EditorialJaap van Zweden, the New York Philharmonic’s music director, leading the orchestra in the renovated David Geffen Hall in New York, Oct. 8, 2020. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
EditorialThe conductor Gustavo Dudamel is seen on a sign on a wall of the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Feb. 7, 2023. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel leads the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Mahler’s 9th, at the Lincoln Center in New York, May 22, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialThe video wall in the lobby of David Geffen Hall shows Gustavo Dudamel conducting the New York Philharmonic for the first time since he was named its next music director, in New York, May 21, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the American premiere of Thomas Adès's “Dante,” at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, April 28, 2022. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel leads the New York Philharmonic in Mahler’s Ninth Symphony at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, May 19, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialThe conductor Gustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Feb. 9, 2023. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialMirga Gra?inyt?-Tyla conducts the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra in Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 4" at Carnegie Hall, May 18, 2018. (Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic through works by Schubert, at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, March 17, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel meets with the New York Philharmonic’s musicians at David Geffen Hall, in New York on Feb. 20, 2023. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel, conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, checks himself in a mirror before a performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Feb. 9, 2023. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
EditorialA giant mural of Gustavo Dudamel that says “LA Phil” hangs on the side of part of Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on Feb. 7, 2023. (Lauren Lancaster/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel conducts during the premiere of Dante at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on April 28, 2022. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic through works by Schubert, at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, March 17, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialGwen Stefani and Blake Shelton hug and kiss each other on stage after performing a duo together at the Hollywood Bowl 100 anniversary opening night with the L.A. Philharmonic and conductor Gustav Dudamel Friday night in Hollywood. Gwen performed with the L
EditorialGwen Stefani and Blake Shelton hug and kiss each other on stage after performing a duo together at the Hollywood Bowl 100 anniversary opening night with the L.A. Philharmonic
EditorialGustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the American premiere of Thomas Adès's “Dante,” at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, April 28, 2022. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times)
EditorialThe conductor Gustavo Dudamel, left, works with members of the cast and chorus during a rehearsal for a new production of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio,” in Los Angeles, April 8, 2022. (Michael Tyrone Delaney/The New York Times)
EditorialThe conductor Gustavo Dudamel, left, works with members of the cast and chorus during a rehearsal for a new production of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio,” in Los Angeles, April 8, 2022. (Michael Tyrone Delaney/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel conducts the New York Philharmonic through works by Schubert, at the Lincoln Center in Manhattan, March 17, 2022. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialThe conductor Gustavo Dudamel rehearses for his debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Dec. 7, 2018. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” at David Geffen Hall in New York, Nov. 25, 2019. (Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel conducting the New York Philharmonic at David Geffen Hall in New York on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times)
EditorialGustavo Dudamel leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring” at David Geffen Hall in New York, Nov. 25, 2019. (Hiroyuki Ito/The New York Times)