Performances Magazine LA Phil 100 Gala

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GUSTAVO DUDAMEL LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL 4 Welcome 10

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Gala Committees

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Gala Patrons

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The Program

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About the Program

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About the Artists

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WELCOME FROM THE GALA COMMITTEE Tonight, the LA Phil kicks off its winter season for the 100th time! As co-chairs of this year’s Gala Committee, we couldn’t be more thrilled to share this once-in-a-lifetime concert with you.

Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel also reaches a milestone tonight, as he begins his 10th year at Walt Disney Concert Hall. His decade in Los Angeles has, in part, inspired tonight’s program — California Soul — a musical journey through the Golden State, from Chinatown to Big Sur, and so many stops in-between.

California Soul is a celebration not only of our orchestra and its home state, but also of you, our loyal donors, patrons, subscribers, and friends, who form the very core and soul of this organization.

Your support for the LA Phil Gala raises critical funds for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its educational and community-based initiatives. Your generosity has allowed the LA Phil to expand and deepen its offerings, which include intensive training programs and immersive concert experiences for the student musicians of today, the budding composers of tomorrow, and music lovers of all ages.

Thank you once again for your support tonight and every night. Because of you, these 100 extraordinary years are just the beginning.

Sincerely, LA Phil Centennial Gala Co-Chairs

David C. Bohnett

Mari L. Danihel

Jenny Miller Goff

Carol Colburn Grigor

Joan Hotchkis

Diane B. Paul

Jay and Barbara Rasulo

Ann Ronus

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WELCOME FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND THE BOARD CHAIR This concert could not be more historic or more auspicious for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as we launch into our amazing Centennial season! California Soul promises to be a joyous, high energy celebration of the Golden State—paying tribute to the unique West Coast creativity that has nurtured and inspired us for a century.

Our entire Centennial celebrates the LA Phil’s tremendous legacy and sets the tone for a glorious future—and tonight’s program reflects that philosophy in microcosm. Gustavo Dudamel, our Music & Artistic Director, is at the helm, of course. Elkhanah Pulitzer, a treasured member of LA Phil family after several outstanding projects with us, stages the program.

Together, we will fly at high speed over California’s musical landscape. We feature two groundbreaking pieces by John Adams, our Creative Chair, including a movement from his concerto for electric violin, The Dharma at Big Sur, which was commissioned for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall. Tracy Silverman is the soloist tonight, just as he was for the world premiere back in 2003.

We’ll also hear the moody “Love Theme” from Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Chinatown, a reminder of Hollywood’s vast influence on the creative soul of our state, and G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa, a classic L.A. iconoclast. Always true to our commitment to nurture emerging talent, we have also commissioned a brand new work, Underneath the Sheen, from Julia Adolphe, a composer working at the USC Thornton School of Music.

A group of über-Californian songs will be another highlight of this evening, as we welcome to the stage Corinne Bailey Rae, who was with us this summer at the Hollywood Bowl, and Chris Martin, the Coldplay frontman who brought Gustavo and our YOLA musicians to the 2016 Super Bowl in Northern California.

And the magic continues outside! Later in the evening, you’ll see Frank Gehry’s original dream for the building finally realized, with projections onto the exterior surface of Walt Disney Concert Hall in WDCH Dreams. This will be literally unlike anything you have ever seen before, as media artist Refik Anadol digitally extracts millions of images from the LA Phil’s archive and turns them into shimmering art.

The proceeds of this Opening Night Gala and Concert will allow us to help nurture a new generation of musicians, creative artists and music lovers, through the LA Phil’s artistic and education programs. Thank you for being a part of this historic event and the LA Phil family. But most of all, enjoy the concert!

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to tonight’s performance, which marks the beginning of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 100th season.

When philanthropist William Andrews Clark, Jr. formed the LA Phil a century ago, Los Angeles was a small city and an unlikely host for a full-time, professional orchestra. That would change rapidly in the decades ahead as Los Angeles’ population ballooned, and the LA Phil grew right alongside it.

By bringing the world’s great conductors, composers, and musicians to Southern California, the LA Phil would play an integral role in defining the musical identity of the Golden State. Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel honors this ongoing journey with tonight’s program, California Soul, which pays tribute to the creative community that has nurtured us for a century.

