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CONTENTS 4
WELCOME
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ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
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ABOUT THE LA PHIL
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FEATURE: Keeping It Green: A Day in the Life of the Bowl
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FEATURE: Finding Frank Gehry at the Bowl
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FEATURE: The Hollywood Bowl Museum Enters a New Era
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LOOKING AHEAD TO THE 2026/27 SEASON
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ABOUT THE CONCERTS
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SUMMER ESSENTIALS AT THE BOWL STORE
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FEATURE: Do Not Fly Zone
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LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US!
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CORPORATE PARTNERS
84
ENDOWMENT DONORS
86
CLARK SOCIETY
88
FIND IT AT THE FORD
90
ANNUAL DONORS
110
POOL CIRCLE
111
LA PHIL STAFF LIST
112
GENERAL INFORMATION LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT TONIGHT’S PERFORMANCE?
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WELCOME! Nothing captures the spirit of summer like an evening at the Hollywood Bowl. For more than a century, Angelenos have gathered at this iconic venue to enjoy great music among friends and family. As a Los Angeles County Park operated by the LA Phil, the Hollywood Bowl is a beacon for our community. Through programs that distribute 50,000 $1 tickets and expand affordable and sustainable public transportation to concerts, we are ensuring that generations of music lovers will continue this cherished tradition for years to come. You might notice a few features that are debuting this summer. The Terri and Jerry Kohl Artists Pavilion is our new multipurpose space housing a brand-new restaurant. We are grateful for the generous support from the Kohls and Live Nation Hewitt Silva that has brought about this exciting addition. We have also partnered with the company L-Acoustics on a new surround-sound system— the first in the world—that provides an immersive concert experience while minimizing its effects on our neighbors. This summer also marks the first full season performed on the John Williams Stage, named in honor of the great composer who has shared so many wonderful evenings, incredible music, and indelible memories with us. John has said: “Music is there for everybody. It’s a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sustained by it.” The Bowl exemplifies his words. It’s a place where we all can experience the transformational power of live performance together with our community. Thank you for joining us and being a part of this tradition.
Thomas L. Beckmen* Reveta Bowers* Jane B. Eisner* David Meline* Diane Paul* Jay Rasulo*
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Nancy L. Abell Gregory A. Adams Julie Andrews Camilo Esteban Becdach Ranjit Bhatia Linda Brittan Jennifer Broder Kawanna Brown Andrea Chao-Kharma* R. Martin Chavez Christian D. Chivaroli Jonathan L. Congdon Donald P. de Brier* Louise D. Edgerton Lisa Field David A. Ford Alfred Fraijo Jr. Hilary Garland Jennifer Miller Goff* Tamara Golihew Lori Greene Gordon David Greenbaum Carol Colburn Grigor Antonia Hernández* Jonathan Kagan* Darioush Khaledi Winnie Kho
Joey Lee Daniel R. Lewis Francois Mobasser Margaret Morgan Leith O’Leary Andy S. Park Sandy Pressman Marybeth Rehman-Dittu Geoff Rich† Laura Rosenwald Michael Saei Richard Schirtzer Stacy Shirk John Sinnema G. Gabrielle Starr Jay Stein* Christian Stracke* Ronald D. Sugar* Vikki Sung Jack Suzar Sue Tsao Megan Watanabe Regina Weingarten Jenny Williams Alyce de Roulet Williamson† Irwin Winkler Debra Wong Yang
HONORARY LIFE DIRECTORS
David C. Bohnett Frank Gehry † Lenore S. Greenberg Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy †
PAST CHAIRS**
Thomas L. Beckmen Jay Rasulo Diane Paul David C. Bohnett Jerrold L. Eberhardt John F. Hotchkis†
Warmly, Kim Noltemy President & CEO
David C. Bohnett Presidential Chair
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
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In Memoriam
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Executive Committee Member as of September 26, 2025
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From the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 24, 2003, to present
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I’m excited to welcome you to the Hollywood Bowl, one of the most historic and beloved venues in Los Angeles County. Whether this iconic facility is hosting a performance by the exceptional Los Angeles Philharmonic or a concert by a visiting world-class musician, the Hollywood Bowl is known for its commitment to excellence both on the stage and behind the scenes. It’s particularly special to me that the Hollywood Bowl finds its home in Los Angeles County’s Fifth District among the communities I have the privilege to represent. With such a rich and storied history, and as host to some of the biggest names in music today, the Bowl is one of the landmarks that make our district unique. Whether you’re visiting from down the street,
across the county, or around the world, I hope you enjoy your time at this remarkable venue. I still hold near and dear the many fond and fun memories I’ve made at the Hollywood Bowl throughout my life. I know your experience here will be just as memorable, whether it’s your first show or you’re a regular visitor. Throughout the season, I encourage you to take advantage of the incredible opportunities available to you. To hop on the convenient and affordable Park & Ride buses and Bowl Shuttles accessible from all over the county, look at the delicious food options, get a sneak peek at your seats, and find everything else you need to know, head to hollywoodbowl.com/ visit so you can make the most of your experience. You can stay in touch with me at kathrynbarger. lacounty.gov or on social media for the latest community updates and resources. I look forward to connecting with you and hope to see you at a Hollywood Bowl concert soon! Best wishes, Supervisor Kathryn Barger Fifth District, Los Angeles County
A Message from Director Norma Edith García-Gonzalez The Hollywood Bowl is one of the most iconic outdoor performance venues in the world—at its core, as a public park, it belongs to the people of Los Angeles County. As part of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation (LA County Parks), and in enduring partnership with the LA Phil, the Bowl continues to advance a shared mission: to expand public access, steward a treasured cultural landmark, and deliver world-class artistic experiences. The Board of Supervisors, the LA Phil, and LA County Parks remain steadfast in our commitment to access that is meaningful and equitable. Through expanded $1 ticket programs for foster youth, Title I schools, and low-income families, and through coordinated partnerships with County departments, school districts, and CBOs, the Bowl continues to broaden its reach to those who have often been underrepresented in cultural institutions.
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The Bowl reflects the County’s broader commitment to environmental stewardship. Expanded transit programs have increased ridership by more than 40%, reducing congestion and lowering carbon emissions. Visitors will experience enhancements throughout, including a new dynamic audio system, expanded water-bottle filling stations, and upgraded marketplace amenities. I attended ¡Bienvenido Gustavo!—Gustavo Dudamel’s inaugural and free community concert as Music Director. I brought my Spanish-speaking mother, who was filled with excitement. When Dudamel addressed the audience in Spanish, it was a powerful and intentional gesture—a welcome extended to immigrants, to those with accents, and to the diverse communities across Los Angeles County. The Hollywood Bowl reminds us that belonging is not passive—it is something we create through a shared commitment to one another. It is where culture and community meet, where identity is affirmed, and where the collective spirit of Los Angeles County is reflected, renewed, and celebrated. Todos están bienvenidos. Everyone is welcome. ¡Gracias Dudamel!
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ABOUT THE VENUE
ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
One of the largest outdoor amphitheaters in the world, the Hollywood Bowl has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since its official opening in 1922. This bowl-shaped location in Bolton Canyon, known as Daisy Dell at the time, was identified for its extraordinary natural acoustics. In 1924 it became a public park owned by the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation and operated in partnership with the LA Phil, serving as Los Angeles’ summer gathering place for more than a century. Each summer, more than 1 million visitors from across Southern California as well as from around the world come
to the Hollywood Bowl to enjoy performances by the finest artists across all genres of music. Guided by the core belief that everyone should have access to the extraordinary power of live music, the Hollywood Bowl offers 50,000 $1 seats to a range of concerts each year. Conservation and sustainability efforts such as landscaping with drought-tolerant native plants and public transportation programs help to preserve the Bowl’s 88 acres of biodiverse land. In April 2026, it was named Outdoor Concert Venue of the Year at the 37th Annual Pollstar Awards, marking the 19th time it has received this honor.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT We acknowledge the Gabrielino Tongva, Gabrielino Kizh, and Fernandeño Tataviam Nations as the traditional stewards of the land now called the Hollywood Bowl. We honor and respect the many Indigenous peoples connected to this land and express our admiration for their resilient and important cultural leaders in our region—past, present, and future.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL 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 on 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 September 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. Throughout 2025, Dudamel celebrated the 50th Anniversary of El Sistema, honoring the global impact of José Antonio Abreu’s visionary education program across five generations and acknowledging the vital importance of arts education. 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
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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. Dudamel’s influence extends far beyond the classical music world. He has conducted at global events including the Academy Awards, the reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Super Bowl, and the FIFA World Cup Final. He has collaborated with artists including Billie Eilish, Coldplay, Cynthia Erivo, Christina Aguilera, LL Cool J, Laufey, Nas, and Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, helping position classical music not as a relic of the past but as a living force within contemporary culture. 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. For more information about Gustavo Dudamel, visit his official website at gustavodudamel.com and the Dudamel Foundation at dudamelfoundation.org.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC 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 2025/26 season is the orchestra’s 107th. 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 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 fi nest 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, fi lm, and family events that are refl ective 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
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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-winning recordings featuring the music of Brahms, Ives, Andrew Norman, Thomas Adès, and Gabriela Ortiz—whose Yanga received three Grammys in 2026. 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: Georg Schnéevoigt (1927-1929), Artur Rodziński (1929-1933), Otto Klemperer (1933-1939), Alfred Wallenstein (1943-1956), Eduard van Beinum (1956-1959), Zubin Mehta (1962-1978), Carlo Maria Giulini (1978-1984), André Previn (1985-1989), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1992-2009), and Gustavo Dudamel (2009-2026).
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
THOMAS WILKINS Thomas Wilkins is Principal Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. He has held a titled position at the Hollywood Bowl since 2008, when he was named Principal Guest Conductor; in the spring of 2014, he became Principal Conductor. In addition, he is the Boston Symphony’s Artistic Partner for Education and Community Engagement and Germeshausen Youth and Family Concerts Conductor; Indiana University’s Henry A. Upper Chair of Orchestral Conducting, a position established by the late Barbara and David Jacobs; and Principal Guest Conductor of the Virginia Symphony. At the close of the 2020/21 season, he ended his long and successful tenure as Music Director of the Omaha Symphony. Devoted to promoting a lifelong enthusiasm for music, Wilkins brings energy and commitment to audiences of all ages. He is hailed as a master at communicating and connecting with audiences. Following his highly successful first season with the Boston Symphony, The Boston Globe named him among the “Best People and Ideas of 2011.” In 2014, Wilkins received the prestigious Outstanding Artist award at the Nebraska Governor’s Arts Awards for his significant contribution to music in the state, and in March 2018, the Longy School of Music at Bard College honored him with the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music in Society.
