Gustavo Dudamel News

Los Angeles is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Check out our top picks for November 2023.

The Philharmonic Society of Orange County and Soka Performing Arts Center will present American Railroad with Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning Rhiannon Giddens and the Grammy Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble.

Don't miss the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra and Daniel Stewart as they take the stage for five incredible concerts in the 2023-24 season. Find out when and where you can catch these talented performers in action.

El Ensamble Tambuco celebrará sus 30 años de trayectoria en el Palacio de Bellas Artes con un concierto que incluirá obras de destacados compositores nacionales e internacionales. El evento se llevará a cabo el sábado 11 de noviembre a las 19:00 horas en la Sala Principal.

California Festival: A Celebration of New Music launches November 3, 2023. The Festival was conceived by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Last night, The Wayuu Taya Foundation celebrated the 20th Anniversary of their humanitarian work improving the lives and preserving the culture of Latin-American indigenous communities with a memorable charity gala filled with extraordinary performances, conversations, and moments.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 31, 2023 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The soundtrack for Maestro is set for release in November, featuring music from West Side Story, Candide, On the Town, and more. All the music in the film was chosen by Bradley Cooper, and the new recordings on the soundtrack were made by the London Symphony Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Listen to the first track now!

After a sold-out appearance in 2022, audience favorite Takács Quartet returns to BroadStage on Friday, November 17 at 7:30 pm with an exquisite program of the Haydn String Quartet No. 63 in B-flat Major “Sunrise”; Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in E minor “Razumovsky”; and a newly commissioned work “Flow” from Los Angeles native and accomplished violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama.

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the San Francisco Symphony in concerts featuring cuatro player Jorge Glem on November 24–26.

UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) announces a range of theater and musical performances at The Nimoy in November including Syrian-American rapper and spoken-word artist Omar Offendum's genre-bridging work The Little Syria Show, Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan songstress Nella and Broken Branches, a collaboration between renowned Lebanese-American tenor Karim Sulayman and Scottish guitarist Sean Shibe.

Don't miss pianist Alexander Malofeev, winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition, in his debut recital in Orange County. Join us on October 27, 2023, at Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall for an unforgettable performance featuring works by Bach, Handel, Purcell, and more.

Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the San Francisco Symphony in two Orchestral Series programs, November 10–12 and November 17–18, featuring works by composers with California ties: Emerging Black Composers Project winner Jens Ibsen’s Drowned in Light, Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests, Salonen’s own kínēma, and three works by Igor Stravinsky.   

Distinguished Composer Lowell Liebermann curates Thornwillow Concerts At Calvary in Newburgh, NY. GRAMMY-Award winning organist Paul Jacobs performs on the newly restored historic Skinner Pipe Organ at Calvary Presbyterian Church on November 4, 2023.

This November sees two world premieres by Gabriela Ortiz, both performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel.

CAP UCLA announces theater and music events in November at The Nimoy, including Omar Offendum: The Little Syria Show, Nella, Karim Sulyman and Sean Shibe. Don't miss these exciting performances!

Islandia Music Records is set to release Steven Schick's Soundlines, the second volume in the Weather Systems multi-album series, on December 1. Don't miss this highly anticipated album from the renowned percussionist.

Classical Legends Return To The Roy Thomson Hall Stage in 2024 with two legendary performances. Don't miss out on these iconic classical concerts.

CAP UCLA announces theater and music events in November at The Nimoy. Find out what shows and performances are happening this month.

This historic event, which marked the 20th anniversary of the iconic venue, featured Gustavo Dudamel and special guests, including the LA Phil’s Creative Chair for Jazz Herbie Hancock, dancer and choreographer Lucinda Childs, GRAMMY Award-winning R&B singer H.E.R. and violin soloist Geneva Lewis. Check out photos here!