We, in turn, seek to nurture our community through not only our artistic programs, but also our educational ones.

When Dudamel arrived in Los Angeles a decade ago, he brought with him a desire to uplift the youth of our community through music education. His passion gave us YOLA, which has been opening doors for young people in underserved neighborhoods since 2007. This year, as part of our Centennial celebrations, construction will be begin on the Frank Gehry-designed Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center @ Inglewood: the program’s fifth site and first permanent home.

By joining us this evening, you are part of the YOLA story.

The proceeds from California Soul support YOLA, along with the LA Phil’s other extraordinary artistic and educational efforts. We may be celebrating the past tonight, but we are also building towards our future. Your generosity ensures our success – now and 100 years from now.

Thank you.

Jay Rasulo Board Chair Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

Simon Woods Chief Executive Officer Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

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LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION CHAIR

DIRECTORS

Leith O'Leary

Jay Rasulo*

Gregory A. Adams

William Powers

Dame Julie Andrews

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Wallis Annenberg

Ann Ronus

Thomas L. Beckmen

Jennifer Rosenfeld

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LA PHIL GALA COMMITTEES LA PHIL CENTENNIAL GALA CO-CHAIRS David C. Bohnett Mari L. Danihel Jenny Miller Goff Carol Colburn Grigor Joan Hotchkis Diane B. Paul Jay and Barbara Rasulo Ann Ronus GALA COMMITTEE Gregory A. Adams Dame Julie Andrews Judy and Tom Beckmen Lynn A. Booth Edythe and Eli Broad California Community Foundation Andrea Chao-Kharma Jerrold L. Eberhardt Jane B. Eisner Lisa Field Kiki and David Gindler Lenore S. Greenberg Andrew and Jacinta Hewitt Sarah Ketterer Beth and Bob Lowe Soraya S. Nazarian Shelby Notkin and Teresita Tinajero Christian Stracke Eva and Marc Stern Sue Tsao Alyce de Roulet Williamson Marilyn Ziering

LA PHIL GALA DINNER COMMITTEE Gregory A. Adams Dame Julie Andrews Wallis Annenberg GRoW @ Annenberg Debra and Benjamin J. Ansell Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Mary L. Babbitt The Honorable Frank and Kathy Baxter Judy and Tom Beckmen David C. Bohnett Lynn Booth and Kent Kresa Linda and Maynard Brittan Edythe and Eli Broad California Community Foundation Capital Group Andrea Chao-Kharma and Kenneth Kharma Chivaroli & Associates Insurance Services, Inc. Esther S.M. Chui Chao James and Paula Coburn Foundation Dr. Robert A. Cutietta and Mist Thorkelsdottir Mari L. Danihel Nancy and Donald de Brier Gerald and Carla Du Manoir East West Bank Jerry Eberhardt Brad and Louise Edgerton Edison International Jane and Michael D. Eisner Irwin S. Field Lawrence N. Field and Rivka Seiden Lisa Field Robyn Field and Anthony O’Carroll Marianna and David Fisher Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Kiki and David Gindler Alexandra S. Glickman and Gayle M. Whitemore Jennifer Miller Goff Teresa Gordon Michael Gorfaine Bernard and Lenore Greenberg Carol and Murray Grigor Jerry and Kathleen Grundhofer

John and Luanne Hernandez-Storr Andrew and Jacinta Hewitt Jonathan and Monique Kagan Kaiser Permanente Linda and Don Kaplan Gerald L. Katell Sarah H. Ketterer and Alan Vorwald Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi Jerry and Terri Kohl Thomas and Travis Kranz Michael and Aliza Lesser Beth and Bob Lowe Chae and Austin Ma MATT Construction Janis McEldowney Mr. and Mrs. David Meline Dr. Robert Mendez Cynthia Miscikowski Soraya and Younes Nazarian Shelby Notkin and Terasita Tinajero Ellen Panksy Diane and David Paul Sandra and Lawrence Post Sandy and Barry D. Pressman Carol Swanson Price Jay and Barbara Rasulo Michele and Dudley Rauch Ann and Robert Ronus Barry and Nancy Sanders Samuel Schwartz SEI Institutional Group Stanley and Patricia Silver Dody and Eric Small Michael and Katherine Sohigian Scott Sorrentino Charles Souw and Guillermo Maldonado Eva and Marc Stern Christian Stracke Jack Suzar and Linda May Sue Tsao Jonathan Weedman and Raymundo Baltazar Wells Fargo John and Samantha Williams Alyce de Roulet Williamson Marilyn Ziering