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In 2019, the Virginia Symphony bestowed Wilkins with its annual Dreamer Award. In 2022, the Omaha Entertainment and Arts Awards presented him with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Music, the Boston Conservatory awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Arts, and he was the recipient of the League of American Orchestras’ Gold Baton Award. He has led orchestras throughout the United States. His commitment to community has been demonstrated by his participation on several boards of directors, including the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce; the Charles Drew Health Center (Omaha); the Center Against Spouse Abuse in Tampa Bay; and the Museum of Fine Arts as well as the Academy Prep Center, both in St. Petersburg, FL. Currently he serves as chairman of the board of the Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund and as national ambassador for the nonprofit World Pediatric Project, headquartered in Richmond, VA, which provides children throughout Central America and the Caribbean with critical surgical and diagnostic care. A native of Norfolk, VA, Thomas Wilkins is a graduate of the Shenandoah Conservatory and the New England Conservatory. He and his wife, Sheri-Lee, are the proud parents of twin daughters, Erica and Nicole.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is composed of approximately 65 regular players, an international mix of classically trained musicians who are among the best studio musicians in Los Angeles. Many spend their days on Hollywood’s scoring stages. It might be surprising to learn that there is no overlap between the musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and those of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra—another indicator that LA has a tremendous pool of musical talent. Musicians have been performing at the Hollywood Bowl since its opening in 1922. “Bowl Orchestra” was used as early as 1925, and “Hollywood Bowl Orchestra” appeared on live recordings made in 1928. Leopold Stokowski was Music Director of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra from 1945 to 1946. During that time, the orchestra recorded a number of classical works. In the 1950s and 1960s, Capitol Records issued an extensive series of recordings of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra with a number of different conductors, including Carmen Dragon, Felix Slatkin, Alfred Newman, and Miklós Rózsa,
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with album titles such as Rhapsody Under the Stars, Chopin by Starlight, Fiesta!, and Marche! From the 1950s on, there was no offi cial Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, until it reappeared in 1991, under the auspices of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, as a completely new ensemble directed by Principal Conductor John Mauceri. After retiring from the orchestra in 2006, Mauceri was awarded the lifelong title of Founding Director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In 2008, Thomas Wilkins began an appointment as Principal Guest Conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. In June 2014, he became the orchestra’s Principal Conductor, in which position he continues to lead the ensemble each summer in a wide range of concerts at the fabled outdoor venue. From Mozart to Motown, the repertoire of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra is as diverse as Hollywood itself. In a single season, the orchestra may perform everything from Broadway favorites to fi lm music, pop music to jazz, and classical music to world premieres by living composers. In essence, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra does it all.
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KEEPING IT GREEN
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE BOWL
Discover what goes on around the clock during the summer season inside Hollywood’s 88-acre musical backyard. By Piper S tarnes 5AM: MORNING MAINTENANCE
Long before the crack of dawn, the Hollywood Bowl is awake and our team is hard at work. Groundskeepers, custodial crews, and security staff open the gates and begin preparing the park for another busy day. Landscapers trim hedges, fresh food and merchandise deliveries arrive, and stagehands start setting up the nearly 3,000 Box seats before the day’s rehearsals and evening performances.
MORNING
7AM: STREET SWEEPING & SOUTH LA CAFE
When you’re ready for your morning pickme-up, stop by South LA Cafe! Grab a coffee, tea, or pastry from the Hollywood Bowl’s exclusive coffee partner. Located in the Plaza Marketplace, South LA Cafe is a Black-owned cafe and market whose mission is to provide fresh, affordable, accessible, and healthy food options for the community. About the same time the coffee is brewing, you might see our street sweeper roving around. Every morning, it goes through the park and along nearby neighborhood streets to make sure each pathway is clean and ready to welcome guests. DID YOU KNOW? The LA Phil just might be the only orchestra in the world to have its own street sweeper!
South LA Cafe operates daily from 7am to 3pm and during performances.
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8AM: SCALING THE STAIRS
Looking for a scenic morning workout? Outside of rehearsals and performances, we welcome neighbors and visitors to get their steps in by running or walking the aisles. Climb every staircase in the Bowl and you’ll have covered nearly a mile of stairs! DID YOU KNOW? A free fitness club meets here. Learn more by checking out @SaturdayStairs on Instagram.
9:30AMı 12:30PM: REHEARSAL
Our musicians put in many hours of practice and fine-tuning to prepare for a performance on the Bowl’s John Williams Stage. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and select weekends, you might hear the Los Angeles Philharmonic or Hollywood Bowl Orchestra getting ready for that evening’s concert. Most rehearsals are free and open to the public, offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the music. To receive up-to-date information regarding schedules, email information@laphil.org or call Audience Services at 323 850 2000 (beginning Monday of each week) to listen to a prerecorded list of upcoming rehearsals.
Pro tip: Bring an umbrella or sun hat to stay cool while attending the morning rehearsals.
10AM: HOLLYWOOD BOWL MUSEUM
Discover more than a century of music and history at the Hollywood Bowl Museum. Situated at the bottom of Peppertree Lane, our free museum gives visitors the opportunity to learn about the Bowl’s legacy as one of the most iconic venues in the world. Come see our new permanent exhibit, featuring physical artifacts like piano rolls, historic program materials, and the building’s original 1939 fireplace from when it used to serve as a tearoom. Learn more on page 26 and find our summer and off-season hours at hollywoodbowl.com/museum. DID YOU KNOW? For the first time, the public now has access to a searchable database of the Bowl’s performance history, spanning more than 6,000 concerts and events. Visitors can search by artist, conductor, date, decade, genre, and more.
The current two-story museum building sits on the footprint of the Tea Room.
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Patrons enjoying a picnic at the Bowl. The Hollywood Bowl Cookbook: Picnics Under the Stars (2002)
Muse of Music, Dance, Drama fountain. Concertgoers arriving at the Blue Note Jazz Festival in June 2026.
Picnicking in the park has been a part of Bowl culture for generations. All are welcome to pack, bring, and enjoy a bite to eat in one of our various green spaces. We have 14 gorgeous picnic areas, plus more room on the Box Office roof, on Toyon Terrace, and at Highland Camrose Park. On concert nights, select areas open as early as four hours before the performance. Parties of 20 or more people can reserve picnic areas by emailing groups@laphil.org or calling 323 850 2050. Did you know? In 2002, the LA Phil published The Hollywood Bowl Cookbook: Picnics Under the Stars, featuring favorite recipes from famous musicians, including Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Finnish gravlax with mustard sauce and the late Michael Tilson Thomas’ Chinese chicken salad.
2PM: FOUNTAIN REFRESH
On your way into the venue, you probably saw the iconic 22-foot-tall granite fountain. The Muse of Music, Dance, Drama was designed in 1940 by George Stanley, the sculptor behind the Oscar statuette. Once a week, before our day-time crew leaves in the afternoon, they clean and maintain the fountain to keep its tiles, lighting, and mechanisms in pristine, working condition. The Muse of Music, Dance, Drama is the Bowl’s “front porch,” and we love when it looks good!
6PM: BOWL SHUTTLES AND PARK & RIDE
As it gets closer to showtime, thousands of concertgoers make their way to the Bowl. Many guests choose to ride the Bowl Shuttle or Park & Ride buses instead of driving directly to the venue, helping reduce traffi c, the hassle of parking, and smog-related emissions in the neighborhood.
AFTERNOON
1PM: LUNCH BREAK
Did you know? Last season, 39% of our audience arrived via Shuttle or Park & Ride.
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8PM: SHOWTIME
Nearly 1,000 staff members have been working up to this point. As the concert gets started, many of them will continue working backstage, operating concessions, and monitoring your safety throughout the evening.
9:30PM: CHANGING OF THE MARQUEE
During the concert, we update the text on the marquee from the current night’s performer to the artist and date of the upcoming program.
NIGHT
10PM: FIREWORKS
We light up the sky with pyrotechnics roughly 10 nights every season. While you’re watching the fireworks, parking lot staff are covering cars with tarps and brushing away embers...just in case. DID YOU KNOW? Each fireworks show averages 1,600 individual explosions, 100 bouquet showers, and 4–6 animated pieces.
Hollywood Bowl usher helping a patron find their seat.
10:30PM: TRAFFIC CONTROL As thousands of guests leave the venue, it takes a team effort to get everyone back home in a safe and timely manner. With the Bowl being situated along the 101 and Highland Avenue— the second-busiest street in Los Angeles—we work with the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to direct traffic and keep the flow of cars, motorcycles, buses, and shuttles moving as efficiently as possible. DID YOU KNOW? An LA Phil staff member accompanies an LADOT traffic officer up inside the electronic marquee—also known as the Crow’s Nest—at the intersection of Pat Moore Way and Highland Avenue to manually control green and red lights for each lane.
11PM: SECURITY SWEEP & WEAPONS DETECTION SYSTEM
The metal detectors are just one part of our robust security system. We have an entire weapons detection system that we reset at the end of each night.
12AM: POST-CONCERT CLEANUP
When the performance ends, production crew members take apart the stage, load up the sound and lighting equipment, and pack everything away. Our overnight cleaning crew arrives to tidy up each Bench seat, Super Seat, and Box, ensuring that no trash or lost items have been left behind. Forgot something at the Bowl? Visit hollywoodbowl. com/LostAndFound and fill out a form, so that if we’ve found an item that fits the description, you can pick it up.
Marquee at the entrance of the Hollywood Bowl.
Evolv metal detectors.
Empty seats at the end of the night.
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FINDING FRANK GEHRY AT THE BOWL Although he’s best remembered by Angelenos for Walt Disney Concert Hall—his shining stainlesssteel mark on Los Angeles—the late architect and visionary Frank Gehry made invaluable and unforgettable contributions to the LA Phil’s summer home: the Hollywood Bowl. Gehry, who died in December 2025, pushed architecture—and through architecture, music—to stay alert: “I don’t play music and I don’t paint, but I always thought architecture was an art and I try to practice it that way.” His forward-thinking curiosity, unwavering commitment to artists, and generous spirit echo throughout the Bowl through his many contributions over the years. By Tes s Carges
1970–80 Hollywood Bowl Sound Design
“I had been working with cardboard tubes, which were used at that time for pouring concrete. To make concrete columns, you pour concrete into them and then after the concrete’s set, you unravel the paper and you have a concrete pole. I did a drawing showing Chris the idea of piling up these cardboard tubes, and asked would there be enough mass to offset the focusing effect? And he thought it wasn’t perfect, but it probably could.” —Frank Gehry
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Gehry began collaborating with the LA Phil in 1970 when he was commissioned by then-Executive Director Ernest Fleischmann to improve the acoustics at the Hollywood Bowl; this was the beginning of a long and fruitful friendship. As an up-and-coming architect, Gehry worked with acoustician Christopher Jaffe, adding 60 cardboard sonotubes to balance the sound levels and bolster the lower frequencies. Reaching up to 36 feet, the tubes were visually striking and aurally successful.
1975–76 Phase I of Hollywood Bowl General Development In 1975, Phase I of the county’s “Hollywood Bowl General Development” plan began, and Gehry added two lighting control booths alongside Promenade 2. In July 1976, Gehry wrote about the many improvements and renovations to the Bowl that had taken place over the previous year, including new orchestra-pit seating for ballets or operas, “a new wall on the east side of the house...designed to block out certain components of the freeway noise which interferes with good listening,” a refreshment counter, and mobile dressing rooms.
