Gustavo Dudamel plays with young musicians during a sneak peek and early test of the sound inside the Frank Gehry-designed Beckmen YOLA Center, the future home of the L.A. Phil's Youth Orchestra ...

Dudamel will conduct 14 programs from this September through June 2026, including the second Wagner "Ring" opera, "Die Walküre," with sets by friend and collaborator Frank Gehry.

After nearly two decades in Los Angeles, Dudamel hobnobs with the likes of Chris Martin and John Williams, is close friends with Frank Gehry (who designed the stunning Walt Disney Concert Hall ...

Architect Frank Gehry, left, and L.A. Philharmonic Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel participate in a Q & A session on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021 during a ceremony in Inglewood.

Its beloved music director, Gustavo Dudamel, is leaving for New York, and its innovative chief executive, Chad Smith, is going to Boston. Now the esteemed orchestra is pondering what’s next.