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LA PHIL GALA PATRONS Listing as of August 31, 2018

SPONSORSHIP Rolex CENTENNIAL TABLE PATRON Jay and Barbara Rasulo GRAND TABLE PATRONS Carol and Murray Grigor Ann and Robert Ronus GRAND PATRONS David C. Bohnett The Edythe and Eli Broad Foundation Bernard and Lenore Greenberg Jerry and Kathleen Grundhofer Jerry and Terri Kohl Mr. and Mrs. Peter O’Malley Eva and Marc Stern Sue Tsao John and Samantha Williams Alyce de Roulet Williamson PLATINUM TABLE PATRONS Wallis Annenberg GRoW @ Annenberg Lynn A. Booth and Kent Kresa Mari L. Danihel Jane and Michael D. Eisner Field Family Jennifer Miller Goff Sarah H. Ketterer and Alan J. Vorwald PLATINUM PATRONS Michael Gorfaine Cynthia Miscikowski GOLD TABLE PATRONS Diane and David Paul Christian Stracke Marilyn Ziering GOLD PATRONS Alexandra S. Glickman and Gayle M. Whittemore Linda and Don Kaplan Gerald L. Katell Shelby Notkin and Teresita Tinajero SILVER TABLE PATRONS Anonymous Dody and Eric Small

SILVER PATRONS Debra and Benjamin J. Ansell The Honorable Frank and Kathy Baxter Linda and Maynard Brittan Nancy and Donald de Brier Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi Carol Swanson Price Dena and Irv Schechter Samuel Schwartz Jack Suzar and Linda May Michael Tennenbaum BRONZE TABLE PATRONS Gregory A. Adams Judy and Tom Beckmen Gordon and Adele Binder California Community Foundation Capital Group Andrea Chao-Kharma and Kenneth Kharma Aubrey and Joyce Chernick Esther S.M. Chui Chao James and Paula Coburn Foundation East West Bank Jerry Eberhardt Edison International Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Kiki and David Gindler Jennifer Miller Goff Andrew and Jacinta Hewitt Kaiser Permanente Live Nation Beth and Bob Lowe MATT Construction Mr. and Mrs. David Meline Joanna Miller and Family Soraya and Younes Nazarian Jennifer and Evan Rosenfeld Michele and Dudley Rauch SEI Institutional Group Bill Silva Wells Fargo BRONZE PATRONS Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Mary L. Babbitt Minoo Behboody Gail Bernstein Jennifer Chang Chivaroli & Associates Insurance Services, Inc. Eleanor Congdon Dr. Robert A. Cutietta and Mist Thorkelsdottir Carla and Gerald Du Manoir

Irwin S. Field Susie Foo Teresa Gordon John and Luanne Hernandez-Storr Jane Jelenko Monique and Jonathan Kagan Thomas and Travis Kranz Tom Lallas and Sandy Milo Michael and Aliza Lesser Chae and Austin Ma Janis McEldowney Dr. Robert Mendez Ellen Panksy Sandra and Lawrence Post Sandy and Barry D. Pressman Irene Ribner Nancy and Barry Sanders Stanley and Patricia Silver Michael and Katherine Sohigian Scott Sorrentino Charles Souw and Guillermo Maldonado Shirley E. Starke-Wallace Julia Strickland Vera Tsai Timothy Wahl Jonathan Weedman and Raymundo Baltazar CONTRIBUTIONS Dame Julie Andrews Sandra Aronberg, M.D. and Charles Aronberg, M.D. Robert and Linda Attiyeh Jane and Phil Bellomy Julia Berman Russell Cinque, Jr. Brad and Louise Edgerton Tom and Anna Fay Marianna and David Fisher Rachel L. Gerstein Edwin and Carly Hagerman Patricia Hester Anita Hirsch James Hnat Susan Keller and Myron S. Shapero Michael Lurey and Laurie Hasencamp Irene Maharam and Stuart Boyd Gary Malouf Milli Martinez and Donald Wilson Marlene Meister Rudy Oclaray and Stephen Henry Joyce Pearson Ann Ryder Armen Sarkisian Dr. and Mrs. Santos Uy, Jr. Kathryn Williams

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The LA Phil’s Centennial season begins on stage tonight.