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1980
“My music education was stellar, and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. Sitting next to Ernest [Fleischmann] at the Hollywood Bowl and meeting all the crew and artists and listening to them talk about their lives and work and music and the creativity of it. I saw how it was the same in architecture. It resonated with me.” —Frank Gehry
Ten years after Gehry installed the sonotubes, Fleischmann asked for sonic improvements that could balance the acoustics for both the musicians and the listeners. The cardboard tubes were replaced by Gehry’s hollow fiberglass sound spheres, which hung from the top of the Bowl shell, allowing the musicians to hear each other more clearly and helping project sound further into the audience. Known as the Bowl’s “champagne bubbles,” the spheres were eventually retired in 2003 as part of the construction of a new Bowl shell, but not without commemoration. The Hollywood Bowl Sphere Art Project enlisted 80 local artists and celebrities— including Kenny Scharf, Guy Dill, Jane Seymour, and Tony Curtis—to create works of art using Gehry’s spheres.
1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Gehry’s work as a scenic designer for the LA Phil began in 1984, when he reimagined the Bowl shell for the Summer Olympics held in LA. He added huge projection screens alongside the stage for a visual display accompanying the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s performance of Aaron Copland’s Third Symphony.
Gehry went on to design many shows at Walt Disney Concert Hall: a 2007 performance by fado singer Mariza that turned the stage into a Portuguese taverna, Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2012, Wagner’s Das Rheingold in 2024, and, most recently, Wagner’s Die Walküre in May 2026.
FRANK GEHRY WROTE THIS LOVE LETTER TO THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES:
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By Derek Traub
The Hollywood Bowl Museum, shown in 1991, was housed in the former Tea Room.
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enduring cultural landmarks before the music even begins. For Ljiljana Grubisic, Archives and Museum Director for the Hollywood Bowl, the project is both a milestone and a culmination. Since joining the LA Phil in 2015, Grubisic has helped reshape the way the organization preserves, interprets, and shares its history. “Whatever we collect and care for in the Archives is fueling the stories in the Hollywood Bowl Museum,” she says. “We have made so many wonderful discoveries in the last decade, and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to share them with the public.” The museum fi rst opened in 1984 in the Bowl’s former Tea Room, then expanded into its current two-story building in 1996. Thirty years later, the new exhibit brings the space into what Grubisic calls “a modern era,”
with a more contemporary gallery feel, refreshed storytelling, and new ways for visitors to explore the Bowl’s past. At the heart of the project is a major digital leap forward: For the first time, the public will have access to a searchable database of the Bowl’s performance history, spanning more than 6,000 concerts and events. Visitors will be able to search by artist, conductor, date, decade, genre, and more—opening up a vast record of performances that has long lived behind the scenes in archival documents and research files. “We get tons of requests from patrons,” Grubisic says. “‘My mom attended this concert—it was a special occasion, and we want to know what was on the program.’ Now people will be able to search, to discover, to ask: What was played on that day?”
The new permanent exhibition, Hollywood Bowl: The Soul of a City, opened this summer.
Photo by Elif Karakoc
For more than a century, the Hollywood Bowl has been one of Los Angeles’ great gathering places: a public stage under the stars, a civic landmark, and a living archive of music, community, and reinvention. This summer, the Edmund D. Edelman Hollywood Bowl Museum enters a new chapter following a renovation to its ground-floor gallery, including a permanent exhibition that brings the Bowl’s extraordinary history into fresh focus. The revitalized Hollywood Bowl Museum invites visitors to see the Bowl not only as a beloved summer destination, but also as a living civic institution: layered, surprising, and full of stories waiting to be discovered. Situated along Peppertree Lane near the main entrance to the Bowl, the museum offers audiences a chance to step inside the history of one of Los Angeles’ most
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Frank Gehry’s acoustic spheres, or ”champagne bubbles,˝ lined the top of the Bowl shell from the 1980s through 2003.
The Hollywood Bowl Tea Room in 1939. The building’s hearth is on the right.
A model of the current Bowl shell.
Photo by Elif Karakoc
Photo by Elif Karakoc
The original hearth from the Tea Room was uncovered during the 2026 renovations.
A kiosk in the galleries will allow visitors to flip through digitized Hollywood Bowl program books, one of the foundational collections of the Archives. For Grubisic, that access represents years of unseen labor fi nally becoming public. “This is a dream come true,” she says. “It is a monumental step for the museum to provide this educational service.” The digitization project is just one part of the new installation. Grubisic was equally intent on bringing physical artifacts into the space—objects that carry the texture of the Bowl’s history. Visitors will encounter
the original fi replace from the 1939 Tea Room, long hidden behind exhibit panels; a carillon bell console once used to call audiences back to their seats; archival audio; piano rolls; historic program materials; and stories of the volunteers, patrons, architects, technicians, and civic leaders who shaped the Bowl over generations. New-media elements will also bring visitors closer to the Bowl’s architecture and backstage life, including a video with architects Craig Hodgetts and Ming Fung, whose 2004 shell preserved the Bowl’s iconic silhouette
while expanding the stage and integrating modern technological infrastructure. Another section will explore the sound of the Bowl, from Frank Gehry’s experimental “sonotubes” and “champagne bubbles” to today’s acoustic canopy, or “halo.” For Grubisic, the larger story is not simply about concerts or objects. It is about continuity. “The Bowl was never just a venue,” she says. “It was a vehicle for democracy in music.” That founding spirit—music for everyone, shared in public, under the open sky—still animates the museum today.
The Hollywood Bowl Museum is open Tuesday through Friday from 10am to showtime and Saturday through Monday four hours before showtime. Free admission.
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PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN’S FIFTH
WITH ANNA HANDLER
TUESDAY AUGUST 25, 2026 8PM Los Angeles Philharmonic Anna Handler, conductor Bing Wang, violin Robert deMaine, cello Joanne Pearce Martin, piano
Grace-Evangeline MASON
ABLAZE THE MOON (c. 5 minutes)
BEETHOVEN
Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 56 (c. 34 minutes) Allegro Largo Rondo alla polacca
Bing Wang Robert deMaine Joanne Pearce Martin INTERMISSION BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 (c. 33 minutes) Allegro con brio Andante con moto Scherzo: Allegro Allegro
Moritaka Kina is chief piano technician for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Programs and artists subject to change.
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ABLAZE THE MOON Grace-Evangeline Mason (b. 1994) Composed: 2023 ABLAZE THE MOON for orchestra is inspired by the poem “Tonight” by the American lyric poet Sara Teasdale (1884–1933). The melodies in the piece follow the lines of the poem, which are full of vivid descriptions and begin: “The moon is a curving flower of gold, the sky is still and blue; The moon was made for the sky to hold, and I for you.” In this short concert opener, the image of the moon as a flower of gold hanging in a dark sky is alluded to by atmospheric passages that begin in the circling woodwinds. These are contrasted with deep punctuations in the strings suggesting the vast darkness that surrounds it. These forceful interjections ignite the woodwinds to disperse, fall, and spiral, momentarily accentuating the dark backdrop of the sky. The music drives forward through the expanse, with the horns and brass building the texture, until the piece opens out into an ethereal and celestial space as “the sky is luminous; eternity was made for them, to-night for us.” —Grace-Evangeline Mason
CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO AND PIANO IN C MAJOR, OP. 56 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Composed: 1804 The chamber music ensemble consisting of piano, violin, and cello was a familiar one in the late 18th century, and examples from the pens of Mozart, Haydn, and others were in general circulation when Beethoven was in his formative years. An appealing salon combination, this instrumental trio proved to be yet another medium in which the piano—the new and fascinating keyboard instrument that was supplanting the harpsichord as the preferred instrument for concert hall and home—could be exploited. Proof of the combination’s viability is seen in Beethoven’s publishing three piano trios as his Opus 1 in 1795. In the ensuing years, Beethoven and the piano were inseparable; the composer, a virtuoso pianist, was continually writing for his favored instrument, whether in a solo, chamber, or concerto context. In 1804, the piano trio tempted him again. This time, however, the threesome performed, collectively, as the soloist in
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a concerto, a role in which it had not been cast by any other great composer before. The reason for the daring venture was purportedly to provide the Archduke Rudolph, then a 16-yearold student of the composer, with a less demanding performing vehicle than a solo concerto. (That theory doesn’t quite compute, for even though there are three players to share the soloistic responsibilities, each must be concerned not only with being in sync with the orchestra, but also with each other.) At any rate, the first and apparently only performance of the Triple Concerto during Beethoven’s lifetime occurred in May 1807, and it is not certain whether royal or commoner’s hands were at the piano. What is certain is that the concerto met with little success at its premiere. It is great fun, though, and its rare appearance on programs makes it all the more welcome. Beethoven did not set himself an easy task. The problems are vexing: balancing the three distinctly different timbres of the solo instruments with the orchestral body; allotting the themes equitably to each soloist and the orchestra; and creating materials terse enough that they do not become unmanageable, yet flexible enough to do duty for all involved. In the matter of equality among the soloists, Beethoven, accurately
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perceiving that the cello could get lost in the sonic shuffle, overcompensated by giving the low string instrument inordinate prominence by writing in its top register and by having it introduce most of the thematic material. The success of Beethoven’s balancing act is in direct proportion to the virtuosity of the soloists and the discretion of the conductor. The success of the composer’s thematic invention must also rely upon the performers, for, in themselves, the themes tend toward severity, and the tissue connecting them, besides being repetitive, is surprisingly formulaic. Even so, the Triple Concerto boasts extraordinary bravura and grandeur in the outer movements and affecting expressiveness in the relatively brief slow movement. —Orrin Howard
SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR, OP. 67 Ludwig van Beethoven Composed: 1808 Beethoven revolutionized virtually every form and genre of music in which he composed. His “Eroica” Symphony transformed that genre; his 32 piano sonatas enabled the development of
piano music from the genial pieces of the late 18th century to the colossal masterworks of Liszt and Schumann; and his opera Fidelio embodied the virtues of liberty and equality that transformed Europe during his life. Beethoven began work on the Fifth Symphony shortly after completing the Third; ideas that he would use in the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies had already been drafted in his sketchbook for the Third. He stopped work on the Fifth in 1806 to write what then became his Fourth Symphony. (He also completed the Fourth Piano Concerto, the Violin Concerto, the Triple Concerto, the Mass in C, and Fidelio while working on the Fifth Symphony.) When he resumed work on the Fifth, it was in tandem with another new symphony, the “Pastoral.” Both symphonies had their first performances on December 22, 1808, during a brutally cold mega-concert that also included vocal pieces as well as the premieres of the Choral Fantasy and Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring the composer in his last public appearance as soloist. Perhaps concision is harder than expansion. Where the Third Symphony exploded the dimensions of the genre toward an almost geographical horizon, the Fifth compresses all of
those interlocking advances of form and content into a much more compact space. The first movement is the shortest in all of Beethoven’s symphonies, fully energized by that famous four-note opening. This four-note rhythmic motif was an obsession for the composer at the time, appearing in other works and running through this one, sometimes clearly on the surface, other times insinuated deep in the texture. The second movement is a set of variations on two themes. The first is a sweet song for the violas and cellos; the second transforms that song into a swaggering march that brings in the trumpets and timpani, seldom heard in classicalera slow movements. The Scherzo returns the rhythmic motto to the foreground, only to disappear in an almost comical fugue. Beethoven linked the Scherzo to the finale with an astonishing transition that generates enormous anticipation over the insistent timpani. It bursts into blazing light with the finale and its grandly sweeping aspirations, where Beethoven expands the sonic range of the orchestra through the introduction of piccolo, three trombones, and contrabassoon for the first time in the symphonic literature. He caps this heroic apotheosis with a monumentally triumphant coda. —John Henken
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ANNA HANDLER
ANNA HANDLER Anna Handler has appeared on stages and in concert halls around the world since her debut at the Salzburg Festival in 2022. In November 2025, she was appointed Chief Conductor of the Ulster Orchestra and will assume her position in the 2026/27 season. She will also begin a three-year term as Conductor-in-Residence at the LA Phil in 2026/27. Since the 2025/26 season, she has served as Kapellmeister at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she was invited to lead 11 opera performances in her first season. In 2024, she was appointed Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra by Andris Nelsons and will complete her two-year term in the summer of 2026. Prior to that, she served
as a Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Following her debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall, she was immediately invited to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in July 2025. Last summer Handler also made her highly acclaimed debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the Tanglewood Music Festival. For the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death in the 2026/27 season, Handler will serve as Artist in Residence at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn. There, she will curate four concerts in which she will appear as piano soloist, chamber musician, and conductor. In her concerts in the summer of 2026 at the Hollywood Bowl and at Tanglewood, Beethoven’s works—including the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies as well as the Triple Concerto—will once again occupy a central place. During the 2025/26 season, Handler also gave her subscription debuts with both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Collaborations with Barbara Hannigan, Sabine Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma, and Augustin Hadelich are among the highlights of her career to date. Handler’s relationship with the Salzburg Festival began in 2022 with her debut as Music Director of Janáček’s Kát’a Kabanová in the renowned Opera Camp
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series, followed by Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges in 2023 and Orff’s Die Kluge in 2024. Handler grew up in Munich and initially studied piano and conducting at the University of Music and Theatre Munich. She continued her training at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, the Accademia Pianistica Internazionale di Imola, and the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. She was the first conducting student ever to receive the prestigious Kovner Fellowship at The Juilliard School in New York, where she completed her Master’s degree in 2023. As director of the ensemble Enigma Classica, which she founded in 2019, Anna Handler works with distinguished soloists. A particular focus of her work is technology-supported music mediation in real time. Conducting from the piano, as well as her chamber music collaboration with violinist Laura Handler, forms an important part of her musical identity. Anna Handler received the Rising Star Award from the European Cultural Foundation Europamusicale as well as a scholarship from the German Foundation for Musical Life. She was also awarded the Maria Ladenburger Prize for Music in cooperation with WDR, the Cusanuswerk Foundation, and Deutsche Grammophon.
