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The start of a new season always marks a special moment, and fittingly, the 2024/25 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall is dedicated to the moments that move us. These can be moments of inspiration, of awe, catharsis, or even surprise that happen during a performance. They may last only a few seconds or minutes but live with us forever.
Personally, I’ve been experiencing many meaningful moments in my first season since being named President & CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in July. For many years, I’ve admired how the LA Phil has shown how music can build community by bringing together this great city and visitors from beyond to share in the power of live performance. Music can inspire and transform us, and we strive to make that experience available to all.
In my own musical journey, I have found inspiration in getting to know the musicians and their stories, along with the ideas and passions of the composers, conductors, and guest artists. I love hearing audience members’ reactions and perceptions at intermission or after a concert. There is nothing like a live orchestral performance to move us personally while connecting us in a communal way. Being able to foster this special exchange between performer and audience motivates us every day. Thank you for supporting live music and its ability to enrich our lives.
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Gustavo Dudamel is committed to creating a better world through music. Guided by an unwavering belief in the power of art to inspire and transform lives, he has worked tirelessly to expand education and access for underserved communities around the world and to broaden the impact of classical music to new and ever-larger audiences. His rise, from humble beginnings as a child in Venezuela to an unparalleled career of artistic and social achievements, offers living proof that culture can bring meaning to the life of an individual and greater harmony to the world at large. He currently serves as the Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and in 2026, he becomes the Music and Artistic Director of the New York Philharmonic, continuing a legacy that includes Gustav Mahler, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein.
Dudamel’s advocacy for the power of music to unite, heal, and inspire is global in scope. In appearances from the United Nations to the White House to the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Dudamel has served as a passionate advocate for music education and social integration through art, sharing his own transformative experience in Venezuela’s El Sistema program as an example of how music can give a sense of purpose and meaning to young people and help them rise above challenging circumstances. In 2007, Dudamel, the LA Phil, and its community partners founded YOLA (Youth
Orchestra Los Angeles), which now provides more than 1,700 young people with free instruments, intensive music instruction, academic support, and leadership training. In 2012, Dudamel launched the Dudamel Foundation, which he co-chairs with his wife, actress and director María Valverde, with the goal of expanding access to music and the arts for young people by providing tools and opportunities to shape their creative futures.
As a conductor, Dudamel is one of the few classical musicians to become a bona fide popculture phenomenon and has worked tirelessly to ensure that music reaches an ever-greater audience. He was the first classical artist to participate in the Super Bowl halftime show and the youngest conductor ever to lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day Concert. He has performed at global mainstream events from the Academy Awards to the Olympics, and has worked with musical icons like Billie Eilish, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Gwen Stefani, Coldplay, and Nas. Dudamel conducted the score to Steven Spielberg’s new adaptation of West Side Story, and at John Williams’ personal request, he guest conducted the opening and closing credits of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His film and television appearances include Sesame Street, The Simpsons, Mozart in the Jungle, Trolls World Tour, and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, and in 2019 Dudamel was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic, under the vibrant leadership of Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, presents an inspiring array of music through a commitment to foundational works and adventurous explorations. Both at home and abroad, the LA Phil—recognized as one of the world’s outstanding orchestras—is leading the way in groundbreaking and diverse programming, onstage and in the community, that reflects the orchestra’s artistry and demonstrates its vision. The 2024/25 season is the orchestra’s 106th.
Nearly 300 concerts are either performed or presented by the LA Phil at its three iconic venues: the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford. 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 Ford, situated in a 32-acre park and
under the stewardship of the LA Phil since December 2019, presents an eclectic summer season of music, dance, film, and family events that are reflective of the communities that comprise Los Angeles.
The orchestra’s involvement with Los Angeles extends far beyond its venues. Among its influential and multifaceted learning initiatives is YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). Through YOLA, inspired by Gustavo Dudamel’s own training as a young musician, the LA Phil and its community partners provide free instruments, intensive music training, and academic support to over 1,700 young musicians, empowering them to become vital citizens, leaders, and agents of change. In the fall of 2021, YOLA opened its own permanent, purpose-built facility: the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood, designed by Frank Gehry.
The orchestra also undertakes tours, both domestically and internationally, including regular visits to New York, London (where the orchestra is the Barbican Centre’s International Orchestral Partner), Paris, and Tokyo. As part of its global Centennial activities, the orchestra visited
Seoul, Tokyo, Mexico City, London, Boston, and New York. The LA Phil’s first tour was in 1921, and the orchestra has made annual tours since the 1969/70 season.
The LA Phil has released an array of critically acclaimed recordings, including world premieres of the music of John Adams and Louis Andriessen, along with Grammy Award-winning recordings featuring the music of Johannes Brahms, Charles Ives, Andrew Norman, and Thomas Adès—among them a 2024 Best Orchestral Performance Grammy for the latter’s Dante
The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr., a wealthy amateur musician. Walter Henry Rothwell became its first Music Director, serving until 1927; since then, 10 renowned conductors have served in that capacity. Their names are Georg Schnéevoigt (1927-1929), Artur Rodziński (1929-1933), O tto 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), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1992-2009), and Gustavo Dudamel (2009-present).
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Jordan Koransky
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Johnny Lee
Dale Breidenthal
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Jin-Shan Dai
Chao-Hua Jin
Jung Eun Kang
Vivian Kukiel
Nickolai Kurganov
Varty Manouelian
Michelle Tseng
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Richard Elegino
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Michael Larco
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Jason Lippmann
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Serge Oskotsky
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David Allen Moore
Ted Botsford
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Jory Herman
Brian Johnson
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David Cooper
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Gregory Roosa
Alan Scott Klee Chair
Amy Jo Rhine
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Elyse Lauzon
Reese and Doris Gothie Chair
Ethan Bearman
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James Wilt
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Christopher Still
Ronald and Valerie
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Jeffrey Strong
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Paul Radke
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John Lofton
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Cecilia and Dudley Rauch Chair
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A conversation with Kim Noltemy and Gustavo Dudamel
The LA Phil’s Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and new President & CEO Kim Noltemy share their thoughts on an exciting 2024/25 season, the importance of music education, and the creative energy generated in LA.
KIM, AS A NEW CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF LOS ANGELES?
KIM NOLTEMY: I have an incredibly positive impression about LA in my first weeks here. Everyone has been so warm and welcoming. I hear the palpable passion about our concerts and other activities. This city has been so innovative and forwardthinking, and as I talk with our various constituencies, they convey their confidence in the LA Phil to lead this city’s music community, and what could be more exciting than that?
GUSTAVO, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS?
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL: I agree with you, Kim, completely. In my 16 seasons at the LA Phil, this community has embraced our vision that music has a unique power that can transform us. And you see that in the pride they take in this outstanding orchestra; you see it in the musicians of YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). As performers, we feel this energy in every performance whether it’s on the stage at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood
Bowl, or at the Beckmen YOLA Center. It has been incredibly exciting to create art in this very special environment.
YOU BOTH ARE QUITE PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NEED FOR MUSIC EDUCATION. WHAT ROLE SHOULD AN ORCHESTRA TAKE IN THIS AREA?
GD: Music is such a gift to all of us; it connects us across borders, cultures, and languages. This summer, I was privileged to join both YOLA and the National Children’s Symphony of Venezuela on tour. To see these hundreds of young musicians from all over the world come together and
from left: Yo-Yo Ma, Alisa Weilerstein, Carlos Simon, and Gabriela Ortiz.
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share their cultures, ideas, and dreams was so inspiring. They create beauty out of chaos. They give us hope. And that is why it is so important for institutions like the LA Phil to try to give as many children as possible the opportunity to participate in such experiences.
KN: For years, music programs have not been a priority of our education system. I feel it is the duty of orchestras like the LA Phil to step up and create these programs because no one else will. For this reason, YOLA has been so impressive. Gustavo, you have spoken about how important it is for these young musicians to have a place of their own and instruments of their own. We know that music education encourages personal growth, but it also enriches our organization and the musical culture of our community, both in LA and worldwide.
THE 2024/25 SEASON IS FILLED WITH PLEASURES FOR ALL TYPES OF MUSIC LOVERS. ARE THERE CERTAIN PROGRAMS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO?
KN: It is a phenomenal season, and I appreciate how fortunate I am to see multiple concerts
per week and hundreds per year! Just like so many others, I am a huge fan of yours, Gustavo. I can’t wait to see your interpretations of Mahler’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and so many of the other core repertoire pieces that we all cherish. I also look forward to seeing Carlos Simon’s new piece, as well as Gabriela Ortiz’s new work.
GD: Mahler’s music has been a passion of mine throughout my career, but it wasn’t so long ago that his great symphonies and other works were rarely performed. We discovered that in the mid-20th century a group of Mahler superfans in Southern California kept his legacy alive. They held listening sessions, and they printed the iconic “Mahler Grooves” bumper sticker, which gave us the title for our upcoming series. One of these stickers even found its way to Leonard Bernstein’s score of the Sixth Symphony!
Mahler’s music is cosmic; it contains everything: glory, death, sarcasm, beauty. But Mahler was also a conductor with a clear idea of what he wanted. In these three programs we see his evolution from a young composer
to one at the height of his powers, the exquisite perfection of the Seventh Symphony, and lastly the deeply emotional Fifth Symphony paired with his wife Alma’s beautiful songs, which we are rediscovering.
In addition, I’m thrilled to be able to present the world premiere of Gabriela Ortiz’s new cello concerto, Dzonot, with the amazing soloist Alisa Weilerstein; a beautiful semi-staged production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and incredible collaborations with John Williams and Yo-Yo Ma!
KN: I do love that many of the upcoming concerts integrate video and staged elements. While all these symphonic masterpieces stand on their own, I always look forward to the combination of the visual with the musical. Together they are often more than the sum of their parts.
GD: And on that note, we are very lucky to have one of the best instruments in the world in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Frank Gehry gave us a temple to music that dazzles the ears and the eyes. It reimagined what a concert hall can do for musicians, artists, and audiences. It inspires us endlessly.
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Eric R. Eisenberg
Brad Gluckstein
Sandra P. Hahn
Helen Hernandez
Constance Jolcuvar
Alis Clausen Odenthal
Anita Ortiz
Jennifer Price-Letscher
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association’s programs are made possible, in part, by generous grants from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Dudamel
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Alberto Arvelo, director, video art director
María Valverde, narrator
Jana McIntyre, soprano
Deepa Johnny, mezzo-soprano
Los Angeles Master Chorale
Grant Gershon, Artistic Director
Jenny Wong, Associate Artistic Director
Gabriela Camejo, producer and coordinator
Cindy Figueroa, dress designer
Tyler Glover, lighting designer
Tyler Lambert-Perkins, lighting designer
Nascuy Linares, video art editor
Miguel Guerrero, VFX artist
Gabriela ORTIZ Dzonot (c. 25 minutes) (world premiere, LA Phil commission with generous support from the MaddocksBrown Fund for New Music)
Luz vertical
El ojo del Jaguar
Jade
El vuelo de Toh
Alisa Weilerstein
INTERMISSION
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream (c. 61 minutes)
Overture, Op. 21
Incidental Music, Op. 61
Scherzo
Melodrama I
Fairies’ March
Song with chorus: “You spotted snakes”
Andante: “What thou seest when thou dost wake”
Intermezzo
Nocturne
Melodrama II
Wedding March
Fanfare
Funeral March
Bergomask Dance
Allegro vivace
Finale: “Through this house give glimmering light”
Jana McIntyre, Deepa Johnny
María Valverde
Los Angeles Master Chorale
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 3, 2024 8PM
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 4 11AM
Official and exclusive timepiece of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall
These performances are generously supported by the Lloyd E. Rigler–Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation
Film excerpts licensed by Warner Bros.
