Deborah Borda News

On September 24, 2009, the LA Phil launches a microsite celebrating the arrival of incoming Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. Introducing audiences worldwide to Gustavo in new and engaging ways, the comprehensive microsite, located at http://www.laphil.com/gustavo, features videos such as Gustavo's first rehearsal with the YOLA Expo Center Youth Orchestra, the LA Phil's video tribute 'Welcome Gustavo,' and the press conferences unveiling Gustavo's inaugural season and appointment as 11th Music Director of the LA Phil. Visitors can also take a multimedia journey through Gustavo's life with tiling photographs, video and biographical text. The latest Gustavo-related news and newly recorded audio and video content will be added to the microsite as Gustavo's exciting inaugural season progresses.

The Music Center celebrates Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with a live simulcast of his Inaugural Concert, on the Music Center Plaza on Thursday, October 8 at 7:00 pm. Program includes World Premiere of John Adams? City Noir and Mahler?s Symphony No. 1

The Music Center celebrates the arrival of Gustavo Dudamel, incoming Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with a live simulcast on the Music Center Plaza of his Inaugural Concert, the opening of the 2009-2010 LA Phil Season.

The LA Phil announces a live HD webcast of ¡Bienvenido Gustavo!, a Target® Free Community Concert, at the Hollywood Bowl on October 3, 2009 beginning at 4 PM.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic announces the appointment of Mathieu Dufour to the post of Principal Flute, selected by outgoing Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen prior to his departure.

At the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic welcome today's edgiest and most eminent critics, artists, administrators and patrons to the Arts and Culture programming track. They will offer fresh and dynamic perspectives on the status of the arts in the face of unprecedented economic, social and technological changes.

At the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival, the Aspen Institute and The Atlantic welcome today's edgiest and most eminent critics, artists, administrators and patrons to the Arts and Culture programming track. They will offer fresh and dynamic perspectives on the status of the arts in the face of unprecedented economic, social and technological changes.

Chairman of the Board of the Los Angeles Philharmonic David Bohnett and President and Chief Executive Officer Deborah Borda today announced from the stage of Walt Disney Concert Hall the appointment of Esa-Pekka Salonen as Conductor Laureate, honoring the longest serving Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic . This is a first in the 90 year history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

More than a century ago, composer Richard Wagner conceived his epic four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen as a festival event that completely engaged the city of Bayreuth, Germany. In 2010, LA Opera will join forces with more than 50 cultural and educational institutions in Los Angeles to stage Ring Festival LA