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BING WANG Violinist Bing Wang joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Associate Concertmaster in 1994. She previously held the position of Principal Second Violin of the Cincinnati Symphony and has served on the faculty and as Concertmaster at the Aspen Music Festival and School since 2003. Since 2009, she has also been Guest Concertmaster of her hometown orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, she performed the Brahms Double Concerto with then-Music Director EsaPekka Salonen at the Hollywood Bowl. She made her Walt Disney Concert Hall concerto debut in May 2005 and has appeared as both concertmaster and soloist at the Hollywood Bowl under the baton of composer John Williams. As a chamber musician, Wang has collaborated with such distinguished artists as Lang Lang, Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Bing Wang began studying the violin with her parents at the age of 6. At the middle school of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she was concertmaster of the school orchestra and graduated with highest honors. After coming to the US to study with Berl Senofsky at the Peabody Conservatory, she received her Master’s degree from the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Glenn Dicterow. In 2012, Wang was named an adjunct associate professor at the USC Thornton School of Music.
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ROBERT DE MAINE
ROBERT DE MAINE Robert deMaine is an American virtuoso cellist who has been hailed by The New York Times as “an artist who makes one hang on every note.” He has distinguished himself as one of the finest and most versatile instrumentalists of his generation, performing to critical acclaim as soloist, recitalist, orchestra principal, recording artist, chamber musician, and composer-arranger. In 2010, deMaine became a founding member of the highly acclaimed Ehnes String Quartet and completed several world tours and recordings with the ensemble. In 2012, he was invited to join the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Principal Cello. He collaborates often in a piano trio with violinist Hilary Hahn and pianist Natalie Zhu. A first-prize winner in many national and international competitions, deMaine was the first cellist ever to win the grand
prize at San Francisco’s Irving M. Klein International String Competition. As a soloist, he has collaborated with many distinguished conductors, including Neeme Järvi, Peter Oundjian, Joseph Silverstein, and Leonard Slatkin, and has performed nearly all the major cello concertos with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where he served as Principal Cello for over a decade. His recording of the John Williams Cello Concerto is available on Naxos. Other recordings include the complete works of Beethoven for piano and cello with pianist Peter Takács, the Haydn cello concertos with the Moravian Philharmonic of the Czech Republic, and a recital CD of Grieg and Rachmaninoff sonatas with pianist Andrew Armstrong. DeMaine studied at The Juilliard School, the Eastman School of Music, the University of Southern California, Yale University, and the Kronberg Academy in Germany.
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JOANNE PEARCE MARTIN
JOANNE PEARCE MARTIN Pianist Joanne Pearce Martin was appointed to the Los Angeles Philharmonic by Esa-Pekka Salonen in 2001. A native of Allentown, PA, and a graduate of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute, she balances a busy career as soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist. Martin has been featured with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on multiple occasions at the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall. On tour with the orchestra, she was the piano
soloist in a sold-out and critically acclaimed performance of Messiaen’s epic 100-minute work Des canyons aux étoiles at London’s Barbican Centre with Gustavo Dudamel. She has performed at dozens of music series and festivals spanning four continents, collaborating with artists such as Joshua Bell, Lynn Harrell, Julius Baker, Joseph Silverstein, and Steven Isserlis. She has been guest soloist with many other orchestras in the US and abroad, including the Charlotte Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony, England’s Huddersfield Philharmonic, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Since the 1990s, Joanne Pearce Martin and her husband, Gavin Martin, have performed in the US and abroad as a twopiano team, including multiple performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She also has collaborated periodically with pianist Jeffrey Kahane. They have given joint performances of Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos as well as the world premiere of Andrew Norman’s Frank’s House and the West Coast premiere of John Adams’ Roll Over Beethoven.
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Martin enjoys delving into new musical adventures, such as playing the theremin. She has performed and recorded a commissioned piece, Theremin’s Journey, by Gernot Wolfgang, in which she plays both the theremin and the piano. She also commissioned a solo piano work (D’Nato) by composer and LA Phil Principal Timpanist Joseph Pereira. In addition, she is a regular performer on the LA Phil’s groundbreaking Green Umbrella series. During the 2021/22 season, Martin had the distinct pleasure of working alongside Steven Spielberg as the featured solo pianist in his award-winning, semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans. At the personal invitation of John Williams, she recorded a varied collection of solo classical pieces as well as Williams’ original score for the film. Martin’s playing has been described by the Los Angeles Times as possessing “unusual fervor and fluency and stirring virtuosity.” When she’s not making music, you might find her up in the air—she is an instrument-rated airplane pilot and master-rated skydiver.
PROGRAM
RACHMANINOFF & ADAMS THURSDAY AUGUST 27, 2026 8PM Los Angeles Philharmonic Gemma New, conductor Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, piano
John ADAMS
Short Ride in a Fast Machine (c. 4 minutes)
RACHMANINOFF
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (c. 35 minutes) Moderato Adagio sostenuto Allegro scherzando
Jeneba Kanneh-Mason INTERMISSION RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (c. 35 minutes) Non allegro Andante con moto (tempo di valse) Lento assai—Allegro vivace
This performance is generously supported by The José Iturbi Foundation. Moritaka Kina is chief piano technician for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Programs and artists subject to change.
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SHORT RIDE IN A FAST MACHINE John Adams (b. 1947) Composed: 1986 The most famous American fanfare is Hail to the Chief. Next comes Aaron Copland’s thumping huff and puff in honor of “the Common Man.” Most fanfares are brilliant, some even aggressive (etymologists disagree whether the word “fanfare” is onomatopoetic or actually connected with the verbal family that gives us “fanfaronade,” meaning blustering and bragging behavior), though John Adams has also explored the possibilities of the restrained and pianissimo fanfare (in his Tromba Lontana). Short Ride in a Fast Machine is a joyfully exuberant piece, brilliantly scored for a large orchestra. The steady marking of a beat is typical of Adams’ music. Short Ride begins with a marking of quarter notes (woodblock, soon joined by the four trumpets) and eighths (clarinets and synthesizers); the woodblock is fortissimo and the other instruments play forte. Adams sees the rest of the orchestra as running the gauntlet through that rhythmic tunnel. About the title: “You know how it is when someone asks you to ride in a terrific sports car, and then you wish you hadn’t?” Short Ride in a Fast Machine features the usual minimalist earmarks: repetition, steady beat, and, perhaps most crucially, a harmonic language with an emphasis on consonance unlike anything in Western art music in the last 500 years. Adams is not a simple—or simple-minded— artist. His concern has been to invent music at once familiar and subtle. For all of their minimalist
features, works such as Harmonium, Harmonielehre, and El Dorado are full of surprises, always enchanting in the glow and gleam of their sonority, and bursting with the energy generated by their harmonic movement. —Michael Steinberg (from The John Adams Reader)
PIANO CONCERTO NO. 2 IN C MINOR, OP. 18 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Composed: 1900–01 The teenaged Sergei Prokofiev, already a discerning pianist and critic, described Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto as “a very beautiful and famous concerto… it begins with chords, and then a broad theme do-re-do.” The concerto does open dramatically, with a series of rich piano solo chords tolling like bells for eight measures in F major, before the orchestra enters with the surging main “do-re-do” (C-D-C) theme in C minor. Another Russian pianist, Nikolai Medtner, called this dynamic, sobbing motif “one of the most strikingly Russian of themes. There is no ethnographic trimming here, no dressing up, no decking out in national dress, no folksong intonation, and yet every time, from the first bell stroke, you feel the figure of Russia rising up to her full height.” Oddly, Rachmaninoff completed the last two movements of the concerto first and performed them at a concert in Moscow in December 1900. He finished the first movement in April 1901 and played the solo part at the premiere of the full concerto the following autumn. Its enthusiastic reception roused the famously
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moody composer out of his depression since the disastrous premiere of his First Symphony in 1897—Rachmaninoff dedicated the concerto to Dr. Nikolai Dahl, who had helped him overcome his crippling feelings of inferiority and insecurity. The work firmly established his reputation in Russia and enjoyed immediate success abroad, too, both with and without the composer at the keyboard. The high level of inspiration evident in the opening bars never flags. A second, more lyrical theme provides contrast, along with a seven-note march motif developed dramatically in a climactic maestoso section, where the piano thunders rhythmic chords over the main theme in the orchestra. The notable absence of a cadenza for the soloist creates a flowing continuity. The first movement’s themes reappear later at strategic moments. In the second movement, the mood changes, dominated by a slow, pastoral theme in E major and 4/4 meter, but with surprising offbeat stresses in the accompaniment. A fast, marching theme opens the finale, before Rachmaninoff introduces what has become one of his most popular melodies in the oboe and violas, a sad and swooping theme that is languid and richly colored. Passed several times almost unchanged between soloist and orchestra, it yields to a breathless coda that breaks the dreamy mood. Throughout, soloist and orchestra are harmonious partners, never competitors, and the supply of slightly melancholy (but never lugubrious) lyricism seems endless. Over the years, the concerto entered the realm of popular culture. Buddy Kaye and Ted Mossman adapted the last movement’s second theme into the
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croony song “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” recorded by the young Frank Sinatra, while the second movement inspired Eric Carmen’s ballad “All by Myself,” made famous by Celine Dion. Scores for film— Grand Hotel, Brief Encounter, and The Seven Year Itch—also feature its music. —Harlow Robinson