Entertainment, Inc.
Programs and artists subject to change.
AT A GLANCE
Of light and shadows
Wavering between shadow and light, this glimmering program celebrates nature’s transformative powers. In Dzonot, titled after Mexico’s subterranean waterways, Gabriela Ortiz adoringly captures the wildlife that thrives among the sacred chasms. Inspired by the vertical light that streaks into the abyssal dzonot and “the urgent need to preserve these ecosystems” along the Yucatán Peninsula, Ortiz creates a world of shadows under threat in 2024.
Two centuries earlier, Mendelssohn envisioned a similar play of sunlight with
his score for A Midsummer Night’s Dream Bolstered by Shakespeare’s depiction of the natural world as a place of mystery, revision, and magic, Mendelssohn composed an aural light diffuser, through which feelings, attitudes, and melodies invert and scatter. As Shakespeare’s characters venture into a Grecian forest, Mendelssohn’s imaginative score blossoms and transforms. With surprising discoveries and whimsical rhythm, both pieces praise the natural world for its ability to foster other ways of thinking.
—Tess Carges
Dzonot (cenote in Spanish) is a term used solely in Mexico, derived from the Mayan word “dzonot,” meaning “abyss.”
In Mayan culture, cenotes were considered to be sources of life itself. They also represented entrances into the underworld, or Xibalbá—a sacred place where darkness reigned, inhabited by shadows, gods, and spirits.
Dzonot is a concerto for cello and orchestra inspired by the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, which comprise an intricate, delicate system of subterranean rivers and caves that require careful conservation to protect their biodiversity and natural beauty. Moreover, the cenotes of southeastern Mexico supply drinking water to the entire region, and anthropological and paleontological remains have been found in them as well. Cenotes frequently contain openings of various
sizes that admit rays of sunlight, effecting the water within these dark caves in a way that creates an aura of mystery—their beams of iridescent illumination doubtlessly reinforcing the profound spiritual connection experienced by the Mayans. In the cenote called Holltún, near the archeological ruins of Chichén Itzá, the sun’s passage overhead during the summer solstice causes the light to penetrate vertically; hence, its reflection falls into the very center of the cenote and not on the walls, unlike on other days of the year.
Cenotes also possess unique biodiversity. They provide shelter to endemic species of flora and fauna that cannot be found anywhere else in the world; therefore habitat preservation is indispensable for their conservancy. The jaguar, for example, is one of the most symbolic animals in
our pre-Hispanic cultures. Unfortunately, in Mexico it is endangered due to the destruction of its habitat, caused mainly by the construction of residential units, tourist venues, and transportation infrastructure in the forested regions of the Mayan Riviera.
Another threatened species is the toh bird, or turquoisebrowed motmot, which lives in these caverns today. The legend of the toh bird tells us that its beautiful plumage gave it a sense of superiority over all other birds, making it vain and ignorant. It was convinced that no harm would ever befall it, until one day the Mayan rain god, Chaac, decided to brew up a storm. Since he loved birds, Chaac warned them to build a refuge to quickly take shelter. All of the birds made sanctuaries except for the toh, which arrogantly ignored the warning and did nothing. Once the storm began, the toh realized how exposed it was and desperately sought out shelter until, finally, it found a small, abandoned burrow. It was able to enter the burrow, but its enormous tail was exposed to the inclement weather and inevitably destroyed. When the storm ended, the
toh emerged, proud to have remained safe despite making no effort whatsoever, not realizing that it no longer possessed its beautiful tail. Once the other birds began to mock it, however, the toh had no choice but to live in hiding from that day forward, flying through the darkness and shadows of the underground caves.
In the first movement, “Luz vertical” (Vertical light), the sound of the orchestra and song of the cello evoke the subaquatic environment and hypnotic effects produced by rays of sunlight among the shadows prevalent inside cenotes. In the second movement, “El ojo del Jaguar” (The eye of the Jaguar), the cello transforms subtly and metaphorically into the voice and body of this elegant feline, through diverse percussive sounds and passages of great virtuosity that dialogue with the orchestra with agility and skill. The third movement, “Jade,” is a sonorous, intimate reflection on the meaning and history of these subterranean rivers, where everything comes to life: the limestone eroded by the sands of time, the jade-green color and sound of the water, the cascades of reflected light,
and even the humid aroma of the damp earth lining their banks. It has also been my wish that toward the end of this movement, the music metaphorically represent the natural disaster caused by major human industries and their relentlessly predatory machinery through constant, yet diverse rhythmic motifs that are repeated insistently with a mechanical pulse that brings us to a final climax, dissolved by the hopeful song of the cello. Finally, in the fourth movement, “El vuelo de Toh” (Toh’s flight), the music nimbly unfolds with absolute freedom, manifested as a sonorous presage of sorts, in hopes that the toh bird will not lose its place in the rainforest, despite the deforestation and ecological destruction that threaten its existence.
As a form of protest, Dzonot constitutes my way of calling for an end to our neglect of the urgent need to preserve these ecosystems within the context of the ongoing climate crisis. This composition is dedicated to the cellist Alisa Weilerstein and was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel. —Gabriela Ortiz
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
From the first cinematic version of Les Misérables in 1935, directed by Richard Boleslawski, to Tom Hooper’s version nearly a century later, starring Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe as Javert, Victor Hugo’s work has become one of the most frequently adapted and enduring stories in the American repertoire. Transcending cultural boundaries is a journey shared by many masterpieces of literature. One of the most memorable adaptations of the classic Russian play Uncle Vanya, directed and reinterpreted by David Mamet, manages to fully preserve the soul and drama of Chekhov’s text, transforming its dialogues into direct and colloquial American English. Mamet even plays with the rhythm of the scenes, making the play more accessible to
contemporary audiences. We all grew up watching great classics reimagined by theater and cinema, making it commonplace to see Don Quixote speaking Russian or Madame Bovary speaking German. I vividly remember seeing El Cid Campeador, one of my childhood heroes, speaking English, powerfully portrayed by Charlton Heston, while Sophia Loren brought to life an impeccable Doña Jimena, with her charming Italian accent. Perhaps one of the most beautiful gifts that art can offer is its unique ability to transcend borders, cultures, languages, and social differences, bringing us closer to one another and opening portals to new interpretations that sometimes even reveal deeper aspects of the original work’s spirit.
The version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that we present embodies that same transformative and renewing spirit of
art, which has left its native soil to become a universal heritage for all. This classic of English literature, composed by a German, takes on a new dimension conducted by a Venezuelan, and performed by an American orchestra and choir singing in German, and narrated in pure Castilian by a Spanish actress. At the heart of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream lies the joyous fusion of two art forms: literature and music. We wanted to pay a poetic tribute to this reality, and we accompany this production with Video Art that compiles several of the most iconic paintings inspired by the play, from the 18th and 19th centuries, ranging from Edwin Landseer to William Blake, while also bringing in images from Max Reinhardt’s unforgettable 1935 film, starring Mickey Rooney and Olivia de Havilland. “Sound, music! ” —Alberto Arvelo
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM OVERTURE, OP. 21, AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC, OP. 61
First LA Phil performances: February 17, 1922 (Overture, Scherzo, Nocturne, and Wedding March), Walter Henry Rothwell conducting; July 16, 1932 (Overture and complete Incidental Music for a production directed by Max Reinhardt), Sir Hamilton Harty conducting
Felix Mendelssohn’s score for William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is probably the most famous incidental music ever written. The Overture and the 13 pieces written for the play bookend Mendelssohn’s career. He composed the Overture as a 17-year-old whose talent had already surpassed that of his teachers. The incidental music, commissioned 17 years later in 1843 by the King of Prussia, was, along with the E-minor Violin Concerto and the F-minor String Quartet, one of the final enduring works composed in the years before Mendelssohn’s untimely death from a pair of strokes in 1847. The Mendelssohn household at Leipziger Strasse No. 3 was a hub of intellectual and cultural activity, often visited by figures like Alexander von Humboldt and G.W.F. Hegel. Mendelssohn’s grandfather
Moses Mendelssohn was of one of the brightest stars of the German Enlightenment, and his father, Abraham, one of Berlin’s most successful bankers. In an effort to assimilate into German culture, Abraham converted the family from Judaism to Protestantism and changed their last name to Bartholdy, though it’s unclear whether the conversion substantially changed the family’s standing.
Felix and his sister Fanny were inordinately gifted musicians, and their sister Rebecca an adept linguist who could read Homer in the original Greek. The children were tutored in English, French, and German, and when they weren’t playing or making music, they read voraciously. Of course, one of their favorite authors was Shakespeare, and Felix and his sisters would read the plays aloud, acting out the different parts.
One of the plays they performed frequently was A Midsummer Night’s Dream with its captivating fairies, elves, and magic spells. When a translation of the play by August Wilhelm Schlegel (whose brother married Felix’s aunt), made with the help of Ludwig Tieck, became part of the Mendelssohns’ library in 1826, Felix began to appreciate the play’s musical potential, and he began composing what would become the Overture. The translations had been painstakingly executed, free from the rigid constraints of French classical dramaturgy (under which previous translations had labored), and full of rich poetic imagery, just the stuff to stoke the fires of Felix’s imagination.
The Overture opens with four of the most evocative
chords in music. In his hagiography of the composer, Heinrich Eduard Jacob claimed that Mendelssohn scribbled the chords after hearing an evening breeze rustle the leaves in the garden of the family’s home. Whatever their inspiration, they beguilingly invite the listener into the magical forest outside Athens where the comedy plays out. Scurrying staccato strings depict the fairies darting through the woods before the full orchestra proclaims the noble lovers’ music. A series of accented, fortissimo chords in the low strings and brass pound out an earthy rhythm for the Mechanicals before the orchestra gives us a musical picture of Bottom, braying after Puck’s mischievous magic has transformed him into an ass. After a development section, Mendelssohn recapitulates the theme for the lovers, Bottom’s hee-hawing, and the fairy music before a passage of gentle modulation in the winds opens the coda. The strings play a serenely beautiful transformation of the lovers’ theme before the Overture closes as it opened, with those four magical chords. The Overture premiered in Stettin (now Szczecin) at a concert conducted by the composer Carl Loewe in February 1827. The concert was Mendelssohn’s first public appearance, and it also featured the composer and Loewe as soloists in the A-flatmajor double piano concerto and Mendelssohn alone at the keyboard for Weber’s daunting F-minor Konzertstück; after intermission, he joined the first violins for a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth. This musical extravaganza, along with the earlier success of the Op. 20
octet, vaulted the 18-year-old Mendelssohn to the forefront of musical Germany.