The journey to this historic milestone began with you – the LA Phil’s generous donors and patrons who have supported a century of great music-making and music education across Southern California.

The Centennial Campaign supports the LA Phil today and in our next 100 years, in the areas of music, education, audiences, and the Hollywood Bowl.

To find out more about how you can support the LA Phil’s future, visit campaign.laphil.com.

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LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

Thursday, September 27

PROGRAM

7PM

CALIFORNIA SOUL LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

GOLDSMITH

Gustavo Dudamel, conductor Elkhanah Pulitzer, director Chris Martin, vocalist Corinne Bailey Rae, vocalist

“Love Theme” from Chinatown

John ADAMS Harmonium III. “Wild Nights”

Los Angeles Master Chorale ZAPPA

G-Spot Tornado (Transcribed by Ali N. Askin)

MORRISON

L.A. Woman * Chris Martin

Julia ADOLPHE

Underneath the Sheen (world premiere, LA Phil Commission)

André PREVIN

“You’re Gonna Hear from Me” * from Inside Daisy Clover Corinne Bailey Rae

Tracy Silverman, electric violin Mikki Kunttu, lighting designer Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, Artistic Director

Scott HUTCHISON /Andy MONAGHAN /Simon LIDDELL

Los Angeles, Be Kind * Chris Martin

John ADAMS The Dharma at Big Sur Part II: “Sri Moonshine”

Tracy Silverman ASHFORD & SIMPSON

California Soul * Corinne Bailey Rae Los Angeles Master Chorale

* Arr. David CAMPBELL

The Los Angeles Philharmonic Gala is made possible with the proud support of Rolex, Official Timepiece of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Proceeds from the LA Phil Gala support our education programs, bringing the joy of music and music-making into the lives of 150,000 children and families each year. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is generously donating its services for this concert.

Zappa, FZ, Frank Zappa and the Moustache

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Moritaka Kina is chief piano technician for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association.

This program will be presented without intermission.

Programs and artists subject to change.

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

California Soul, Within and Beyond Tonight we celebrate the spirit of our golden state through the music and poetry of iconic artists who have made this “wild west” their creative home, artists who have looked to California’s vast range of landscapes and cultures for inspiration to create works that illuminate the human condition. For many of these artists, the journey has turned inward, to seek deeper understanding of the soul and of our place in the natural world. Each work

captures an essence, a way of looking deeply at the forces forged by California’s vitality, expressed through journeys within and beyond the self.

Many of tonight’s works explore oppositional forces that pull at us, creating space for us to enter into greater nuance of understanding. In the orchestral pieces, you will hear inversions — darkness and light, turbulence and grace, anarchy and quiet wonder. Similarly, the songs and

poetry express a range of feelings from dark restlessness to joyful groove.

Together, these works contain a reaching, a stirring, the desire to move beyond what is known, to seek something more. This reaching is what has led tonight’s artists to generate works that touch our souls while grounding us more deeply in what it means to call California, this place, this state of mind, our home.

—Elkhanah Pulitzer

Written in just ten days after a score by another composer was written and rejected, the Chinatown score has become one of the best-known works of Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004). Its haunting

main theme for trumpet, pianos, harps, and strings evokes a nostalgic, romantic mood but also deceives the audience into imagining the film will be a traditional detective yarn.

poems of transcendental vision: “Negative Love” by John Donne, and “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” and “Wild nights – Wild nights!” by Emily Dickinson.

“Here is the other side of Emily Dickinson, saturated with an intoxicated, ecstatic, pressing urge

to dissolve herself in some private and unknowable union of eros and death,” Adams wrote about the last movement. “The metaphors, at once violent and sexually hyper-charged, play upon the image of a “heart in port,” secure and out of danger from the wild storm-tossed sea.”

Chinatown Chinatown (1974) revived the noir film with a Robert Towne screenplay that is ostensibly a 1930s murder mystery set against a scandal involving valuable Los Angeles area land and water rights.