SYMPHONIC DANCES, OP. 45 Sergei Rachmaninoff Composed: 1940 We now recognize and admire Rachmaninoff as a creator of moodily memorable melodies, without feeling the need, as we once did, to apologize for the beauty of those melodies—or to blame him for being widely emulated by composers of film scores (who, likewise, are now regarded with a degree of respect formerly denied them) or the creators of the popular love songs his melodies inspired. Rachmaninoff summed up his life as a composer shortly before his death, in Beverly Hills, his final home: “In my own compositions, no conscious effort has been made to be original, or Romantic, or Nationalistic, or anything else. I write down on paper the music I hear within me, as naturally as possible. I am a Russian composer, and the land of my birth has influenced my temperament and outlook. My music is the product of my temperament, and so it is Russian music.... I have been strongly influenced by Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov; but I have never, to the best of my knowledge, imitated anyone. What I try to do when writing down my music is to make it say simply and directly that which is in my heart when I am composing. If
there is love there, or bitterness, or sadness, or religion, these moods become part of my music, and it becomes either beautiful or bitter or sad or religious.” For most of his career Rachmaninoff, also one of the great pianists of his time, was the object of critics’ scorn for remaining stylistically rooted in the 19th century while living in the 20th. However, with the Symphonic Dances, Rachmaninoff combined a modernist rhythmic element—inspired by Stravinsky and Prokofiev— with his own unquenchable penchant for the big tune. The Symphonic Dances had its beginnings as far back as 1915, in sketches for a ballet score called The Scythians (not to be confused with Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite) that he submitted to dancerchoreographer Michel Fokine, who rejected the work as “unballetic.” A quarter-century later, while living on New York’s Long Island, Rachmaninoff resurrected ideas from The Scythians to form the first movement of the Symphonic Dances, which was premiered in 1941 by its dedicatees, Eugene Ormandy and his Philadelphia Orchestra. The initial reception for what is now widely regarded as Rachmaninoff’s most important symphonic work was lukewarm. The audience wanted more lushness, the critics less. It has since become the darling of critics among the composer’s scores and, increasingly, an audience favorite. Rachmaninoff, his performers’ capabilities ever in mind, was in the habit of having an accomplished violinist check the practicability of the bowings for all his works involving strings. For the Symphonic Dances, this function was fulfilled by no less
than Fritz Kreisler, Rachmaninoff’s frequent recital partner. Since Kreisler considered no violin part too difficult, the score emerged as music for a virtuoso orchestra. The terse, march-like opening thematic figure dominates the entire first movement. It features prominently even in the gorgeously mournful, quintessentially Russian episode for the alto saxophone, whose part was tested by another expert, the composer and Broadway arranger Robert Russell Bennett. The final theme of the movement, announced staccato in the strings, is an exotic, richly chromatic affair that Rachmaninoff seems to have lifted from his de facto orchestration textbook, Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera The Golden Cockerel. In the coda, Rachmaninoff quotes the opening theme of his own First Symphony. The second dance opens with menacing chords (stopped horns and muted trumpets), followed by an eerie waltz that moves from near lethargy to extreme agitation. The movement concludes with soft, scampering woodwind-andstring figures that suggest the participants not so much ending their dance as being blown away, still whirling, out of their dark, ghostly ballroom into an even darker night. The third and final section mixes Russian Orthodox chant and the medieval chant for the dead, “Dies irae.” The church is further represented by the “Alleluia” theme from the composer’s own choral All-Night Vigil (1915), which eventually muscles out the “Dies irae”: a symbolic triumph of life over death? This was the last music Rachmaninoff ever wrote. Two years later, and a month after becoming an American citizen, he died of cancer, a few days short of his 70th birthday. —Herbert Glass
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GEMMA NEW
GEMMA NEW Known for her “unique sensitivity and a heightened attention to detail and texture” (The Washington Post) and “programming prowess” (Vancouver Sun), New Zealandborn Gemma New is Artistic Advisor and Principal Conductor of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and a highly sought-after guest conductor worldwide. She is the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award and was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2024. Highlights of New’s 2025/26 season included her debuts with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, SWR Symphonieorchester, and Houston Grand Opera leading a production of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville. In the United States and Canada,
she returned to lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa. Equally in demand in Europe, she returned to the BBC Philharmonic, Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, and Bochumer Symphoniker. Her 2025 summer highlights included her debut with Santa Fe Opera leading a production of Britten’s The Turn of the Screw and her return to the Hollywood Bowl to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic. New regularly appears with top orchestras in North America and Europe, having conducted the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, WDR Sinfonieorchester, BBC Philharmonic, Hallé Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orquesta Nacional de España, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and many others. For four seasons, New held the title of Principal Guest Conductor with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. From 2016 to 2020, she
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served as Resident Conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra. She is a former Dudamel Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and served previously as Associate Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony. In 2018 she was a Conducting Fellow at Tanglewood Music Center, where she led the world premiere of Michael Gandolfi’s In America. She is a recipient of the David Karetsky Conducting Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival and an Ansbacher Fellowship, for which she was selected by members of the Vienna Philharmonic to observe rehearsals and concerts at the Salzburg Festival. As a Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Fellow, she studied Mendelssohn’s music with Kurt Masur in Leipzig and led the Leipziger Symphonieorchester. Committed to new music, New made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2013 with works by John Adams and Andrew Norman. In 2010, she founded the Lunar Ensemble, a nine-member contemporary music ensemble that premiered 30 works over six seasons. New has conducted works by Thomas Adès, Anna Clyne, Kevin Puts, Salina Fisher, Lera Auerbach, Vivian Fung, Alissa Firsova, and many others. New holds a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, where she studied with Gustav Meier and Markand Thakar. She graduated with honors from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand with a Bachelor of Music in violin performance.
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JENEBA KANNEHflMASON Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is already captivating audiences with her “maturity in performance and interpretation” (The Courier). She made her debut on the international scene at the BBC Proms, performing the Florence Price Piano Concerto, and was heralded by the press as “demonstrating musical insight, technical acuity, and an engaging performing persona” (musicOMH). The piece was then recorded with Chineke! and Leslie Suganandarajah and released on Decca Classics in summer 2023. The Guardian hailed her performance, declaring that “Price could have no more persuasive an advocate.” Now an exclusive Sony Classical Artist, Jeneba released her debut solo album Fantasie in March 2025 to wide acclaim. It was named Classic FM’s Album of the Week, and Gramophone praised Jeneba as “a pianist of enormous technical resources in service of an uncommonly rich and versatile musical imagination.” The album was nominated for a prestigious Edison Award. In the 2025/26 season, Jeneba crossed the Atlantic to work with several orchestras in North
America, notably the Florida Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, and San Antonio Philharmonic. She is also making her solo debut recital tour, performing for the Vancouver Recital Series, Baltimore’s Shriver Hall, and Washington, DC’s Dumbarton Concerts. An avid recitalist, she also makes her return to London’s Wigmore Hall and performs at the Bergen International Festival, Antwerp’s deSingel, and Dublin’s Royal Academy, among many others. Other recent and forthcoming highlights include debuts with the Oslo Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, Britten Sinfonia, and Metz National orchestras, working with conductors such as Andrew Manze, Dinis Sousa, and Emmanuel Tjeknavorian; an extensive UK tour with the Hungarian Radio Symphony and Riccardo Frizza; and other performances with the Orchestre National de Lyon, Detroit Symphony, Philharmonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and Belgrade Philharmonic orchestras. Jeneba was a Keyboard Category Finalist in BBC Young Musician, 2018; winner of the Murs du Son Prize at the Lagnysur-Marne International Piano Competition in France in 2014;
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and the Nottingham Young Musician of the Year in 2013. She was also winner of the Iris Dyer Piano Prize at the Royal Academy of Music, Junior Academy, where she studied with Patsy Toh. Jeneba was named one of Classic FM’s “Rising Stars” and appeared on Julian Lloyd Webber’s radio series in 2021. She has also been featured on several television and radio programs, including Radio 3, In Tune, the BAFTAs, the Royal Variety Performance, the documentary for BBC4 Young, Gifted and Classical, and the Imagine documentary for BBC1, This House is Full of Music. She recorded for the album Carnival with Decca Classics.
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DVOŘÁK & BRUCH TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 8PM Los Angeles Philharmonic Anja Bihlmaier, conductor Bomsori, violin
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beyond the beyond (c. 10 minutes) (US premiere)
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Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 (c. 25 minutes) Vorspiel: Allegro moderato Adagio Finale: Allegro energico
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Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 (c. 34 minutes) Allegro con brio Adagio Allegretto grazioso—Molto vivace Allegro ma non troppo
This performance is generously supported in part by the Kohl Virtuoso Violin Fund. Programs and artists subject to change.