By August 1843, when he was invited to pick up where his Overture had left off, Mendelssohn was seen as a conservative for his obsession with Bach and his unwillingness to wear his heart on his sleeve as did his contemporaries Berlioz and Liszt. But the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV, liked Mendelssohn’s music and enjoyed drama, especially plays of Greek antiquity. A successful adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone for the stage of the royal palace in Potsdam in 1841 led to a series of invitations from the king to compose incidental music, resulting in scores for Racine’s Athalie, Sophocles’ Oedipus, and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
For the performance at Potsdam on October 14, 1843, Mendelssohn returned to his Overture for inspiration, using its themes to craft an integrated score for the play. The original Overture precedes Act I. The Scherzo, with its sprightly scoring dominated by chattering winds and dancing strings, acts as an intermezzo between Acts I and II, introducing the forest outside of Athens, filled with fairies on Midsummer’s Eve.
The Scherzo leads directly into the first Melodrama of the score, as Puck warns a fairy from Titania’s retinue that Oberon is irritated with her for stealing a boy he had wanted as a henchman and will arrive shortly. A fairy march accompanies Oberon’s entrance, scored with triangle and cymbals.
The first of the score’s two vocal pieces, “You spotted snakes,” opens Act II’s second
scene, as Titania’s attendants sing incantations to protect their Queen as she sleeps. Oberon enters the glade, and an eerie ascending figure in the first violins accompanies him as he drips nectar onto the sleeping Titania’s eyelids, casting a spell that will cause her to “wake when some vile thing is near” and fall in love.
An Intermezzo, following the close of the second act, depicts Hermia’s apprehension when she believes her beloved Lysander has forsaken her, an agitated allegro to accompany her search through the woods for him. This yields to a quaint march as the Mechanicals enter the glade where, unbeknownst to them, Titania sleeps. As they begin rehearsals for the play Pyramus and Thisbe, Puck steals in, accompanied by the fairy music from the Overture. He transforms Bottom’s head into a donkey’s, and everyone flees. Bottom thinks his fellow actors are trying to scare him, so he starts to sing to show them he’s not afraid.
The tranquil Nocturne, with its solo horn doubled by bassoons, plays as the lovers sleep between Acts III and IV. We hear only one melodrama in Act IV, accompanying Oberon’s undoing of the spell he cast on Titania. Mendelssohn recalls the eerie violin figure that accompanied the original incantation, inverting it as Oberon undoes the spell. The melodrama closes with the Nocturne reprised as Oberon invites his wife to dance as the mortal lovers sleep.
The intermezzo between Acts IV and V is none other than the famous Wedding March, perhaps Mendelssohn’s most famous tune. It accompanies a triple wedding, as Demetrius and
Helena, Lysander and Hermia, and Theseus and Hippolyta all marry. Three trombones sound a fanfare before the whole orchestra resplendently celebrates the end of the night’s confusion as the right couples are married.
The fifth and final act contains more music than any other, as the Mechanicals perform at the wedding feast. A brief fanfare for trumpets and timpani introduces the prologue to Pyramus and Thisbe. A grotesque parody of a funeral march, in which Mendelssohn mocks mourning in carnivalesque fashion, accompanies the death of the title characters, whose epilogue Theseus declines to see in favor of a Bergomask dance. The dance uses Bottom’s braying from the Overture as its main thematic material.
The play itself has three brief epilogues. The first, spoken by Puck, takes the listener from the celebration of the banquet back to the mystery and shadows of the enchanted forest with a reprise of the theme of the Wedding March and the fairy music of the Overture. After Puck’s speech, Oberon and Titania begin the incidental music’s finale, “Through this house give glimmering light,” a chorus for the fairies with solos for the two singers. As the chorus, which recalls the Overture’s fairy music, dies away, Puck begins his famous “If we shadows have offended,” his final lines accompanied by the four chords as day breaks. The score ends as it began; the chords, once pregnant with events to come, have borne their fruit, now evoking hazy memories of the comedy they introduced. —John Mangum
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL
To read about Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, please turn to page 8
ALISA WEILERSTEIN
Alisa Weilerstein is one of the foremost cellists of our time. Known for her consummate artistry, emotional investment, and rare interpretive depth, she performs at the most prestigious international venues, such as Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Berliner Philharmonie, in partnership with the world’s preeminent conductors and orchestras. This season she premieres three new concertos: Thomas Larcher’s with the New York Philharmonic and Bavarian Radio Symphony, Richard Blackford’s with the Czech
Philharmonic, and Gabriela Ortiz’s with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, with whom she then tours to Carnegie Hall and South America. Other 2024/25 highlights include two solo Carnegie Hall appearances in her Fragments series, which combines Bach’s cello suites with 27 new commissions in a production directed by Elkhanah Pulitzer, and return engagements with the Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestras. Her many accolades include a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. She records exclusively for Pentatone.
MARÍA VALVERDE
Acclaimed film and television actress María Valverde (Narrator) made her concert stage debut narrating the Felix Mendelssohn live orchestral adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream alongside her husband, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, at the Castell de Peralada Festival in August, 2019, in Girona, Spain. Born in the Carabanchel neighborhood of southern Madrid, Valverde was discovered in 2002 at age 15 by director Manuel Martín Cuenca, who cast her in the lead role in his film The Weakness of the Bolshevik
Valverde has since appeared in more than 20 films, performing in Spanish, English, and French and filming in locations including Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Chile, Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. Her credits include Cracks (2009), produced by Ridley Scott, directed by Jordan Scott, and co-starring Eva Green; Melissa P. (2005), directed by Luca Guadagnino; and Tres Metros sobre el Cielo (2010). Her television series credits include Brothers (2014) and The Escape (2012). She teamed up again with the legendary Scott for his film Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), collaborating with Christian Bale. In the U.S., Valverde played the lead in Broken Horses co-starring Anton Yelchin (2015), and landed roles in The Limehouse Golem (2016), with Olivia Cooke and Bill Nighy; Plonger (2017), directed by Mélanie Laurent and co-starring Gilles Lellouche; Fever Dream (2021), directed by Claudia Llosa; Araña (2019), directed by Andrés Wood; and the Netflix hit Fuimos Canciones (2021), directed by Juana Macías. She stars in the upcoming Viaje al Sur en un Coche naranja, directed by Alberto Arvelo.
It was while immersed in the part of María Teresa Bolívar for the film Libertador (2013), also directed by Arvelo, that Valverde and Dudamel first collaborated. Dudamel composed the film’s soundtrack. They reunited again for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for which she recited Shakespeare’s prose in her native Spanish, while her husband conducted the orchestra.
The Spanish Film Academy awarded Valverde a Goya and a CEC award for Best Newcomer for her role in The Weakness of the Bolshevik. She was named Best Actress at Screamfest ’08 in Los Angeles for her performance in El Rey de la Montaña and received the European Shooting Star award at the 2016 Berlin Film Festival.
JANA MCINTYRE
Soprano Jana McIntyre is a George and Nora London Foundation Competition award winner as well as a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition. In the 2023/24 season, she returned to Opera Santa Barbara for La Divina: The Art of Maria Callas. Additional season engagements included debuts with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, as well as appearances with San Francisco Opera.
Recent highlights include Opera Santa Barbara for Rossini’s comic one-act La scala di seta (Giulia) and Tulsa Opera for Into the Woods (Cinderella). She debuted in Carmina Burana with the Santa Barbara Symphony and the Seattle Symphony. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with the American Symphony Orchestra in Richard Strauss’ Daphne (title role), conducted by Music Director Leon Botstein. In the 2021/22 season, McIntyre sang the title role in Semele with Opera Santa Barbara as well as Die schweigsame Frau (Aminta) in a new production with Bard SummerScape Festival. She also performed in a chamber concert with Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate and Tulsa’s Signature Symphony.
Other highlights include Heartbeat Opera’s production of Der Freischütz (Ännchen) and the Santa Fe Opera workshop of the completed version of M. Butterfly in New York City. McIntyre also debuted with the Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera singing selections from Così fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro in their Mozart Favorites concert.
McIntyre has performed with Toledo Opera, Opera Grand Rapids, and Arizona Opera. Additionally, she covered in Laurent Pelly’s iconic production of Cendrillon (La Fée) at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She has won awards from the Gerda Lissner Foundation, the Jensen Foundation, and the Shoshana Foundation and was a Young Artist with the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera and an Apprentice Artist with the Santa Fe Opera.
DEEPA JOHNNY
Omani-born Canadian mezzosoprano Deepa Johnny gained recognition in major competitions while still studying at Indiana University, when she received the André Bourbeau Best Canadian Artist award and the ICI Musique People’s Choice award at the 2022 Concours Musical International de Montréal competition and won the Western Canada District
of the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She joined LA Opera’s DomingoColburn-Stein Young Artist Program in the 2022/23 season, making her debut as Owen’s daughter in Omar by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels.
In North America, Johnny debuted as Meg Page in Falstaff at the Aspen Music Festival, as Cherubino in a new staging of Le nozze di Figaro at Opera San Jose, and at Los Angeles Opera as Mélisande in Impressions de Pelléas. She appeared as Carmen in Arden Opera’s production of The Tragedy of Carmen and as Suzuki in concert performances of Madama Butterfly with Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. During her studies at Indiana, she appeared as Rosina in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia and in the title roles of Handel’s Xerxes and Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea
As part of the inaugural cast of The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions, an inspirational ensemble piece created by Ted Huffman and Philip Venables from the seminal LGBTQ+ rights text by Larry Mitchell, Johnny performed at the 2023 Manchester International Festival, Festival d’Aix-enProvence, Bregenzer Festspiele, and at the Southbank Centre.
Recent highlights include the title role in Bizet’s Carmen at Opéra de Rouen Normandie, roles in Der Zwerg and La traviata under James Conlon at LA Opera, her Portland Opera debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, and Penelope (Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria) at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.
Johnny made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2022 as part of Renée Fleming’s SongStudio Master Class. She was a fellow of the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and recently performed with West Virginia Symphony Orchestra as part of its Sounds of the Seasons concerts.
LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE
The Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Master Chorale is the “the finest-by-far major chorus in America” (Los Angeles Times) and a vibrant cultural treasure. Hailed for its powerful performances, technical precision, and artistic daring, the Chorale is led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director; Associate Artistic Director Jenny Wong; and President & CEO Scott Altman. Its Swan Family Artist-inResidence is Reena Esmail. Created by legendary conductor Roger Wagner in 1964, the Chorale is a founding resident company of The Music Center and choir-in-residence at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The Chorale reaches over 175,000 people a year through performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall, its international touring of innovative works, and its collaborations with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and others.
The Chorale’s discography includes the LA Phil’s Deutsche Grammophon recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, for which the Chorale won a Best Choral Performance Grammy with the National Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, and Pacific Chorale. The Chorale released The Sacred Veil by Eric Whitacre in 2020. Under Gershon’s direction, the Chorale has released eight commercial recordings and is featured on the soundtracks of many major motion pictures, including Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker
The Chorale toured its productions of Lagrime di San Pietro and Heinrich Schütz’s Music to Accompany a Departure, both directed by Peter Sellars, earning rave reviews across the globe that cited the Chorale’s performances as “painfully beautiful” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), “transcendent” and “incomparably moving” (Los Angeles Times).