Harmonium Harmonium was commissioned by the San Francisco Symphony to celebrate the inaugural season of the Louise M. Davies Hall, and was dedicated to conductor Edo de Waart, who suggested the piece and led its first performance on April 15, 1981. In this work, John Adams (b. 1947) set three

G-Spot Tornado Frank Zappa, American Composer, fl. 1940 – 1993

(continued)

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CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ON ITS MOMENTOUS

CENTENNIAL SEASON

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Underneath the Sheen Underneath the Sheen envisions the movement of light edging and shining through a canopy of leaves and branches as observed from the forest floor. The endurance and quiet omnipotence of California’s Redwood trees served as the source of

inspiration. Standing beneath these trees is a humbling and exhilarating experience, a stunning reminder of the simultaneous power and fragility of nature. The immense roots, twisting and turning, the mist hanging in the air, and the beams of light entering

the forest ceiling create a striking enclosure, encasing the observer in an otherworldly realm. The music explores this oddly foreign yet deeply intimate atmosphere, a sense of a lost home, a state of vulnerability.

— Julia Adolphe (b. 1988)

The Dharma at Big Sur The Dharma at Big Sur was composed in 2003 for the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall. Tracy Silverman was the soloist for the world premiere, October 24, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Prior to that, John Adams offered some thoughts about the piece in an interview he created. A few extracts from that interview follow.

Q: YOUR NEW PIECE CARRIES A RATHER UNUSUAL TITLE. WHAT SUGGESTED IT? A: When the Philharmonic asked me for a new work to celebrate the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall, I knew I wanted to write something that reflected our collective experience of being Californians. I especially wanted to reflect the experience of those who, like me, were not born here and for whom the arrival on this side of the continent had both a spiritual and a physical impact.

I originally searched for texts from writers who told of their own first impressions of California, and I even went back as far as the Spanish

Catherine Taylor Poetry Consultant, Literary Curator

missionaries to locate something appropriate. Then I read Big Sur by Jack Kerouac, a book that is both personal (as Kerouac always is), evocative, and that oscillates between turbulence and ecstasy. I thought Kerouac’s voice was the one that most closely approximated my own feelings.

Q: THE SECOND HALF OF THE PIECE IS CALLED SRI MOONSHINE. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ADAMS TITLES! A: Yes, indeed! It refers to the other

“guardian deity” of the piece, Terry Riley. Terry’s ranch in the Sierra foothills is called Moonshine Ranch.

I first heard Terry’s music while I was

still a student at Harvard in the ’60s, and it was in part because of him that I decided to come out here. And there are all sorts of other connections, both musical and personal, not the least of which was that Terry, like Lou, was one of the first American musicians to look to Asia as a source for a new way of experiencing music… and experiencing the world. So, just as Kerouac, Ginsberg, and the Beats in their prose and poems first made the Dharma known to a wider American consciousness, so Lou and Terry did a similar thing in music. My piece is a recognition of that shift in consciousness that my arrival in California brought about in me.

Joyce Jenkins Poetry Consultant, Editor of Poetry Flash

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

GUSTAVO DUDAMEL Driven by an unwavering belief in the power of music to heal, unite, and inspire, Gustavo Dudamel is one of the most distinguished conductors of our day. From the great concert halls to classrooms, video screens, and movie theaters, Dudamel’s remarkable career of musical achievements and championing of access to the arts for young people around the world demonstrates music’s extraordinary capacity to transform people’s lives.

Dudamel’s 2018/19 season will center around the Centennial celebration of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his tenth year as its Music & Artistic Director.

Other highlights of the season include his debut at the Metropolitan Opera conducting Verdi’s Otello; tours with the Berlin Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra; and his first extended academic residency at Princeton University.

A lifelong advocate for music education and social development through art, Dudamel himself was shaped by his childhood experience with El Sistema, the extraordinary program of immersive musical training initiated in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu. Entering his 19th year as Music Director of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Dudamel also carries on the work of his late mentor with his ongoing commitment to El Sistema in Venezuela, and by supporting numerous Sistema-inspired projects around the world.