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BEYOND THE BEYOND Sarah Gibson (1986–2024)
VIOLIN CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR, OP. 26 Max Bruch (1838–1920)
Composed: 2024; completed by Thomas Kotcheff in 2025
Composed: 1866
beyond the beyond was commissioned for a performance by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the BBC Proms in August of 2024. The work’s premiere was postponed after Sarah Gibson tragically lost her battle with cancer shortly before the concert. The work was almost finished, and it was completed by Gibson’s friend and colleague Thomas Kotcheff, in accordance with her intentions. Tonight marks its US premiere. Sarah Gibson wrote: In September of 2023 I gave birth to my first child. Two weeks later I was diagnosed with a serious illness. A dear friend sent me a supportive email during this time and described what I was going through as “ beyond the beyond.” This phrase stuck with me as it captured the specific mix of confidence, hope, pain, fear, and joy that is defining this specific moment in my life and the first months of my son’s life. The piece vacillates among these intense— and sometimes contradictory— emotions before ultimately finding a tranquil, chorale-like space, a space that is inspired by the intimate act of humming to my baby, alone in a quiet room. —From the estate of Sarah Gibson
Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto joined the repertory thanks to many factors. It has soaring melodies, lush and passionate orchestral writing, and devilishly difficult virtuoso passages for the violin. More important, however, was the work’s acclaimed champion, Joseph Joachim. In addition to Bruch’s concerto, Joachim was responsible for bringing the Beethoven, Brahms, and Mendelssohn violin concertos into the orchestral fold. None was more dear to him than the Bruch, which he called “the richest, the most seductive” of the lot. Bruch was already a respected composer in his youth. By age 20, he was teaching in Cologne and had written and produced his first opera. But somehow, Bruch was almost too much of his day, not eccentric enough to be memorable and not enough of a revolutionary or bad boy to become notorious. Today, he’s known almost exclusively for his First Violin Concerto, though his Kol Nidrei, for cello and orchestra, and his Scottish Fantasy, for violin and
orchestra, are still performed with some regularity. Bruch loved folk music, and this work displays that affinity from the opening moments. The Vorspiel (prelude) begins as the violin intones a passionate and earthy lament. This sets the stage for an only slightly more robust Allegro moderato but also prepares us for the longing of the Adagio to come. This all-too-short first movement is compelling, filled with melancholy and impassioned melodies set against a rich orchestral background that only augments the soloist’s mournful utterances. (The first movement is so short, in fact, that Bruch himself thought the designation of “concerto” might be misleading.) With a nod to the Vorspiel, Bruch’s first movement yields to the luxurious Adagio, which is as rich and seductive as any in the genre. The violin spins out mournful tunes, adding to the luscious lamentations of the first movement. The Finale is a Hungarian-themed romp, a virtuosic display of technical bravado that perfectly balances the concerto and also displays keen emotional intensity. It is just this balance of approachability, quirkiness, bravado, and passion that has assured this work its continued place in the repertory. —Dave Kopplin
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SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN G MAJOR, OP. 88 Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) Composed: 1889 In 1889, Dvořák had two more symphonies left to write, plus a cello concerto and a series of symphonic poems. Twelve years earlier, Brahms had championed Dvořák’s music (especially the Moravian Duets), leading to the international success of the Slavonic Dances and securing Fritz Simrock as the publisher for the Czech composer’s music. Ironically, the G-major Symphony was not published by Simrock, whose insulting offer of merely one-sixth of the fee paid for the D-minor Symphony (No. 7, Op. 70) was refused by the composer. Dvořák had recently become quite popular in England, and the G-major Symphony was published by the British house Novello in 1892. Despite occasional dramatic outbursts, the predominant tone of the Eighth Symphony is one of bucolic euphoria, the sheer joy of being alive in a world of
natural wonders. The composer’s biographer Otakar Šourek explained that Dvořák had “[h]is own garden in Vysoká [the statesponsored retreat in southern Bohemia], which he loved ‘like the divine art itself,’ and the fields and woods through which he wandered…. [These were] a welcome refuge, bringing him not only peace and fresh vigor of mind, but happy inspiration for new creative work. In communion with Nature, in the harmony of its voices and the pulsating rhythms of its life, in the beauty of its changing moods and aspects, his thoughts came more freely…. Here he absorbed poetical impressions and moods, here he rejoiced in life and grieved in its inevitable decay, here he indulged in philosophical reflections on the substance and meaning of the interrelation between Nature and life.” Dvořák, it could be said, was reflecting a view in which the natural world is the source of both wonderment and woe. The opening of the Eighth Symphony’s first movement, a serious and rather somber chorale for low strings, gives way quickly to an
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audacious flute solo. Without ever subduing the dramatic element, Dvořák gives free rein to the poetic side of his nature through the ensuing movements of this beloved score, from the often-melancholy rhetoric of the Adagio to the folk-flavored, waltzlike Allegretto grazioso and the invigorating theme and variations of the rousing finale. Over the course of his career, Dvořák composed in many genres, although it was as an opera composer that he most desired success. Having turned from his overtly Wagnerian sympathies to a more “absolute,” formal path, Dvořák had, by the time he was about to produce his G-major Symphony, entered another phase. In this work, he relied less on structural rigor and more on the immediate appeal of more evocative elements, making eloquent use of the regular juxtaposition of contrasting sections in major and minor keys. This new approach to musical form would lead eventually to those symphonic poems that capped his orchestral catalog in 1896. —Dennis Bade
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ANJA BIHLMAIER Anja Bihlmaier has been Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic since September 2024. She has become a firm favorite at the BBC Proms where she appears annually. In spring 2026 she debuted with the Orchestre de Paris and the London Symphony Orchestra. She has also appeared with many other leading orchestras across the world, including the London Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, NDR Elbphilharmonie, DSO Berlin, Vienna Symphony, Madrid National, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Finnish Radio, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, National Symphony Orchestra (Washington), and Sydney and Melbourne symphonies. In 2026/27 she returns to many of the above, touring Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg with the London Philharmonic as well as appearing in its London season. She conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and St. Louis Symphony all for the first time, and the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony at Suntory Hall (her debut in Japan). Bihlmaier was Chief Conductor of the Residentie Orkest in The Hague (2021–25) and Principal Guest Conductor of the Lahti Sinfonia (2020–24). She studied at the Freiburg Hochschule für Musik with Scott Sandmeier and then went on to study with Dennis Russell Davies and Jorge Rotter.
BOMSORI “This violinist is ready for anything: with virtuosity, presence, clarity and a warm, rich tone, Bomsori is adept at making each moment her own.” —Crescendo Magazine Highlights of Bomsori’s 2025/26 season included tours with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub
Hrůša in Germany and Asia and returns to Carnegie Hall with the Seoul Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden and to Vienna with the Vienna Symphony. She also debuted with the Orchestre de Paris, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; returned to the Concertgebouw as Artist-inResidence with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag; and performed in Hong Kong and Beijing with Paavo Järvi and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Recent highlights include her debuts at the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She toured with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi and debuted with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España. She also performed with the Vienna Symphony at the Konzerthaus and made her Concertgebouw debut with the Residentie Orkest. Bomsori is a regular guest at major festivals such as the Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Verbier Festival. In 2021, she was named Focus Artist of the Rheingau Musik Festival and began a five-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as Menuhin’s Heritage Artist. She has performed with leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Montreal Symphony, working with renowned conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Paavo Järvi, Marin Alsop, Jakub Hrůša, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and Jaap van Zweden. She is a prizewinner of the ARD International Music Competition and the Tchaikovsky, Queen Elisabeth, and Jean Sibelius international violin competitions and is a recipient of the Young Artist Award from the Korean Ministry of Culture.
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Her discography includes recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of the Korngold and Bruch concertos with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša, Violin on Stage with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, and a duo album with pianist Rafał Blechacz featuring works by Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, and Chopin, which won the Fryderyk Award for Best Polish Album Abroad. Her recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi received the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Award. Born in South Korea, Bomsori studied at Seoul National University with Young Uck Kim and at The Juilliard School with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. She performs on the 1725 Guarnerius del Gesù “ex-Moller,” generously loaned by the Samsung Foundation of Culture and The Stradivari Society of Chicago.
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AMADEUS IN CONCERT THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 8PM Los Angeles Philharmonic Norman Huynh, conductor Pacific Chorale Dr. Robert Istad, Artistic Director Kibsaim Escárcega, Assistant Conductor
This performance is generously supported by Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts. Amadeus licensed by THE SAUL ZAENTZ COMPANY. Amadeus LIVE is a production of Avex Classics International. Programs and artists subject to change.
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In 1979, Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus opened in London, earning raves for its dramatic power but raising the eyebrows of music historians for its central thesis: that the 1791 death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was hastened by a jealous rival, the considerably less talented Italian composer Antonio Salieri, a Kapellmeister who railed at God for bestowing immense musical gifts upon a conceited, profane, and (to his mind) undeserving younger man. Shaffer, an acknowledged Mozart scholar, took facts from Mozart’s life and spun them into a gripping drama about Salieri’s attempts to derail the career of the young genius in Vienna, plotting his death and planning to pass off Mozart’s final work as his own. According to historians, during his last days, Mozart thought he had been poisoned; Salieri was the target of rumors shortly after Mozart’s death; and Salieri claimed, in his dementia-ridden final years, to have murdered his rival. In 1832, Russian author Alexander Pushkin published a short play (later adapted into an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov) suggesting Salieri had poisoned Mozart out of envy. It should be noted that Shaffer never claimed that his play should be taken as historical fact. The Broadway production of Amadeus won five Tony Awards, including Best Play, and the 1984 film adaptation—written by Shaffer, produced by Saul Zaentz, and directed by Miloš Forman—won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham as Salieri; Tom Hulce, as Mozart, was also nominated), along with Oscars for best art direction, costume design, makeup, and sound. Perhaps the most remarkable element of the Forman film is its brilliant use of music. The filmmakers engaged renowned English conductor Neville Marriner to supervise the entire score, both the music to be performed on-screen and that to be used as underscore. Marriner insisted on strict adherence to the music as Mozart wrote it (“there’s been none of this brutalization of the original scores that has ruined nearly all of those romantic movies about
famous composers,” he said at the time). Marriner conducted London’s Academy of St Martin in the Fields in all of the music prior to shooting. Filming took place over 24 weeks in what was then Czechoslovakia (Prague standing in for Vienna) and an additional week in Italy. Playing under the opening titles is Mozart’s Symphony No. 25 in G minor (1773), written when Mozart was just 17. Salieri, in an insane asylum, plays a snippet of Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1787) at the pianoforte, and as he recalls his childhood dream of becoming a great composer. The Stabat Mater of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1736) is performed by a church choir. As Salieri looks for the young Mozart at the Archbishop of Salzburg’s residence, we hear early-18th-century folk music, “Bubak and Hungaricus.” Mozart interrupts his game-playing with his wife-to-be Constanze (Elizabeth Berridge) to conduct his Serenade for Winds, “Gran Partita” (c. 1781); and when Salieri writes a “March of Welcome” for Mozart at the Royal Palace of Emperor Joseph II (Jeffrey Jones), Mozart goes to the keyboard and, improvising, turns it into the march from Act I of The Marriage of Figaro, “Non più andrai.” Mozart conducts The Abduction from the Seraglio (1782) to cheers from the crowd and conditional approval from the emperor (“too many notes”). The composer marries Constanze to the Kyrie from the Mass in C minor (1782–83). Constanze visits Salieri to try to convince him to approve Mozart’s court appointment, and as he looks over the scores, we hear excerpts from the Concerto for Flute and Harp (1778), the Symphony No. 29 in A major (1774), the Concerto for Two Pianos (1779), the Sinfonia concertante (1779), and the Mass in C minor. Mozart walks the streets of Vienna to the Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major (1784) and, with his wife and father, attends a costume ball to the “Chorus of the Janissaries” from The Abduction from the Seraglio. At an outdoor concert, Mozart plays and conducts the Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major (1785). He is
seen rehearsing and conducting the premiere of The Marriage of Figaro (1786)—“God was singing through this little man to all the world, unstoppable, making my defeat more bitter with every passing bar,” says Salieri. We watch Salieri conduct his own opera Axur, re d’Ormus (1788), and Mozart conducts another masterpiece, Don Giovanni (1787). In the wake of Leopold Mozart’s death, the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor (1785) heralds the arrival of a mysterious man in black who commissions a major piece from Mozart. Our first sampling of the Requiem (1791) is the “Rex tremendae majestatis” as Salieri explains his diabolical plot to a horrified priest. Excerpts from Don Giovanni and Figaro are parodied in a wild, carnival-like atmosphere. Mozart agrees to write a “vaudeville,” The Magic Flute (1791), but later he collapses in the pit, exhausted (his on-screen substitute conductor is composer John Strauss, who acted as on-set “music coordinator” throughout the shoot; his best-known work was the theme for TV’s Car 54, Where Are You?). In nearby Baden, Constanze is at a party where Mozart’s Six German Dances (1787) are playing. Back in Vienna, a bedridden Mozart dictates the Requiem’s Confutatis to Salieri. Mozart’s death and burial are accompanied by the Lacrimosa movement. Salieri is wheeled through the asylum to the second movement of the D-minor Piano Concerto, which continues through the end titles. The Amadeus soundtrack album reached No. 1 on Billboard’s classical album chart, sold more than 6 million copies, and won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Classical Album. As Marriner recalled in a 2015 interview: “What was so uniquely remarkable, after our work in London, Miloš took the finished recording off to Prague and shot the film around it, with the invaluable help of John Strauss to perfect the balance and synchronization. I am only sorry that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences didn’t have the wit to award a posthumous award to Mozart for Best Original Score.” —Jon Burlingame
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NORMAN HUYNH
NORMAN HUYNH American conductor Norman Huynh is known for his dynamic performances, inventive programming, and a natural ability to connect with audiences. He is Music Director of the Bozeman Symphony and the Britt Music & Arts Festival Orchestra in Oregon and has appeared with leading ensembles including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and Spain’s Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès. Huynh’s versatility spans classical masterworks, premieres of contemporary works, and cross-genre collaborations with artists such as Itzhak Perlman and Augustin Hadelich; composers Kevin Puts, Andy Akiho, and Philip Glass; and artists in R&B, hip-hop, and popular music including Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Wyclef Jean, and Nas. He is also acclaimed for conducting live orchestral performances of major film scores
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including An American in Paris and the Harry Potter series. A proud first-generation Asian American, Huynh began his musical journey as a trombonist in Alabama. He cofounded Baltimore’s Occasional Symphony, known for imaginative concerts in nontraditional spaces, and helped develop the Portland (ME) Symphony Orchestra’s awardwinning PSO Explorers program for young audiences. Huynh lives in Bozeman, MT, with his wife, Catherine Young, and their son, Romeo.
