Gustavo Dudamel to Host First LA Phil LIVE Performance of the 2011/12 Season

The Los Angeles Philharmonic's dynamic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel plays the dual role of conductor and host in the first LA Phil LIVE concert of the 2011/12 season to be broadcast live in select movie theaters throughout the U.S., Sunday, October 9, at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern. LA Phil LIVE: Dudamel conducts Mendelssohn, features Dutch violin virtuoso Janine Jansen performing Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, a work she has recorded to great acclaim. The all-Mendelssohn program also includes the Hebrides Overture and the "Scottish" Symphony - musical souvenirs of the composer's 1829 vacation in Scotland and the Hebrides Islands. The broadcast includes the popular Backstage Pass features, with live behind-the-scenes interviews and exclusive rehearsal footage of the musicians.

The performance kicks off the second season of LA Phil LIVE, presented by the LA Phil and NCM Fathom.

Complete Program:

MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
For full artists' biographies, please visit: http://www.laphil.com/

WHEN: Sunday, October 9, 2011, at 2 p.m. Pacific/5 p.m. Eastern

WHERE: Walt Disney CONCERT HALL
111 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles

Broadcast to select movie theaters across the U.S.

HOW TO
PURCHASE: Tickets for LA Phil LIVE: Dudamel conducts Mendelssohn are available at participating theater box offices and online at www.fathomevents.com. For a complete list of theater locations and ticket prices, please visit the website (theaters and participants are subject to change). LA Phil LIVE will be shown in select movie theaters through NCM's exclusive Digital Broadcast Network.

Need more Los Angeles Theatre News in your life?
Sign up for all the news on the Summer season, discounts & more...