323.850.2000, or Ticketmaster at 800.745.3000. For more information, call 323.850.2000.