Soprano
Graycen Gardner
Kelci Hahn
Elissa Johnston
Juhye Kim
Caroline McKenzie
Beth Peregrine
Alina Roitstein
Anna Schubert
Sunmi Shin
Kathryn Shuman
Addy Sterrett
Courtney Taylor
Chloe Vaught
Suzanne Waters
Andrea Zomorodian
Alto
Mindy Ella Chu
Michele Hemmings
Sharon Chohi Kim
Sharmila G. Lash
Hannah Little
Sarah Lynch
Adriana Manfredi
Lindsay Patterson Abdou
Laura Smith Roethe
Jessie Shulman
Nike St. Clair
Ilana Summers
Kristen Toedtman
Tracy Van Fleet
Elyse Willis
The Artists of the Los Angeles Master Chorale are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO, James Hayden, AGMA Delegate.
ALBERTO ARVELO
Film director and writer Alberto Arvelo (Director, Video Art Director) returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic after directing the critically acclaimed productions of Beethoven’s opera Fidelio in 2022 and in May of this year and Wagner’s Das Rheingold in January. Arvelo’s Latin jazz documentary Guaco: Semblanza received a Grammy nomination in 2017. His film The Liberator, starring Édgar Ramírez, María Valverde, Danny Huston, Iwan Rheon, and Gary Lewis, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was part of the Best Foreign Film short list for the 2015 Academy Awards. His film A House with a View of the Sea (2001) was an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival and received 18 international awards. Arvelo initiated an original film movement known as Cine Átomo, focused on creating opportunities for young Latin American directors. The concept stems from the idea of producing uncommon, reflective, and humane movies with minimal and essential crew and production components. Based on a Cervantes short story, the first movie produced using the mechanics of this movement was Habana Havana (2004), directed by Arvelo. The film received a dozen international recognitions. In 2015, Arvelo directed the stage and video artwork of the multimedia
performance of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel and starring Bryce Dallas Howard. In 2010, Arvelo directed the staging of the multimedia Cantata Criolla, for the Los Angeles Philharmonic festival America and Americas, starring Helen Hunt, Erich Wildpret, and Édgar Ramírez. Arvelo’s much-awarded Cyrano Fernández (2007) is an adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac, Edmond Rostand’s classic play. Premiered at the AFI Festival in Los Angeles, Arvelo’s film preserves the essence of the love triangle, depicting it in the complex and breathtaking environment of a slum in Caracas. His acclaimed documentary To Play and to Fight (2006), premiered at the AFI Festival, delves into the lives of children from the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra (El Sistema), empowered by renowned classical music figures such as Claudio Abbado, Simon Rattle, and Gustavo Dudamel.
GABRIELA CAMEJO
Venezuelan film producer, art historian, and Latin Grammy nominee Gabriela Camejo (Producer and Coordinator) has seamlessly integrated her passions for film and
music throughout her career. Her portfolio includes producing projects such as the multimedia presentation of The Creation by Joseph Haydn for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, and Guaco: Semblanza, directed by Alberto Arvelo, nominated for a 2017 Latin Grammy Award in the Best Long Form Music Video category. She also produced the documentary Free Color, based on the work of iconic op-artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, which premiered at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Recently, Gabriela collaborated with the LA Phil on a video art production for the opera Das Rheingold and was artistic producer for its 2022 and 2024 productions of Fidelio. She has also collaborated with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Princeton University, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Coldplay, Cirque du Soleil, and others. Gabriela is a member of the Worldwide Audiovisual Women Association (WAWA).
CINDY FIGUEROA
Born in Colombia, fashion designer and fashion celebrity
stylist Cindy Figueroa (Dress Designer) moved to Spain at a young age. At 18, she began her great adventure in the fashion world at Madrid’s Istituto Europeo de Design (IE). When she finished her university degree, she went to Milan, where she earned a Master’s in Fashion Design at Istituto Marangoni, graduating with honors (cum laude). Moving around the world and getting to know other cultures has always been one of her greatest passions. In 2011, she dressed her first celebrity and was named among the popular designers in Madrid. Since then, she has been committed to the fashion world, sustainability, and crafts. Today, she is motivated by her desire to amplify the values of celebrities through what they wear and continually reinvents herself through learning new things that serve as her inspiration. Her latest academic accomplishment was a Master of Management in Luxury Companies at IE, where she was given the highest grade in her class. Now a well-established stylist in the Spanish market, she dresses celebrities for special occasions like red-carpet premieres, events, and television shows, as well as advertising campaigns and magazines, along with giving master classes at business schools. Figueroa was costume designer for the LA Phil production of Das Rheingold this year.
TYLER GLOVER
Tyler Glover (Lighting Designer) is a Los Angelesbased lighting designer and programmer. One of the principal lighting designers for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s summer season at the Hollywood Bowl, Glover also lends his expertise to television, large-scale camera events, and architectural projects. With affiliations with multiple unions in LA and global work experience, Glover continually explores ways to integrate theatrical concepts into diverse ventures, enriching projects with his theatrical training.
TYLER LAMBERT-PERKINS
Tyler Lambert-Perkins (Lighting Designer), based in Los Angeles, is an experienced entertainment lighting designer with an extensive portfolio spanning various media, including television, live music, opera, theater, ballet, corporate events, and architecture. In addition to being a principal member of the design team for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Hollywood Bowl summer season, Lambert-Perkins collaborates with renowned clients such as NBC, Universal Music Group, and Los Angeles County’s Music
Center. Recognized for his ability to blend visual artistry with technical innovation, he dedicates his designs to enhancing storytelling and evoking emotion.
NASCUY LINARES
Nascuy Linares (Video Art Editor) is a renowned Venezuelan musician and filmmaker. He has had a prolific career as a composer, arranger, and musician for film and television. His original music compositions have accompanied prestigious films such as Embrace of the Serpent (Academy Award nominee) by Ciro Guerra, Tocar y luchar by Alberto Arvelo, Maroa by Solveig Hoogesteijn, Los Silencios by by Beatriz Seigner, and Luxor by Zeina Durra, among more than 40 titles. Together with the Canadian artist Loreena McKennitt, he composed the soundtrack for the Venezuelan-Spanish co-production Una Casa con Vista al Mar, starring Imanol Arias. He won the IberoAmerican Cinema Platinum Award for best original music and was a recipient of an artistic residency for young Latin American composers at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (U.S.), awarded by the UNESCO-Aschberg program. He has also
collaborated with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a video editor and stage manager. He has a degree in Audiovisual Media and a Master’s degree in Post-Production from Bournemouth University in England.
MIGUEL GUERRERO
Miguel Guerrero (VFX Artist) is originally from Mérida, Venezuela, and is currently based in Brussels. As a VFX supervisor and Nuke compositor at The Pack, he combines his passions for technology, gaming, and filmmaking into a career that brings narratives to life through visual effects. Guerrero’s film direction education from Escuela de Medios Audiovisuales (Venezuela) has been instrumental in shaping his approach to visual storytelling and directing. Guerrero focuses on enhancing narratives through visual effects, aiming for a balance that elevates the story without overwhelming it. He is particularly proud of his collaborations with Venezuelan director Alberto Arvelo, contributing to projection mapping installations for the orchestral concerts A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Creation
Wynonna Judd
Tonight’s program is presented without intermission.
Programs and artists subject to change.
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 4, 2024 8PM
Wynonna Judd
WYNONNA JUDD
Once dubbed by Rolling Stone “the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline,” Country Music Hall of Fame member Wynonna Judd is one of the most celebrated artists in country music history. Wynonna first rose to fame as part of one of the most successful music duos of all time, The Judds, becoming music royalty to fans and critics alike. With her rich and commanding voice, Wynonna has won the respect of millions of fans drawn to her music and undeniable talent, selling over 30 million albums worldwide, with multiple gold, platinum, and multiplatinum certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America. A five-time Grammy Award winner and New York Times
bestselling author, Judd has received over 60 top industry awards and produced countless charting singles, as
well as 21 No. 1 hits including “Mama He’s Crazy,” “Why Not Me,” and “Grandpa (Tell Me ’Bout The Good Old Days).”
Jason Moran & The Big Bandwagon
James Reese Europe and the Harlem Hellfighters: From the Dancehall to the Battlefield
Jason Moran
The Big Bandwagon
Jason Moran, piano
Tarus Mateen, bass
Justin Faulkner, drums
Logan Richardson, alto saxophone
Brian Settles, tenor saxophone
David Adewumi, trumpet
Darryl Harper, flute and clarinet
Chris Bates, trombone
Reginald Cyntje, trombone
Jose Davila, tuba
Bradford Young, cinematographer
Stefani Saintonge, film editor
Harbor Picture Company, color correction
John Akomfrah, dramaturg
Stephany Neal, historian
Jati Lindsay, still photography
Tonight’s program is presented without intermission.
Programs and artists subject to change.
FRIDAY
OCTOBER 11, 2024 8PM
AT A GLANCE
The arrangements feature The Bandwagon with the seven horn players of the next generation. I take the pieces James Reese Europe played on his Path recordings, his music for the dancing couple the Castles, and his Clef Club pieces to show how they connect to the music my band creates today. In essence, I consider this part of a trilogy of pieces dedicated to Harlem musicians
Thelonious Monk, Fats Waller, and now James Reese Europe. I also sample some of his material and treat it as something for ambient electronica as well. The visuals are by Oscarnominated cinematographer Bradford Young, with direction by John Akomfrah. The video is a single-channel work that floats above the band. The images are poetic, because the piece is a meditation on a hero. —Jason Moran
There is great beauty in the life of Lieutenant James Reese Europe. Within the scholarship of who he was and what his music is, it becomes clear that the history surrounding him is a complex and tightly woven knot. Each strand of the cord holds a uniquely American history, a history that also births another complex knot: JAZZ. Europe becomes a freedom fighter. He learns aspects of this at an early age as his violin teacher is the son of the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass. An early lesson he understands is that sound and freedom aid one another. With his violin he arrives in New York on a mission. Much of this mission revolves around music, but his greater mission will be that of demanding
equality of African American performers, PEOPLE. He finds fame by producing music for many societies: dances, parties, ceremonies, concerts. In 1910, he formed the groundbreaking Clef Club, a union for African American musicians. His 1912 standing-room-only Carnegie Hall premiere of the Clef Club Orchestra was a sensation. His work developing dance music with the famous dancing duo Vernon and Irene Castle innovated the foxtrot tempos and other dance steps. With each of these developments Europe always found a larger stage. The “stage” will always be a portal for a place to test what is real and surreal.
In WWI, he found his largest and most dangerous stage. When he joined New York’s 15th Regiment, later
becoming the 369th Infantry Harlem Hellfighters, he knew African American soldiers could not fight alongside white soldiers. His writing partner Noble Sissle was shocked Europe signed up. Sissle asked Europe if he could get out of the war, would he? Europe replied, “If I could, I would not. My country called me and I must answer. And if I live to come back, I will startle the world with my music.”