Gustavo Dudamel was born in 1981 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. His conducting studies began in 1993 when he was hired as an Assistant Conductor with the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra. In 1999, he was appointed Music Director of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra and began conducting studies with the orchestra’s founder, Dr. Abreu.

For more information about Gustavo Dudamel, visit his official website: gustavodudamel.com.

ELKHANAH PULITZER Known for her bold, nuanced, and innovative stage direction, Elkhanah Pulitzer is an esteemed director of opera and theater. She has directed projects with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, San Francisco Symphony, LA Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, West Edge Opera, and the Canadian Opera Company, among others. Theater directing credits include work with Impact Theater, Cutting Ball, Riverside Theater, and Ensemble Theater Company. Pulitzer explores the intersection between music and theater through innovation and hybridized forms.

Past work includes collaboration on next generation projects with Washington National Opera, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Boston Lyric Opera New England, SF Opera Lab, and Opera Omaha. Additionally, she was honored with the Opera America Success Award for her libretto Dream of the Pacific.

Currently, she serves as Artistic Curator for SF Opera Lab, an intimate, experimental programming branch of San Francisco Opera. Born in Boston and raised in St. Louis and Marin, Pulitzer also serves as board vice president of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, which advances experimentation in art curation, installation, and live programming.

CHRIS MARTIN Chris Martin is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist.

He is best known as the lead singer of the British rock band Coldplay.

Coldplay came together as a band in late 1997 and they have gone on to become one of the most popular acts on the planet, selling more than 80 million copies of their seven No. 1 albums which have spawned a string of hits, including “Yellow,” “Clocks,” “Fix You,” “Paradise,” “Viva La Vida,” and “A Sky Full Of Stars.”

They’ve also filled their trophy cabinet with almost every major music award there is (including seven Grammys and nine BRIT Awards).

CORINNE BAILEY RAE From Leeds, England, singer/ songwriter/ musician Corinne Bailey Rae shot to stardom with her self-titled No. 1 UK debut album in 2006, featuring the global hits “Put Your Records On” and “Like A Star.”

Bailey Rae has received two Grammy Awards®, two MOBO Awards, alongside multiple nominations including BRIT and BET Awards. She was awarded her first Grammy in 2008 for Album of The Year when featured on Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters. Her second album, The Sea (2010), was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.

The subsequent EP Is This Love garnered a Grammy for Best R&B Performance.

Bailey Rae returned in 2016 with “boundary-defying, epic music” (NPR) for her third studio album, The Heart Speaks In Whispers, declared “the best R&B of 2016” (The Guardian). The album featured the stunning “Green Aphrodisiac” named among “10 best R&B songs of 2016” (Billboard) and selected by President Obama for his summer playlist.

Bailey Rae has recently composed music for film and television, including the theme to Stan Lee’s Lucky Man (SKY1). She recorded “The Scientist” for Universal Pictures’ Fifty Shades Darker opening titles and soundtrack, which charted globally, and she performs a duet with Richard Hawley in eOne’s critically acclaimed independent film Funny Cow, starring Tony Pitts, Maxine Peake, and Paddy Considine, released on April 20 in the UK. Corinne will be performing select shows this year. Visit corinnebaileyrae.com for a full list of dates.

TRACY SILVERMAN Redefining the role of the violin in contemporary music, Tracy Silverman has contributed significantly to the repertoire and development of the 6-string electric violin and what he calls “post-classical violin playing.”

Lauded by BBC Radio as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin”, Silverman’s groundbreaking work defies musical boundaries. Formerly first violinist

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with the innovative Turtle Island String Quartet, Silverman was named one of 100 distinguished alumni by The Juilliard School. Silverman is the dedicatee of several electric violin concertos composed specifically for him by John Adams, Terry Riley, Nico Muhly, and Kenji Bunch, as well as the composer of three electric violin concertos of his own.

A true eclectic, Silverman has recorded with the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero, the BBC Symphony with John Adams, the Detroit Symphony with Neeme Jarvi, with composer/pianist Terry Riley, the rock band Guster, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, jazz legend Billy Taylor, Grammy-winning percussionist Roy “Futureman” Wooten, and the Calder String Quartet, among many others.