PACIFIC CHORALE The Grammy Award-winning Pacific Chorale is an Orange County “treasure” with a “fresh viewpoint” that “can sing anything you put in front of it with polish, poise, and tonal splendor” (Orange County Register). Founded in 1968, the resident choir at Segerstrom Center for the Arts is celebrated for artistic innovation and expanding the choral repertoire, having given more than 40 world, US,
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and West Coast premieres— including commissions by leading composers such as John Adams, Jocelyn Hagen, Jake Heggie, David Lang, Morten Lauridsen, Tarik O’Regan, Frank Ticheli, and Eric Whitacre. Led by Artistic Director Robert Istad, Pacific Chorale presents its own concert series and enjoys long-standing partnerships with the Pacific Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic, with which it won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance for Mahler: Symphony No. 8, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. The ensemble tours internationally, maintains a discography of 14 self-produced recordings, and offers extensive free digital programming. Its choral-theatrical film To the Hands was featured as an Official Selection at the Newport Beach Film Festival and won Best Experimental Feature Film at the Culver City Film Festival. Education programs include after-school vocal instruction for elementary students, a high school summer camp, and an annual community-wide singing event. pacificchorale.org
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SOPRANO Rebecca Hasquet section leader Ariana Celeste Chelsea Chaves Katy Compton Adrien Gonzalez Jenna Hansen Saousan Jarjour Hannah Kim Corinne Larsen Linza Grace J. Lee Anne McClintic Maria Cristina Navarro Hien Nguyen Joslyn Sarshad Victoria Wu Yewon Yoon
ALTO Jane Hyun-Jung Shim section leader Emily Border Denean R. Dyson I-Chin Betty Feinblatt Emma Ginzel Bekka Knauer Kathleen Moriarty Krystin Ohta Kathleen Preston Ashley Riopka Laurel Sanders Lauren Shafer Stephanie Shepson Rachel Steinke Abby Tyree Mayuri Vasan
TENOR Nicholas Preston section leader,
BASS Ryan Thomas Antal section leader
Jephte Acosta Mike Andrews Daniel Coy Babcock Tyler Berg Nate Brown Abraham Cervantes Johnny G. Gonzales Steven M. Hoffman Jeremy Lee Ricardo Martinez Michael Morales Lance Padilla Sammy Salvador
John Bergquist Kyle Boshardy Michael Fagerstedt Sean Gabel Brian Hamer Jared Hughes Jens Hurty Jared Daniel Jones Matthew Kellaway Dylan Leisure Elliot Z. Levine Kenneth Moore Ryan Morris Ryan Ratcliff Ian Schipper
Roger W. Johnson Memorial Chair
Ron Gray Legacy Chair
Ron Gray Legacy Chair
Frank Watnick Christiaan Westerkamp
DR. ROBERT ISTAD Robert Istad, a Grammy Award-winning conductor who “fashions fluent and sumptuous readings” (Voice of OC) with his “phenomenal” artistry (Los Angeles Times), was appointed Pacific Chorale’s Artistic Director in 2017. The 2026/27 season celebrates 10 years under his leadership, continuing to expand the choir’s reputation for excellence in delivering fresh, thought-provoking interpretations of beloved masterworks, rarely performed gems, and newly commissioned pieces. His artistic impact can be heard on two recent recordings featuring Pacific Chorale, including the 2022 Grammy Award-winning Mahler: Symphony No. 8 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
conducted by Gustavo Dudamel on Deutsche Grammophon (2021). Additionally, Istad conducted the Pacific Chorale’s recording All Things Common: Music of Tarik O’Regan, released on Yarlung Records (2020). He regularly conducts and collaborates with Pacific Symphony, Berkshire Choral International, and Yarlung Records. His extensive credits also include recording for Sony Classical and guest conducting Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, Bach Collegium San Diego, Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra, Bath Philharmonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Tesserae Baroque, and Freies Landesorchester Bayern. An esteemed educator, Istad is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at California State University, Fullerton, where he was recognized as 2016
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Outstanding Professor of the Year. Istad, who is on the Board of Directors of Chorus America and serves as Dean of Chorus America’s Conducting Academy, is in demand as guest conductor, lecturer, and clinician.
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MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES:
A TRIBUTE TO JOHN WILLIAMS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 8PM SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 5 8PM SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 7:30PM Los Angeles Philharmonic David Newman, conductor Bing Wang, violin
John WILLIAMS
Flying Theme from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (c. 4 minutes) Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (c. 7 minutes) The Barrel Chase from Jaws (c. 6 minutes) The Cave from Raiders of the Lost Ark (c. 8 minutes) Two selections from Harry Potter (c. 11 minutes) Hedwig’s Theme Harry’s Wondrous World
Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars: A New Hope (c. 8 minutes) INTERMISSION John WILLIAMS
Superman March (c. 3 minutes) Olympic Fanfare and Theme (c. 4 minutes) With Malice Toward None from Lincoln (c. 5 minutes) Theme from Jurassic Park (c. 5 minutes) Theme from Schindler’s List (c. 5 minutes) Bing Wang Finale from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (c. 16 minutes)
Programs and artists subject to change.
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
John Williams is an American treasure (one might even say a global treasure). His music for films and television has graced our lives for more than 60 years, and many of his themes are now iconic musical touchstones for generations of viewers and listeners. Los Angeles residents are especially lucky to have seen Williams conduct live on many occasions since the late 1970s, usually at the Hollywood Bowl. Who hasn’t experienced thousands of “lightsabers” cutting through the darkness while the maestro conducted excerpts from Star Wars on its legendary stage? Appropriately, on November 9 of last year, the Bowl stage was dedicated to the composer. As Los Angeles Philharmonic President and CEO Kim Noltemy said on that occasion: “His concerts at the Bowl have defined what it means to experience film music live. This dedication honors not only his artistic brilliance but also the way he has helped shape the Bowl into the most recognizable stage for symphonic film music.” While Williams, at 94, is no longer conducting in public, his presence continues to be felt, and his music played, in this historic space. This weekend’s concerts feature music from four of his five Academy Award– winning scores and range across 37 years of his long and prolific career of composing music for movies. The composer’s most enduring professional relationship in films has been with director Steven Spielberg, and some of their films remain among the best-loved in cinema history. Their second collaboration was Jaws (1975), an adaptation of Peter Benchley’s bestseller about a great white shark prowling the waters off Massachusetts. The Barrel Chase is one of its most exciting sequences, as Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss pursue the predator to music that suggests the adventure to come and the intensity of the mission. In 1978, Williams earned a pair of Oscar nominations for two very different science-fiction films: George Lucas’ Star Wars and Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Lucas sought “a classical score... something very theatrical and operatic,” the composer later recalled. Williams’ richly orchestrated music elevated the space opera to
unexpected heights, sold millions of albums and won the Oscar. Tonight’s concert includes Williams’ Throne Room and Finale, which the composer felt offered “a kind of ‘land of hope and glory’ feeling, almost like coronation music,” followed by the original Star Wars theme. Spielberg’s Close Encounters— which Williams composed immediately after finishing Star Wars—demanded an entirely different approach. It was the intriguing story of an Indiana lineman (Dreyfuss) who becomes obsessed with UFOs and, along with a neighbor (Melinda Dillon), travels to Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, where they witness the arrival of extraterrestrials. This inspired one of Williams’ most musically diverse and impressive scores, from his creation of a fivenote musical signal for the visitors to his use of modern tone clusters and one of his most majestic themes. In 1978, Williams composed the score for Superman, based on the long-running saga of the last survivor of the doomed planet Krypton, his mild-mannered alter-ego Clark Kent, his reporter colleague Lois Lane, and the villainous Lex Luthor. The composer’s Superman March is appropriately soaring, with a romantic midsection for Superman and Lois. Spielberg and Lucas joined forces to create the character of Indiana Jones for Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), one of the greatest actionadventure films of all time and the winner of five Academy Awards. Williams’ theme was heroic but also a bit tongue-in-cheek, reflecting something of Harrison Ford’s attitude and style in playing this character, part archeologist and part adventurer. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) is one of Spielberg’s most accomplished films in its uncanny ability to connect with audiences’ hearts despite the fact that the title character is an odd-looking little creature from another world. The Flying Theme and Finale are drawn from the last act of the film: the chase by Elliott (Henry Thomas) and his friends, who become airborne on their bicycles, and the emotionally wrenching farewell scene between Elliott and E.T. Williams’ Olympic Fanfare and Theme was commissioned for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and has been heard as signature music for televised coverage of Olympic Games
ever since. As Williams wrote at the time: “With every presentation of the Games, we experience that complete dedication and unshakable will to persevere that typifies the goal of each competitor. The human spirit soars, and we strive for the best within us.” Nearly a decade later, the composer scored another sci-fi thriller for Spielberg: Jurassic Park (1993), author Michael Crichton’s fanciful notion of an island theme park where dinosaurs have been re-created using ancient DNA (and where things go awry). Sam Neill and Laura Dern played the astonished scientists. Williams created celebratory music for the park and music of awe and beauty for the gentle creatures they first see on the island. Later that same year, he was tasked with another film for the same director, one that would win him a fifth Academy Award: music for Spielberg’s World War II drama Schindler’s List. Few motion-picture scores written before or since have had to tread so lightly and carefully. Williams accomplished the task at hand: music that met the necessary dramatic needs while also memorializing the victims of the Holocaust with reverence and compassion. As the 21st century dawned, the composer tackled his most magic-filled assignment: music for movies based on J.K. Rowling’s hugely successful series of Harry Potter books for young people. The delicate, bell-like sound of the celesta has long been enshrined as the sound of magic, especially as featured in Hedwig’s Theme, music for Harry’s snowy owl. It was introduced in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) and is heard throughout the eight-film series. Harry’s Wondrous World, for Harry and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, also debuted in the first Potter film. Few of his admirers would dispute the notion that Williams has no peer in finding just the right musical colors for every film he tackles. The dignity and empathy of With Malice Toward None, from Lincoln (2012), is rooted in 19th-century American music while also suggesting something of the character of the 16th president (played in Spielberg’s film by Daniel Day-Lewis). It’s just one of more than 100 genuinely great scores penned over the years by this American master. —Jon Burlingame
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JOHN WILLIAMS
JOHN WILLIAMS In a career spanning nearly seven decades, John Williams has become one of America’s most accomplished and successful composers for film and the concert stage, and he remains one of our nation’s most distinguished and contributive musical voices. He has composed the music and served as music director for more than 100 films, including all nine Star Wars films, the first three Harry Potter films, Superman, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July, Memoirs of a Geisha, Far and Away, The Accidental Tourist, Home Alone, and The Book Thief. His five-decade artistic partnership with director Steven Spielberg has resulted in many of Hollywood’s most acclaimed and successful films, including Schindler’s List, E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, Munich, Saving Private Ryan, The Adventures of Tintin, War Horse, Lincoln, The BFG, The Post, The Fabelmans, and Disclosure Day.