He indeed startled the world. One hundred years later we celebrate a brave individual among a company of soldiers, the Harlem Hellfighters, who presupposed a thought Martin Luther King, Jr., would write some 47 years later in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Hear We Are. —Jason Moran
JASON MORAN
Pianist, composer, and artist Jason Moran is the Artistic Director for Jazz at the Kennedy Center. He has released 18 solo recordings with Blue Note Records and Yes Records. He curated the permanent exhibition Here to Stay for the newly opened Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, NY, and co-curated the exhibition I’ve Seen the Wall: Louis Armstrong on Tour in the GDR 1965 at Das Minsk Kunsthaus in Potsdam, Germany. In 2022, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was awarded the 2023 German Jazz Prize for Pianist of the Year. His latest recording, From the Dancehall to the Battlefield, is devoted to the music of World War I jazz
pioneer and organizer James Reese Europe, the Big Bang of jazz.
Jason Moran has collaborated with a number of contemporary artists, such as Joan Jonas, Kara Walker, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, and Remy Jungerman.
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The Moments That Move Me
with Elise Shope Henry, flute
WHICH PIECE OF MUSIC…
…GIVES YOU CHILLS?
Anything Mahler! But particularly Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) and Mahler Nine—my favorite Mahler symphony.
…BRINGS YOU TO TEARS?
Mari L. Danihel Chair so great, but so is the whole thing—just the character and liveliness of each movement makes me laugh!
Oh, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet—it’s just so tragically beautiful, especially the music accompanying the scene when Romeo is at Juliet’s grave. I remember when we did it, maybe five years ago with Gustavo, [American Ballet Theatre, and L.A. Dance Project]. Just to be able to see the dancers act out the music was breathtaking. They did this whole filmed production, where the camera followed the dancers all over Disney Hall—backstage, in the freight elevator, down the stairs. The tomb was underneath the stage, so when the dancers came out, it was all dim and dark, which definitely added more emotion to it.
…PUTS A SMILE ON YOUR FACE?
I love Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique. In my free time, if I have it and want to listen to a classical piece, I really like the second movement, “A ball.” It’s
YOU’VE BEEN WITH THE LA PHIL SINCE 2012! TWELVE YEARS IN, WHAT’S BEEN ONE OF YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS?
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels (The Suites) was fantastic. It’s not often we get to play his music, and it was just really outrageous and
fun. Plus, anytime we go on tour is always great. I love the experience of getting to play the same music in different locations and halls to see how that changes our perception of the sounds. What we hear on the stage is always different. Sometimes I’m sitting in my chair and I hear an instrument or a line that I’ve never heard before because the room brings it out in a new way. —Piper Starnes
photo: DANNY CLINCH, LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
Corporate Partners
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Association is honored to recognize our corporate partners, whose generosity supports the LA Phil’s mission of bringing music in its varied forms to audiences at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford. To learn more about becoming a partner, email corporatepartnerships@laphil.org.
ANNUAL GIVING
From the concerts that take place onstage at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford to the learning programs that fill our community with music, it is the consistent support of Annual Donors that sustains and propels our work. We hope you, too, will consider making a gift today. Your contribution will enable the LA Phil to build on a long history of artistic excellence and civic engagement. Through your patronage, you become a part of the music—sharing in its power to uplift, unite, and transform the lives of its listeners. Your participation, at any level, is critical to our success.
FRIENDS OF THE LA PHIL
Friends and Patrons of the LA Phil share a deep love of music and are committed to ensuring that great musical performance thrives in Los Angeles. As a Friend or Patron, you will be supporting the LA Phil’s critically acclaimed artistic programs at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford, as well as groundbreaking learning initiatives such as YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), which provides free after-school music instruction to children in culturally vibrant and ethnically diverse communities across LA County. Let your passion be your guide, and join us as a member of the Friends and Patrons of the LA Phil. For more information, or to learn about membership benefits, please call 213 972 7557 or email friends@laphil.org.
PHILHARMONIC COUNCIL
Winnie Kho and Chris Testa, Co-Chairs Christian and Tiffany Chivaroli, Co-Chairs
The Philharmonic Council is a vital leadership group whose members provide critical resources in support of the LA Phil’s general operations. Their vision and generosity enable the LA Phil to recruit the best musicians, invest in groundbreaking learning initiatives, and stage innovative artistic programs, heralded worldwide for the quality of their artistry and imagination. We invite you to consider joining the Philharmonic Council as a major donor. For more information, please call 213 972 7209 or email patrons@laphil.org.
The LA Phil’s Most Insight ful Philanthropists: Linda and David Shaheen
As the champions of the LA Phil’s Insight Program, donors Linda and David Shaheen help us connect new art, ideas, and perspectives to the hundreds of concerts we perform and present on our stages each year, employing a wide variety of activities. These include panel discussions, exhibitions, film screenings, publications, participatory events, and performances. Insight offers a starting point for exploration, connecting artists and intellectually curious audiences.
The Shaheens’ dedication to the LA Phil goes well beyond their support of Insight. They have been sponsors of the LA Phil’s YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles) since its inception, and their philanthropic philosophy is rooted in a desire to create a lasting effect and foster a love of the arts in future generations.
Taking a strategic approach to giving, the Shaheens donate stocks that have appreciated more than one year. This offers advantages to both the donor and the nonprofit by allowing individuals to maximize tax benefits while enabling a more substantial gift. Strategic giving can also include assets such as mutual
funds or bonds. For the LA Phil, such gifts provide significant financial resources that can be used to fund programs such as Insight.
Linda and David Shaheen’s support for Insight and the LA Phil is a testament to their belief in the transformative power of music and ideas. Their generosity not only enhances the concert experience for current audiences but also helps cultivate a deeper appreciation for orchestral music in the broader community. Through their innovative and thoughtful philanthropy, the Shaheens are helping to shape the future of the LA Phil.
Insight has fashioned some of the most innovative and surprising programs on the LA Phil’s calendar in recent years. Highlights include:
• The statewide California Festival, which showcased the most compelling performances of works written by artists in the Golden State in the preceding five years.
• See/Feel/Hear Music, presented in conjunction with the LA Phil’s performances of Fidelio, which was created for Deaf and hearing audiences. This Insight symposium invited audiences to engage with Deaf artists whose work explores the creation and reception of music, the innate music of sign language, and the politics of sound.
“MUSIC IS THE MAGIC THAT BRINGS US TOGETHER. THE LA PHIL IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF INSPIRING EACH OF US IN THE LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, AND TO GROW TOGETHER.”
—Linda Shaheen
“SUPPORTING THE LA PHIL AND THE ARTS IS AN IMPACTFUL WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HELPING TO ENSURE THE BEAUTY OF MUSIC IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. WE BELIEVE THE ARTS PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENRICHING LIVES AND BUILDING A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE SOCIETY.”
—David Shaheen
Find out more about upcoming LA Phil programs at laphil.com/insight or learn how to support LA Phil programs that mean the most to you at laphil.com/philcouncil
Endowment Donors
We are honored to recognize our endowment donors, whose generosity ensures the long-term health of our organization. The following list represents cumulative contributions to the Los Angeles Philharmonic Endowment Fund as of July 31, 2024.
$25,000,000 AND ABOVE
Walt and Lilly
Disney Foundation
Cecilia and Dudley Rauch
$20,000,000 TO $24,999,999
David Bohnett Foundation
$10,000,000 TO $19,999,999
The Annenberg Foundation
Colburn Foundation
Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund
$5,000,000 TO $9,999,999
Anonymous Dunard Fund USA
Carol Colburn Grigor
Terri and Jerry M. Kohl
Los Angeles
Philharmonic
Affiliates
Diane and Ron Miller
Charitable Fund
M. David and Diane Paul
Ann and Robert Ronus
Ronus Foundation
John and Samantha Williams
$2,500,000 TO $4,999,999
Peggy Bergmann YOLA Endowment Fund in Memory of Lenore Bergmann and John Elmer Bergmann
Lynn Booth/Otis Booth Foundation
Elaine and Bram Goldsmith
Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation
Karl H. Loring
Alfred E. Mann
Elise Mudd
Marvin Trust
Barbara and Jay Rasulo
Flora L. Thornton
$1,000,000 TO $2,499,999
Linda and Robert Attiyeh
Judith and Thomas Beckmen
Gordon Binder and Adele Haggarty
Helen and Peter Bing
William H. Brady, III
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Richard and Norma Camp
Mr. and Mrs.
Michael J. Connell
Mark Houston
Dalzell and James Dao-Dalzell
Mari L. Danihel
Nancy and Donald de Brier
The Rafael & Luisa de Marchena-Huyke Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
Fairchild-Martindale Foundation
Eris and Larry Field
Max H. Gluck Foundation
Reese and Doris Gothie
Joan and John Hotchkis
Janeway Foundation
Bernice and Wendell Jeffrey
Carrie and Stuart Ketchum
Kenneth N. and Doreen R. Klee
B. Allen and Dorothy Lay
Los Angeles Philharmonic Committee
Estate of Judith Lynne
Maddocks-Brown Foundation
Ginny Mancini
Raulee Marcus
Barbara and Buzz McCoy
Merle and Peter Mullin
William Powers and Carolyn Powers
Koni and Geoff Rich
H. Russell Smith Foundation
Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation Trust
Ronald and Valerie Sugar
I.H. Sutnick
$500,000 TO $999,999
Ann and Martin Albert
Abbott Brown
Mr. George L. Cassat
Kathleen and Jerrold L. Eberhardt
Valerie Franklin
Yvonne and Gordon Hessler
Barbara Leidenfrost
Ernest Mauk and Doyce Nunis
Mr. and Mrs. David Meline
Sandy and Barry D. Pressman
Earl and Victoria Pushee
William and Sally Rutter
Nancy and Barry Sanders
Richard and Bradley Seeley
Christian Stracke
Donna Swayze
Judy Ungar and Adrienne Fritz
Lee and Hope
Landis Warner
YOLA Student Fund
Edna Weiss
$250,000 TO $499,999
Nancy and Leslie Abell
Mr. Gregory A. Adams
Baker Family Trust
Veronica and Robert Egelston
Gordon Family Foundation
Ms. Kay Harland
Joan Green Harris Trust
Bud and Barbara Hellman
Gerald L. Katell
Norma Kayser
Joyce and Kent Kresa
Raymond Lieberman
Mr. Kevin MacCarthy and Ms. Lauren Lexton
Alfred E. Mann Charities
Glenn Miya and Steven Llanusa
Jane and Marc B. Nathanson
Y & S Nazarian
Family Foundation
Nancy and Sidney Petersen
Rice Family Foundation
Robert Robinson
Katharine and Thomas Stoever
Sue Tsao
Alyce and Warren Williamson
$100,000 TO $249,999
Mr. Robert J. Abernethy
William A. Allison
Rachel and Lee Ault
W. Lee Bailey, M.D.
Angela Bardowell
Deborah Borda
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation
Jane Carruthers
Pei-yuan Chia and Katherine Shen
James and Paula Coburn Foundation
The Geraldine P. Coombs Trust in memory of Gerie P. Coombs
Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cox
Silvia and Kevin Dretzka
Allan and Diane Eisenman
Christine and Daniel Ewell
Arnold Gilberg, M.D., Ph.D.