Silverman has performed as a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under conductors Esa-Pekka Salonen and Gustavo Dudamel, the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra with Marin Alsop, the Pacific Symphony with Carl St.Clair, as well as the Montreal Symphony, Stuttgart Staatsorchester, and many others.

He made his debut with the Chicago Symphony at age 13.

A long-standing advocate for music education, Silverman is the author of The Strum Bowing Method, is an in-demand clinician, and on the string faculty at Belmont University in Nashville, TN.

MIKKI KUNTTU Mikki Kunttu is currently one of the most soughtafter lighting designers in Europe. He has been collaborating with Saarinen since Tero Saarinen Company’s foundation, creating the lighting designs and visualization for all Company productions.

Alongside Saarinen, Kunttu works with many prominent artists from Finland and abroad, such as choreographers Jorma Elo, Jorma Uotinen, Carolyn Carlson, Jiří Kylián, Akram Khan, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. He also collaborates with the Finnish National Opera and Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, and the Boston Ballet.

In addition to dance, he works in music, opera, television, and design. His latest projects include the lighting design for Scalada: Stelar (Cirque du Soleil, 2017). He has also worked as a lighting, screen, set, and

video designer in several large productions for Finnish television. Kunttu’s visual design has also been seen on tours and concerts

by Kimmo Pohjonen, Apocalyptica, Paula Koivuniemi, Hanoi Rocks, Ismo Alanko, Von Hertzen Brothers, as well as Michael Monroe. mikkikunttu.com

(1927-1929); Artur Rodziński (1929-1933); Otto Klemperer (1933-1939); Alfred Wallenstein (1943-1956); Eduard van Beinum (1956-1959); Zubin Mehta (1962-1978); Carlo Maria Giulini (1978-1984); André Previn (1985-1989); EsaPekka Salonen (1992-2009); and Gustavo Dudamel (2009-present).

LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC

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Now in its Centennial season, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has redefined what an orchestra can be. Under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel since 2009, it presents an inspiring array of music through a commitment to foundational works and adventurous explorations. At home and abroad, the LA Phil — recognized as one of the world’s outstanding orchestras — leads the way in ground breaking and diverse programming that demonstrates the orchestra’s artistry and vision, on stage and in the community.

The LA Phil performs or presents more than 250 concerts annually at its two iconic venues: Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. During its winter season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with approximately 165 performances, the LA Phil creates festivals, artist residencies, and other thematic programs designed to enhance the audience’s experience of orchestral music. Since 1922, its summer home has been the world-famous Hollywood Bowl, host to the finest artists from all genres of music.

The orchestra’s involvement with Los Angeles extends far beyond the Concert Hall, with wide-ranging performances in the schools, churches, and neighborhood centers of a vastly diverse community.

Among its influential and multifaceted education initiatives is Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), inspired by Venezuela’s revolutionary El Sistema.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr., a millionaire and amateur musician.

Walter Henry Rothwell became its first Music Director, serving until 1927; since then, ten renowned conductors have served in that capacity: Georg Schnéevoigt

The Los Angeles Master Chorale is widely recognized as the country’s leading professional choir and one of Southern California’s most vibrant cultural treasures.

Hailed for its powerful performances, technical precision, and artistic daring, the Master Chorale is led by Artistic Director Grant Gershon and President and CEO Jean Davidson. Founded by legendary conductor Roger Wagner in 1964, it is a founding resident company of The Music Center and choir-in-residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Chorister positions are highly sought-after, and the fully professional choir is a diverse and vocally dynamic group showcasing the many voices of L.A. Presenting its own concert series each season, the Los Angeles Master Chorale performs choral music from the earliest writings to contemporary compositions, striking a balance between innovation and tradition. It also frequently performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl. The Master Chorale has been awarded three ASCAP/Chorus America Awards for Adventurous Programming, as well as Chorus America’s prestigious Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence. In 2017, it was inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale is committed to community engagement and fostering music education in schools, and its education programs include Voices Within residencies that encourage students to write and perform their own songs, and an expansive Oratorio Project for high school students. The Master Chorale also presents an annual High School Choir Festival, which brings teenagers from around the Southland to perform in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Visit lamasterchorale.org

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LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC Gustavo Dudamel Music & Artistic Director Walt and Lilly Disney Chair