David and Paige Glickman
Nicholas T. Goldsborough
Gonda Family Foundation
Margaret Grauman
Kathryn Kert Green and Mark Green
Freya and Mark Ivener
Ruth Jacobson
Estate of Mary Calfas Janos
Stephen A. Kanter, M.D.
Jo Ann and Charles Kaplan
Yates Keir
Susanne and Paul Kester
Vicki King
Sylvia Kunin
Ann and Edward Leibon
Ellen and Mark Lipson
Ms. Gloria Lothrop
Vicki and Kerry McCluggage
Heidi and Steve McLean in memory of Katharine Lamb
David and Margaret Mgrublian
Diane and Leon Morton
Mary Pickford Foundation
Sally and Frank Raab
Mr. David Sanders
Malcolm Schneer and Cathy Liu
David and Linda
Shaheen Foundation
William E.B. and Laura K. Siart
Magda and Frederick R. Waingrow
Wasserman Foundation
Robert Wood
Syham Yohanna & James W. Manns
$25,000 TO $99,999
Marie Baier Foundation
Dr. Richard Bardowell, M.D.
Jacqueline Briskin
Dona Burrell
Ying Cai & Wann S. Lee Foundation
Ann and Tony Cannon
Dee and Robert E. Cody
The Colburn Fund
Margaret Sheehy Collins
Mr. Allen Don Cornelsen
Ginny and John Cushman
Marilyn J. Dale
Mrs. Barbara A. Davis
Dr. and Mrs. Roger DeBard
Jennifer and Royce Diener
Jane B. and Michael D. Eisner
The Englekirk Family
Claudia and Mark Foster
Lillian and Stephen Frank
Dr. Suzanne Gemmell
Paul and Florence Glaser
Good Works Foundation
Anne Heineman
Ann and Jean Horton
Drs. Judith and Herbert Hyman
Albert E. and Nancy C. Jenkins
Robert Jesberg and Michael J. Carmody
Ms. Ann L. Kligman
Sandra Krause and William Fitzgerald
Michael and Emily Laskin
B. and Lonis Liverman
Sarah and Ira R. Manson
Carole McCormac
Meitus Marital Trust
Sharyl and Rafael Mendez, M.D.
John Millard
National Endowment for the Arts
Alfred and Arlene Noreen
Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Dr. M. Lee Pearce
Lois Rosen
Anne and James Rothenberg
Donald Tracy Rumford Family Trust
The SahanDaywi Foundation
Mrs. Nancie Schneider
William and Luiginia Sheridan
Virginia Skinner
Living Trust
Nancy and Richard Spelke
Mary H. Statham
Ms. Fran H. Tuchman
Tom and Janet Unterman
Rhio H. Weir
Mrs. Joseph F. Westheimer
Jean Willingham
Winnick Family Foundation
Cheryl and Peter Ziegler
Lynn and Roger Zino
LA PHIL MUSICIANS
Anonymous
Kenneth Bonebrake
Nancy and Martin Chalifour
Brian Drake
Perry Dreiman
Barry Gold
Christopher Hanulik
John Hayhurst
Jory and Selina Herman
Ingrid Hutman
Andrew Lowy
Gloria Lum
Joanne Pearce Martin
Kazue Asawa McGregor
Oscar and Diane Meza
Mitchell Newman
Peter Rofé
Meredith Snow and Mark Zimoski
Barry Socher
Paul Stein
Leticia Oaks Strong
Lyndon and Beth Johnston Taylor
Dennis Trembly
Allison and Jim Wilt
Suli Xue
We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the many donors who have contributed to the LA Phil Endowment with contributions below $25,000, whose names are too numerous to list due to space considerations. If your name has been misspelled or omitted from this list in error, please contact the Philanthropy Department at contributions@laphil.org. Thank you.
Annual Donors
The LA Phil is pleased to recognize and thank our generous donors. The following list includes donors who have contributed $3,500 or more to the LA Phil, including special event fundraisers (LA Phil Gala and Opening Night at the Hollywood Bowl) between August 1, 2023, and July 31, 2024.
$1,000,000 AND ABOVE
Anonymous (2)
Ann and Robert Ronus
$500,000 TO $999,999
Ballmer GroupDunard Fund USAJennifer Miller GoffMusic Center Foundation
$200,000 TO $499,999
Anonymous
Regina Weingarten and Gregory Annenberg
Weingarten
Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen
Colburn Foundation
Jane B. and Michael D. Eisner
The Getty Foundation
Gordon P. Getty
Max H. Gluck Foundation
$100,000 TO $199,999
Anonymous (4)
Mr. Gregory A. Adams
The Blue Ribbon
R. Martin Chavez
Becca and Jonathan Congdon
Michael J. Connell Foundation
Donelle Dadigan
Louise and Brad Edgerton/Edgerton Foundation
The Eisner Foundation
Breck and Georgia Eisner
Lisa Field
Robyn Field and Anthony O’Carroll
Ms. Erika J. Glazer
$50,000 TO $99,999
Anonymous (3)
Nancy and Leslie Abell
Amgen Foundation
Ms. Kate Angelo and Mr. Francois Mobasser
Aramont Charitable Foundation
Antonieta Arango, in memory of Javier Arango
Linda and Maynard Brittan
Canon Insurance Service
Esther S.M. Chui
Chao & Andrea
Chao-Kharma
Dan Clivner
Nancy and Donald de Brier
De Marchena-Huyke Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
Berta and Frank Gehry
Mr. James Gleason
Mr. Gregg Goldman and Mr. Anthony DeFrancesco
Mr. Philip Hettema
The Hillenburg Family
David Z. & Young
O. Hong Family Foundation
Cindy and Alan Horn
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
$25,000 TO $49,999
Anonymous (7)
The Herb Alpert Foundation
Amazon
Mr. and Mrs.
Phil Becker
Miles and Joni Benickes
Susan and Adam Berger
Samuel and Erin Biggs
Mr. and Mrs. Norris J. Bishton, Jr.
Jill Black Zalben
David Bohnett
Foundation
Kawanna and Jay Brown
Gail Buchalter and Warren Breslow
Thy Bui
Steven and Lori Bush
Ying Cai & Wann S. Lee Foundation
California Arts Council
California Office of the Small Business Advocate
Andrea Chao-Kharma and Kenneth Kharma
Chevron Products Company
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
The Hearthland Foundation
Tylie Jones
Terri and Jerry M. Kohl
Alexandra S. Glickman and Gayle Whittemore
Peggy Grauman
Daniel Huh
Kaiser Permanente
Winnie Kho and Chris Testa
Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture
Ms. Teena Hostovich and Mr. Doug
Martinet
Frank Hu and Vikki Sung
Rif and Bridget Hutton
Monique and Jonathan Kagan
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua R. Kaplan
Linda and Donald Kaplan
W.M. Keck Foundation
Darioush and Shahpar Khaledi
Dr. Ralph A. Korpman
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Landenberger
Chivaroli and Associates, Tiffany and Christian Chivaroli
Mr. Richard W. Colburn
Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cook
Orna and David Delrahim
Mr. Lawrence Doyle and Dr. LuAnn Wilkerson
Malsi and Johnny Doyle
Michael Dreyer
Dr. and Mrs.
William M. Duxler
Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky
The Music Man Foundation
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
Mr. and Mrs.
David Meline
John Mohme
Foundation
Maureen and Stanley Moore
The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Richard and Ariane Raffetto
Koni and Geoff Rich
Norman and Sadie Lee Foundation
Live Nation-Hewitt
Silva Concerts, LLC County of Los Angeles
Renee and Meyer Luskin
Roger Lustberg and Cheryl Petersen
Alfred E. Mann Charities
Mrs. Beverly C. Marksbury
Linda May and Jack Suzar
Barbara and Buzz McCoy
Ms. Irene Mecchi
East West Bank
Dr. Paul and Patti Eisenberg
Marianna J. Fisher and David Fisher
Austin and Lauren Fite Foundation
Debra Frank
Drs. Jessie and Steven Galson
The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
Foundation
Kiki Ramos Gindler and David Gindler
Barbara and Jay Rasulo
The Rauch Family Foundation
James D. Rigler/ Lloyd E. RiglerLawrence E. Deutsch Foundation
Rolex Watch USA, Inc.
Linda and David Shaheen
Alyce de Roulet Williamson
Rosenthal Family Foundation
James and Laura Rosenwald/Orinoco Foundation
Estate of Kenneth D. Sanson, Jr.
Elizabeth and Henry T. Segerstrom
Jay and Deanie Stein Foundation Trust
Michael and Lori Milken
Family Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
M. David and Diane Paul
Peninsula Committee
Ms. Linda L. Pierce
Sandy and Barry D. Pressman
Wendy and Ken Ruby
Thomas Safran
Richard and Diane Schirtzer
Marilyn and Eugene Stein
Ronald and Valerie Sugar
Francis Goelet
Charitable Lead
Trusts
Goldman Sachs Co.
LLC
Good Works Foundation and Laura Donnelley
Kate Good
Liz and Peter Goulds
The Green Foundation
Faye Greenberg and David Lawrence
Renée and Paul Haas
Harman Family Foundation
Christian Stracke
Margo and Irwin Winkler
Kristin and Jeff Worthe
Ellen and Arnold Zetcher
Keith and Cecilia Terasaki
Sue Tsao
Michael Tyler
David William Upham Foundation
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Jon Vein
Barbara and Robert Veir
Mr. Alex Weingarten
John and Marilyn Wells
Family Foundation
Jenny Williams
Debra Wong Yang and John W. Spiegel
Lynette Maria
Carlucci Hayde
Stephen T. Hearst
Madeleine Heil and Sean Petersen
Yvonne Hessler
Andrew Hewitt
Liz Levitt Hirsch
David and Martha Ho
Fritz Hoelscher
Mr. Tyler Holcomb
Thomas Dubois
Hormel Foundation
Ms. Michelle Horowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
Paul Horwitz
Mr. and Mrs.
James L. Hunter
Robin and Gary Jacobs
Estate of Mary Calfas Janos
Terri and Michael Kaplan
Paul Kester
Mr. and Mrs.
Simon K.C. Li
City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs
Los Angeles Philharmonic Affiliates
The Seth MacFarlane Foundation
Ashley McCarthy and Bret Barker
Ms. Kim McCarthy and Mr. Ben Cheng
Heidi and Steve McLean
Ms. Christine
Muller and Mr. John Swanson
Molly Munger and Stephen English
Anthony and Olivia Neece
$15,000 TO $24,999
Anonymous (5)
Mrs. Lisette
Ackerberg
Drew and Susan Adams
Honorable and Mrs. Richard Adler
B. Allen and Dorothy Lay
The Aversano Family Trust
Ms. Elizabeth Barbatelli
Stephanie Barron
Camilo Esteban
Becdach
Dr. William Benbassat
Robert and Joan Blackman
Family Foundation
Mr. Ronald H. Bloom
Tracey BoldemannTatkin and Stan Tatkin
Otis Booth Foundation
Business and Professional Committee
California Community Foundation
Campagna Family Trust
Sarah and Roger Chrisman
Larison Clark
Faith and Jonathan Cookler
Zoe Cosgrove
Dr. and Mrs. Nazareth
E. Darakjian
Cary Davidson and Andrew Ogilvie
Lynette and Michael C. Davis
Victoria Seaver Dean, Patrick Seaver, Carlton Seaver
Jennifer Diener and Eric Small
Michael Dillon
Van and Francine Durrer
Kathleen and Jerry L. Eberhardt
Michael Edelstein and Dr. Robin Hilder
Edison International
Ms. Robin Eisenman and Mr. Maurice
LaMarche
Geoff Emery
Bonnie and Ronald Fein
Evelyn and Norman Feintech Family Foundation
Max Factor Family Foundation
E. Mark Fishman and Carrie Feldman
Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
Foothill Philharmonic Committee
Alfred Fraijo Jr. and Arturo Becerra-Fraijo
Tony and Elisabeth Freinberg
Joan Friedman, Ph.D. and Robert N. Braun, M.D.
Mr. and Mrs.
Josh Friedman
Ms. Kimberly Friedman
Gary and Cindy Frischling
Jane Fujishige
$10,000 TO $14,999
Anonymous (4)
ABC Entertainment
Affiliates of the Desert
Javi Arango
Tichina Arnold
Ms. Lisette Arsuaga and Mr. Gilbert
Davila
Terence Balagia
Pamela and Jeffrey Balton
Dr. Richard Bardowell, M.D.
Mr. Joseph A. Bartush
Susan Baumgarten
Sondra Behrens
Phyllis and Sandy Beim
Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Bellomy
Mr. and Mrs.
Randy Newman
Mr. Robert W. Olsen
Tye Ouzounian
Bruce and Aulana Peters
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Madeline and Bruce Ramer
Mr. Bennett Rosenthal
Ross Endowment Fund
Bill and Amy Roth
Linda and Tony Rubin
Katy and Michael S. Saei
Mr. Lee C. Samson
San Marino-Pasadena Philharmonic Committee
Ellen and Richard Sandler
Dena and Irv
Schechter/The Hyman Levine Family Foundation: L’DOR V’DOR
Elizabeth and Justus Schlichting
Evy and Fred Scholder Family
Beth Gertmenian
Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Gertz
Carrie and Rob Glicksteen
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Goodman Family Foundation
Robert and Lori Goodman
Lori Greene Gordon and Neil Gordon
The Gorfaine/ Schwartz Agency
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Mr. Bill Grubman
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Vicken and
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Lyndsay Harding
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Stephen D. Henry and Rudy M. Oclaray
Carol Henry
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Arlene Hirschkowitz
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Jackson
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Meg and Bahram Jalali
Mark and Pat Benjamin
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Ms. Gail K. Bernstein
Ken Blakeley and Quentin O’Brien
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Hal Borthwick
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Mr. and Mrs.
Steven Bristing
Oleg and Tatiana Butenko
Garrett Camp
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Chivaroli and Associates
Insurance Services
Leland Clow
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V. Shannon Clyne
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Lawrence J. Cohen
Susan Colvin
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Robert A. Kasirer
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Marvin J. Levy
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Los Angeles
Philharmonic Committee
The Mailman Foundation
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Matt Construction Corporation
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Libby Wilson, MD
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Mr. Brian R. Morrow
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Dan Napier
NBC Universal
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Ron and Melissa Sanders
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Gary Satin
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Diane Henderson MD
Jackson N. Henry
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Gloria Sherwood
Lauren Shuler Donner
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Jeremy and Luanne Stark
Stein Family FundJudie Stein
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Eva and Marc Stern
Tom Strickler
Akio Tagawa
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Warren B. and Nancy L. Tucker
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Tom and Janet Unterman
Nancy Valentine
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Frank Wagner and Lynn O’Hearn
Wagner
Warner Bros. Discovery
Stasia and Michael Washington
Alana L. Wray
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Karl and Dian Zeile
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Jessica and Elliot
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Linda Joyce Hodge
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James Jackoway
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Sharon and Alan Jones
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Randi Levine
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Anita Lorber
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Liliane Quon McCain
Cathy McMullen
Lisa and Willem Mesdag
Ms. Joanna Miller
Marc and Jessica Mitchell
Deena and Edward Nahmias
Carrie Nery
Dick and Chris Newman / C & R Newman Family
Foundation
Kenneth T. & Eileen L.
Norris Foundation
Irene and Edward Ojdana
Steve and Gail Orens
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Loren Pannier
Ellen Pansky
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pearlston
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Chris Pine
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William “Mito” Rafert
Lee Ramer
Diana Reid and Marc Chazaud
Risk Placement Services
Hon. Ernest M. Robles
Ernesto Rocco
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Ann M. Ryder
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Heinrich Schelbert
Samantha and Marc Sedaka
Dr. Donald Seligman and Dr. Jon Zimmermann
Jane Semel
Ruth and Mitchell Shapiro
The Sikand Foundation
Angelina and Mark Speare
Jennifer Speers
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Charitable Foundation
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Michael Frazier Thompson
Jeremy Thurswell
Kathy Valentino
Mr. and Mrs.
Johannes Van Tilburg
Rachel Wagman
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Steven White
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Howard Zelikow
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Mr. Robert C. Anderson
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Art and Pat Antin
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Sandra Aronberg, M.D.
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Greg Borrud
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Ms. Marie Brazil
Lynne Brickner and Gerald Gallard
Jennifer Broder and Soham Patel
Mrs. Linda L. Brown
Tanille Carter
CBS Entertainment
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Chien Family
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Mr. and Mrs.
Ronald Clements
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David Conney, M.D.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Corwin
Lloyd Eric Cotsen
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Richard R. Crowell
Gloria De Olarte
Ms. Rosette Delug
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Ms. Mary Denove
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The Randee and Ken Devlin Foundation
Mr. Kevin Dill
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Julie and Stan Dorobek
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Bob Ducsay and Marina Pires
de Souza
Steven Duffy
Mr. and Mrs.
Brack W. Duker
Anna Sanders Eigler
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Janice Feldman, JANUS et cie
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Mr. and Mrs.
Irwin S. Field
The Hon. Michael W. Fitzgerald and Mr. Arturo Vargas
The Franke
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Linda and James Freund
Ruchika Garga
Susan and David Gersh
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Leslie and Cliff Gilbert-Lurie
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Glaser
Jory Goldman
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Goldsmith
Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Lee Graff Foundation
Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E. Griffin III
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Guerin
Mr. William Hair
Beth Fishbein
Hansen
Dwight Hare and Stephanie Bergsma
Mr. Rick Harrison and Ms. Susan Hammar
$3,500 TO $5,499
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Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Agrama
Mr. Robert A. Ahdoot
Ty Ahmad-Taylor
Ms. Rose Ahrens
Cary Albertsone
Adrienne S. Alpert
Mr. Peter Anderson
and Ms. Valerie Goo
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Tawney Bains and Zachary Roberts
Mr. Barry Baker
Howard Banchik
Clare Baren and David Dwiggins
Mr. Donald V. Hayes
Stephen and Hope Heaney
Myrna and Uri Herscher Family Foundation
Tina and Ivan Hindshaw
Janice and Laurence Hoffmann
In Hong
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Andrei and Luiza Iancu
Libby and Arthur Jacobson
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Jaffe
Barbara A. Jones
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Dr. William B. Jones
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Meredith Jury
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Danny Justman
Judith and Russell Kantor
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Stephen Keller
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Molly Kirk
Phyllis H. Klein, M.D.
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Lee Kolodny
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Jack D. Lantz
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Mr. George Lee
Isaac Barinholtz and Erica Hanson
Ken and Lisa Baronsky
Catherine and Joseph Battaglia
Kay and Joe Baumbach
George and Karen Bayz
Newton and
Rochelle Becker
Charitable Trust
Ms. Nettie Becker
Ellis N. Beesley, Jr.
M.D.
Mr. Richard Bemis
Benjamin Family Foundation
Mr. Randall Lee and Ms. Stella M. Jeong
Mr. Stephen Leidner
Mr. Benjamin Lench
Mary Beth and John Leonard
Saul Levine
Marie and Edward Lewis
David and
Rebecca Lindberg
Mr. Greg Lipstone
Lynn Loeb
Julie and Ron Long
Ms. Diana Longarzo
Scott Lord
Mr. Joseph Lund and Mr. James Kelley
Theresa Macellaro / The Macellaro
Law Firm
Ruth and Roger MacFarlane
Mr. and Mrs.
John V. Mallory
Mona and Frank Mapel
Paul Martin
Milli M. Martinez and Don Wilson
Stephen Martinez
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Thomas E. McCarthy
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Lawry Meister
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Sheila Muller
Loretta Munoz
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Elliot S. Berkowitz
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Thomas J.
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Arthur J. Ochoa
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John C. Orr
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Hon. Vicki Reynolds and Mr. Murray
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Dr. Susan F. Rice
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William C. Roen
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Abby Sher
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Peter R. Skinner
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Ronald Brot
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Casey and Brea Brumels
Diana Buckhantz
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Michael G. Smooke
SouthWest Heights Philharmonic Committee
William Spiller
Lael Stabler and Jerone English
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Fran Sweeney
Jennifer Taguchi
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Mr. Stephen S. Taylor
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Mary Tong
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Craig Vickers
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Michael Chait
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Adam Chase
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Joel T. Chitea
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Susan and David Cole
Ms. Ina Coleman
Committee of Professional Women
Kevin and Katie Cordano
Cox Family - Pernell, Keila, and Harper Q.
Mrs. Nancy A. Cypert
Jessica and James Dabney
Ms. Laurie Dahlerbruch
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Mr. Howard M. Davine
Tim and Neda Disney
R. Stephen Doan and Donna E. Doan
Mr. Anthony
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Belong
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
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David A. Gill
The Gillis Family
Stephen Gingold
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Philharmonic Committee
Madelyn and Bruce S. Glickfeld
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Carl C. Gregory
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Bradley Ramberg
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Michelle and Mark Rosenblatt
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Ms. Amy J. Shadur-Stein
Ms. Avantika Shahi
Dr. Ava Shamban
Hope and Richard N. Shaw
Dr. Alexis M. Sheehy
Ms. Martha Shen-Urquidez
Walter H. Shepard and Arthur A. Scangas
Mr. Chris Sheridan
Pamela and Russ Shimizu
Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Shoenman
Mr. Murray Siegel
Scott Silver
TRAILBLAZERS:
2024/25 SEASON
MARTÍN + BRAHMS + BAUER
SAT, OCT 19 | 7:30 PM | Alex Theatre
SUN, OCT 20 | 4 PM | The Wallis
Jaime Martín MUSIC DIRECTOR
ARTISANS:
MARTÍN + HAYDN + BEAL
SAT, NOV 2 | 7:30 PM | Alex Theatre SUN, NOV 3 | 4 PM | The Wallis
Jaime Martín MUSIC DIRECTOR
CURRENT: ROUTES
SAT, NOV 23 | 7:30 PM
Autry Museum of the American West
Lara Downes CURATOR Kelly Hall-Tompkins
June Simmons
Loraine Sinskey
Leah R. Sklar
Mr. Steven Smith
Virginia Sogomonian and Rich Weiss
Michael Soloman and Steven Good
Michael and Mildred Sondermann
Dr. Michael Sopher and Dr. Debra Vilinsky
Mr. Hamid Soroudi
Shondell and Ed Spiegel
Ian and Pamela Spiszman
Ms. Angelika Stauffer
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Steele
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stein
Jeff and Peg Stephens
Mr. Scott Stephens
Hilde Stephens-Levonian
The Sugimoto Family
Ed and Peggy Summers
Deborah May and Ted Suzuki
Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Swanson
Mr. Marc A. Tamaroff
Judith Taylor
Mrs. Elayne Techentin
Mr. Nick Teeter
Mr. Todd H. Temanson
Lauren Tempest
Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Thanos
Suzanne Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan H. Thompson
Ms. Evangeline M. Thomson
Tichenor & Thorp Architects, Inc.