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Laureate Susanna Mälkki Principal Guest Conductor Ann Ronus Chair

Paolo Bortolameolli Assistant Conductor John Adams John and Samantha Williams Creative Chair

FIRST VIOLINS Martin Chalifour Principal Concertmaster

Marjorie Connell Wilson Chair

Nathan Cole First Associate Concertmaster

Ernest Fleischmann Chair

Bing Wang Associate Concertmaster

Barbara and Jay Rasulo Chair

Akiko Tarumoto Assistant Concertmaster

Philharmonic Affiliates Chair

Rebecca Reale Michele Bovyer Rochelle Abramson Camille Avellano

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Whitney Crockett Principal

Matthew Howard Principal

Christopher Hanulik Principal

Shawn Mouser Associate Principal

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James Babor Perry Dreiman Wesley Sumpter+

Dorothy Rossel Lay Chair

Mark Kashper Associate Principal Kristine Whitson Johnny Lee Dale Breidenthal Ingrid Chun Jin-Shan Dai Tianyun Jia Chao-Hua Jin Nickolai Kurganov Guido Lamell Varty Manouelian Yun Tang Michelle Tseng Suli Xue Eduardo Rios+

VIOLAS Teng Li Principal

John Connell Chair

Dale Hikawa Silverman Associate Principal Ben Ullery Assistant Principal Dana Lawson Richard Elegino John Hayhurst Ingrid Hutman Michael Larco Hui Liu Meredith Snow Leticia Oaks Strong Minor L. Wetzel Andrew François+

CELLOS Robert deMaine Principal

Bram and Elaine Goldsmith Chair

Ben Hong Associate Principal

Sadie and Norman Lee Chair

Dahae Kim Assistant Principal Jonathan Karoly David Garrett Barry Gold Jason Lippmann Gloria Lum

Linda and Maynard Brittan Chair

Tao Ni Serge Oskotsky Brent Samuel

David Allen Moore Ted Botsford Jack Cousin Jory Herman Brian Johnson Peter Rofé Michael Fuller+

FLUTES Denis Bouriakov Principal

Virginia and Henry Mancini Chair

Catherine Ransom Karoly Associate Principal

Mr. and Mrs. H. Russell Smith Chair

Elise Shope Henry

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Piccolo

Sarah Jackson

Andrew Bain Principal

HARP

Jaclyn Rainey Associate Principal

LIBRARIANS

John Cecil Bessell Chair

Gregory Roosa

Alan Scott Klee Chair

Amy Jo Rhine

Ramón Ortega Principal Marion Arthur Kuszyk Associate Principal Anne Marie Gabriele Carolyn Hove

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CLARINETS Boris Allakhverdyan Principal Michele and Dudley Rauch Chair

Burt Hara Associate Principal Andrew Lowy David Howard

E-Flat Clarinet Andrew Lowy

Bass Clarinet David Howard

Lou Anne Neill

Kazue Asawa McGregor Kenneth Bonebrake Stephen Biagini

Loring Charitable Trust Chair

Brian Drake

Reese and Doris Gothie Chair

Ethan Bearman Assistant

Bud and Barbara Hellman Chair

TRUMPETS Thomas Hooten Principal

M. David and Diane Paul Chair

OBOES

Joanne Pearce Martin

Katharine Bixby Hotchkis Chair

HORNS

Mari L. Danihel Chair

Sarah Jackson

KEYBOARDS

James Wilt Associate Principal

PERSONNEL MANAGER Jeffrey Neville

CONDUCTING FELLOWS Nuno Coelho Stephen Mulligan Elena Schwarz Jesús Uzcátegui

Nancy and Donald de Brier Chair

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Christopher Still

The Los Angeles Philharmonic string section utilizes revolving seating on a systematic basis. Players listed alphabetically change seats periodically.

Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair

TROMBONES David Rejano Cantero Principal James Miller Associate Principal

Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen Chair

Paul Radke

Bass Trombone John Lofton

TUBA Norman Pearson

In those sections where there are two principals the musicians share the position equally and are listed in order of length of service.

The musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic are represented by Professional Musicians Local 47, AFM.

TIMPANI Joseph Pereira Principal

Cecilia and Dudley Rauch Chair

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