Tina Gittelson
John Tootle
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Unger
Ingrid Urich-Sass
The Valley Committees for the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Van Haften
Vargo Physical Therapy
David H. Vena
Dorrit Vered and Jerome Vered
Elliott and Felise Wachtel
Christopher V. Walker
Mr. Eldridge Walker
Mr. Darryl Wash
Craig R. Webb and Melinda Taylor
Ms. Diane C. Weil and Mr. Leslie R. Horowitz
Mr. and Mrs. Doug M. Weitman
Joni M. Weyl
Robert and Penny White
Mr. William A. White
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Williams
Tom and Lisa Williams
Mr. Lee Winkelman and Ms. Wendey Stanzler
Dr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Wiseman
Scott Lee and Karen Wong
Linda and John Woodall
Robert Wyman
Ms. Stacie Yee
Susan Young
Yust Family Trust
Mrs. Lillian Zacky
Mr. William Zak
Zamora & Hoffmeier, A Professional Corporation
Dr. and Mrs. Martin Zane
Rudolf H. Ziesenhenne
David Zuckerman and Ellie Kanner
Rachel and Michael Zugsmith
Friends of the LA Phil at the $500 level and above are recognized on our website. Please visit laphil.com
If your name has been misspelled or omitted from the list in error, please contact the Philanthropy Department at contributions@laphil.org Thank you.
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Karen Bass Mayor
Hydee Feldstein Soto
City Attorney
Kenneth Mejia Controller
CITY COUNCIL
Bob Blumenfield
Kevin de León
Marqueece Harris-Dawson
Eunisses Hernandez
Heather Hutt
Paul Krekorian President
John S. Lee
Tim McOsker
Imelda Padilla
Traci Park
Curren D. Price, Jr.
Nithya Raman
Monica Rodriguez
Hugo Soto-Martínez
Katy Young Yaroslavsky
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Daniel Tarica
General Manager
CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION
Robert Vinson President
Natasha Case
Vice President
Thien Ho
Ray Jimenez
Asantewa Olatunji
Tria Blu Wakpa
WALT DISNEY
CONCERT HALL HOUSE STAFF
Marcus Conroy
Master Electrician, Steward
Charles Miledi
Master Props
Sergio Quintanar
Master Carpenter
Kevin F. Wapner
Master Audio/Video
Welcome to The Music Center!
Thank you for joining us.
The Music Center is your place to experience all the arts have to offer, where you can express yourself, connect with others and enjoy incredible live performances and events in our four beautiful theatres, at Jerry Moss Plaza and in Gloria Molina Grand Park.
We promise to provide you the best, safest experience possible on our campus.
Be sure to visit musiccenter.org to learn about upcoming events and performances.
Enjoy the show!
#BeAPartOfIt
@musiccenterla
General Information (213) 972-7211 | musiccenter.org
Support The Music Center (213) 972-3333 | musiccenter.org/support
TAKE A TOUR OF THE MUSIC CENTER
Free 90-minute docent-led tours take you through the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Ahmanson Theatre, Mark Taper Forum and Walt Disney Concert Hall, along with Jerry Moss Plaza. You’ll learn about the history and architecture of the theatres along with The Music Center’s beautiful outdoor spaces.
Tours are offered daily. Check the schedule to plan a fun-filled day in Downtown L.A.!
OFFICERS
Cindy Miscikowski Chair
Robert J. Abernethy
Vice Chair
Rachel S. Moore
President & CEO
Diane G. Medina
Secretary
Susan M. Wegleitner
Treasurer
William Taylor
Assistant Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
MEMBERS
AT LARGE
Charlene Achki-Repko
Charles F. Adams
William H. Ahmanson
Jill C. Baldauf
Susan Baumgarten
Phoebe Beasley
Thomas L. Beckmen
Kristin Burr
Dannielle Campos
Alberto M. Carvalho
Elizabeth Khuri Chandler
Riley Etheridge, Jr.
Amy R. Forbes
Greg T. Geyer
Joan E. Herman
Jeffrey M. Hill
Jonathan B. Hodge
Mary Ann Hunt-Jacobsen
Carl Jordan
Visit musiccenter.org for additional information. 2024/2025
GENERAL COUNSEL
Rollin A. Ransom
DIRECTORS
EMERITI
Wallis Annenberg
Peter K. Barker
Judith Beckmen
Darrell R. Brown
Ronald W. Burkle
John B. Emerson **
Richard M. Ferry
Bernard A. Greenberg
Stephen F. Hinchliffe, Jr.
Glen A. Holden
Kent Kresa
Edward J. McAniff
Mattie McFaddenLawson
Fredric M. Roberts
Richard K. Roeder
Claire L. Rothman
Joni J. Smith
Lisa Specht **
Cynthia A. Telles
James A. Thomas
Andrea L. Van de Kamp **
Thomas R. Weinberger
Alyce de Roulet Williamson
** Chair Emeritus
Current as of 8/23/24
Richard B. Kendall
Terri M. Kohl
Lily Lee
Cary J. Lefton
Keith R. Leonard, Jr.
Kelsey N. Martin
Susan M. Matt
Elizabeth Michelson
Darrell D. Miller
Teresita Notkin
Michael J. Pagano
Cynthia M. Patton
Karen Kay Platt
Susan Erburu Reardon
Joseph J. Rice
Melissa Romain
Beverly P. Ryder
Maria S. Salinas
Corinne Jessie Sanchez
Mimi Song
Johnese Spisso
Michael Stockton
Timothy S. Wahl
Jennifer M. Walske
Jay S. Wintrob
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Yannick Lebrun. Photo by Dario Calmese.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
Support from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors plays an invaluable role in the successful operation of The Music Center.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
As a steward of The Music Center of Los Angeles County, we recognize that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh and Chumash Peoples. We honor and pay respect to their elders and descendants — past, present and emerging — as they continue their stewardship of these lands and waters. We acknowledge that settler colonization resulted in land seizure, disease, subjugation, slavery, relocation, broken promises, genocide and multigenerational trauma. This acknowledgment demonstrates our responsibility and commitment to truth, healing and reconciliation and to elevating the stories, culture and community of the original inhabitants of Los Angeles County.
Janice Hahn Supervisor, Fourth District
Hilda L. Solis Supervisor, First District
Lindsey P. Horvath Chair, Third District
Kathryn Barger Chair Pro Tem, Fifth District
Holly J. Mitchell Supervisor, Second District
We are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these ancestral lands. We are dedicated to growing and sustaining relationships with Native peoples and local tribal governments, including (in no particular order) the:
• Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians
• Gabrielino Tongva Indians of California Tribal Council
• Gabrieleno/Tongva San Gabriel Band of Mission Indians
• Gabrieleño Band of Mission Indians-Kizh Nation
• San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
• San Fernando Band of Mission Indians
To learn more about the First Peoples of Los Angeles County, please visit the Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission website at lanaic.lacounty.go
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OCTOBER 2024 Happening at The Music Center
TUE 1 OCT / 7:00 p.m.
LA Phil Gala Concert: Dudamel & Lang Lang
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
WED 2 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
Green Day's American Idiot CENTER THEATRE GROUP in collaboration with DEAF WEST THEATRE
@ Mark Taper Forum Thru 11/10/2024
THU 3 OCT / 4:30 p.m.
A More Than Human Tongue THE MUSIC CENTER
@Jerry Moss Plaza Thru 11/3/2024
THU 3 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
A Midsummer Night's Dream with Dudamel
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Also 10/4/2024
FRI 4 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
Wynonna Judd
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
SAT 5 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
Madame Butterfly
LA OPERA
@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Thru 10/13/2024
SUN 6 OCT / 7:00 p.m.
Sing Joyfully | 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert
LA MASTER CHORALE
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
TUE 8 OCT / 6:00 p.m.
The Music Center's Black Bar Social THE MUSIC CENTER
@ Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
THU 10 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
“Eldorado Ballroom,” curated by Solange Knowles for Saint Heron: On Dissonance (An Evening of Classical, Symphonic, and Opera Works)
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
FRI 11 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
Jason Moran & The Big Bandwagon
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
SAT 12 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
“Eldorado Ballroom,” curated by Solange Knowles for Saint Heron: Contrapuntal Counterpoints (Experiments in funk, soul, and jazz)
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
SUN 13 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
“Eldorado Ballroom,” curated by Solange Knowles for Saint Heron: Glory to Glory (A Revival for Spiritual and Devotional Art)
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
SAT 19 OCT
Gloria Molina Grand Park's Downtown Día de los Muertos
@ Gloria Molina Grand Park Thru 11/2/2024
SAT 19 OCT / 11:00 a.m.
Grand Avenue Arts: All Access Grand Ave., from Temple to 5th Street
SAT 19 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
Mariza
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
FRI 25 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
From Mexico to Hollywood: Golden Age Cinema
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall Thru 10/27/2024
SAT 26 OCT / 2:00 p.m.
Colburn Orchestra: Salonen, Sibelius, and Saariaho
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
THU 31 OCT / 8:00 p.m.
Halloween Organ, Film & Music: Nosferatu
LA PHIL
@ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Visit musiccenter.org for additional information on all upcoming events.
@musiccenterla
Photo by John McCoy for The Music Center.
SATURDAY 10/19/2024 11 A.M.– 4 P.M.
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ARTS ADVENTURE ALL FOR FREE
Celebrate DTLA’s dynamic arts scene at a one-day, free open house along Grand Avenue.
Experience 14 of L.A.’s iconic arts and cultural institutions with performances and programs for all ages, along with pop-up art experiences!
JOIN US FOR:
• TOURS
• PERFORMANCES
• INTERACTIVE ART EXPERIENCES
• EXHIBITIONS
• KIDS’ ACTIVITIES
• AND MORE!
Participants include DTLA Alliance, The Broad, Center Theatre Group, Colburn School, Gloria Molina Grand Park, Grand Performances, Los Angeles Master Chorale, LA Opera, Los Angeles Public Library, LA Phil, Metro Art, MOCA, REDCAT and The Music Center.
Graphic design and printing provided by:
Grand Ave Arts: All Access is supported by:
Left photo by Will Tee Yang; bottom middle photo by Steve Gunther; all other photos by John McCoy.
Urban Bush Women’s Courtney Cook & Chanon Judson. Photo by Rick McColloug.