His contributions to television music include scores for more than 200 television films for the groundbreaking early anthology series Alcoa Theatre, Kraft Television Theatre, Chrysler Theatre, and Playhouse 90, as well as themes for NBC Nightly News (“The Mission”), NBC’s Meet the Press, and the PBS arts showcase Great Performances. He also composed themes for the 1984, 1988, and 1996 Summer Olympic Games and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has received five Academy Awards and 54 Oscar nominations, a record that makes him the Academy’s most-nominated living person and the secondmost-nominated person in the history of the Oscars. He has received seven British Academy Awards (BAFTA), 27 Grammys, four Golden Globes, three Emmys, and numerous gold and platinum records. In 2003, he received the Olympic Order (the International Olympic Committee’s highest honor) for his contributions to the Olympic movement. He received a prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in December 2004. In 2009, John Williams was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he received the National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists by the US government. In 2016, he received the 44th Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute—the first time in its history that this honor was bestowed upon a composer. In 2020, he received Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts as well as the Gold Medal from the prestigious Royal Philharmonic Society in the UK, and in 2022 he was awarded
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an honorary knighthood of the British Empire as one of the final awards approved by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In January 1980, John Williams was named 19th music director of the Boston Pops Orchestra, succeeding the legendary Arthur Fiedler. He currently holds the title of Boston Pops Laureate Conductor, which he assumed following his retirement in December 1993 after 14 highly successful seasons. He also holds the title of Artist-in-Residence at Tanglewood. Williams has composed numerous works for the concert stage, among them two symphonies, and concertos commissioned by several of the world’s leading orchestras, including a cello concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a bassoon concerto for the New York Philharmonic, a trumpet concerto for The Cleveland Orchestra, and a horn concerto for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, the Boston Symphony premiered his concerto for harp and orchestra titled On Willows and Birches, and in the same year, Williams composed and arranged “Air and Simple Gifts” especially for the first inaugural ceremony of President Barack Obama. In 2021, Williams premiered his second violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood along with soloist Anne-Sophie Mutter, for whom he composed the work. He recently composed a concerto for pianist Emanuel Ax, who premiered the work with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood in July 2025 and will reprise it with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in spring 2027.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
DAVID NEWMAN David Newman is one of today’s most accomplished creators of music for film. In his 30-year career he has scored more than 110 films, ranging from War of the Roses, Matilda, Bowfinger, and Heathers to the more recent Girls Trip, Night School, and Serenity. His music has brought to life the critically acclaimed dramas Brokedown Palace and Hoffa; comedies such as Galaxy Quest and Throw Momma from the Train; and award-winning animated films Ice Age, The Brave Little Toaster, and Anastasia. He holds an Academy Award nomination for his score to Anastasia. In 2021, after a decade of conducting numerous live musicto-film concerts for the classic West Side Story film, Newman arranged the score for Steven Spielberg’s bold new reimagining of the legendary Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim musical, earning a Grammy nomination in 2022. As a highly sought-after conductor, Newman appears with leading orchestras throughout the world, including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Boston Symphony Orchestra, The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the San
Francisco Symphony, and The Cleveland Orchestra. In fall 2017, Newman conducted the world premiere of John Williams’ epic film series Star Wars—Episodes IV, V, VI, and VII, with the New York Philharmonic. In summer 2020, he conducted the world premiere of his score for the film Galaxy Quest live with the San Diego Symphony during Comic-Con, and in fall 2021, he was invited by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles to conduct its inaugural concerts of The Wizard of Oz, live to picture, with the American Youth Symphony. A son of nine-time Oscarwinning composer Alfred Newman, Newman has had a lifelong zeal for the creation and conducting of music. An active composer for the concert hall, he has written works that have been performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony, and Long Beach Symphony, as well as at the Ravinia Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, and Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival. He also composed a violin-orchestra suite for prodigious violinist Sarah Chang based on songs from West Side Story. Passionate about nurturing the next generation of musicians, Newman has served on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival in the film scoring program. Newman and his wife, Krystyna, are the parents of two girls, Diana and Brianne.
DAVID NEWMAN
BING WANG
BING WANG To read about violinist Bing Wang, please turn to page 37.
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PRODUCTION CREDITS Maestro of the Movies: A Tribute to John Williams is produced by Film Concerts Live, a joint venture of IMG Artists, LLC, and The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, Inc.
Worldwide Representation: IMG Artists, LLC
Technical Consultant: Laura Gibson
Technical Director: Mike Runice
Producers: Steven A. Linder and Jamie Richardson
Music Composed by John Williams
With special thanks to: Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Lucasfilm Ltd., Paramount Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Emily Graham, Mike Daniels, and the musicians and staff of the LA Phil.
Director of Operations: Rob Stogsdill
Music Preparation: Jo Ann Kane Music Service
Production Manager: Sophie Greaves
Film Preparation for Concert Performance: Ramiro Belgardt
Production Assistant: Katherine Miron
Conductor File Preparation: Epilogue Media, Inc.
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FOOD + WINE AT-A-GLANCE
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Set in the gorgeous natural surroundings of the Bowl, this al fresco space has the feel of a chic backyard in the Hollywood Hills. Two large wood-burning grills are the focus of this farmers’ market-driven restaurant serving grilled fish, chops, steaks, vegetables, salads, and raw bar items.
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Inspired by the original a.o.c. on 3rd St., Ann’s Wine Bar features a wide selection of Caroline’s favorite new and old world wines to be explored by both experienced and novice wine lovers, all paired with Suzanne Goin’s signature small plates menu. Reservations recommended.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC SECOND VIOLINS
Gustavo Dudamel Music & Artistic Director
Melody Ye Yuan Principal
Walt and Lilly Disney Chair
Zubin Mehta Mark Kashper Conductor Emeritus Associate Principal Esa-Pekka Salonen Isabella Brown Conductor Laureate Assistant Principal [Position vacant] Kristine Whitson Assistant Conductor Johnny Lee Ann Ronus Chair Ingrid Chun John Adams Jin-Shan Dai John and Samantha Miika Gregg Williams Creative Chair Chao-Hua Jin Herbie Hancock Jung Eun Kang Creative Chair for Jazz Vivian Kukiel FIRST VIOLINS Nickolai Kurganov Varty Manouelian [Position vacant] Emily Shehi Concertmaster Michelle Tseng Marjorie Connell Gabriel Esperon* Wilson Chair Bing Wang Acting Concertmaster
VIOLAS Ben Ullery Principal
Barbara and Jay Rasulo Chair
John Connell Chair
[Position vacant] First Associate Concertmaster
Soyoung Cho Associate Principal
[Position vacant] Assistant Concertmaster
Dana Lawson Richard Elegino Ingrid Hutman Michael Larco Hui Liu Meredith Snow Leticia Oaks Strong Bradley Parrimore*
Jenni Seo Assistant Principal
Ernest Fleischmann Chair
Philharmonic Affiliates Chair
Rebecca Reale Deanie and Jay Stein Chair
Jeongmin An Bianna Bell
Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts LA Phil Resident Fellow Chair
Minyoung Chang
I.H. Albert Sutnick Chair
HORNS
TUBA
Robert deMaine Principal
Sarah Jackson+
Andrew Bain Principal
Mason Soria Principal
Bram and Elaine Goldsmith Chair
Ben Hong◊ Associate Principal Sadie and Norman Lee Chair
Dahae Kim Assistant Principal
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Mari L. Danihel Chair
Piccolo Sarah Jackson+
OBOES Ryan Roberts Principal Carol Colburn Grigor Chair
John Cecil Bessell Chair
TIMPANI David Cooper Associate Principal Joseph Pereira Principal Gregory Roosa Alan Scott Klee Chair
Amy Jo Rhine
Loring Charitable Trust Chair
Jonathan Karoly+ David Garrett Barry Gold Jason Lippmann Gloria Lum
Marion Arthur Elyse Lauzon Kuszyk Ethan Bearman Associate Principal Elizabeth Linares Anne Marie Gabriele Montero*
Zachary Mowitz Serge Oskotsky Brent Samuel Keeon Guzman*
CLARINETS
Linda and Maynard Brittan Chair
BASSES
English Horn [Position vacant]
Nancy and Leslie Abell LA Phil Resident Fellow Chair
TRUMPETS
Thomas Hooten Boris Allakhverdyan Principal Principal M. David and Diane Michele and Dudley Rauch Chair
Paul Chair
Cecilia and Dudley Rauch Chair
David Riccobono Assistant Principal
PERCUSSION Matthew Howard Principal Wesley Sumpter Assistant Principal Andrés PichardoRosenthal David Riccobono Jeremy Davis*
KEYBOARDS
Christopher Hanulik James Wilt Andrea Caputo Principal Associate Principal Joanne Pearce Associate Principal Nancy and Donald Diane Disney Miller Martin and Ron Miller Chair de Brier Chair Katharine Bixby Andrew Lowy Hotchkis Chair Kaelan Decman Christopher Still Taylor Eiffert Ronald and Valerie Associate Principal Sugar Chair E-Flat Clarinet HARP Oscar M. Meza Andrew Lowy Jeffrey Strong Emmanuel Ceysson Assistant Principal Bass Clarinet Principal Ann Ronus Chair David Allen Moore TROMBONES Taylor Eiffert Ted Botsford David Rejano LIBRARIANS Jory Herman BASSOONS Cantero Brian Johnson Stephen Biagini Principal Whitney Crockett Peter Rofé Koni and Geoff Benjamin Picard Principal Rich Chair Matthew Peralta* KT Somero [Position vacant] James Miller Associate Principal Associate Principal CONDUCTING FLUTES Denis Bouriakov Principal Virginia and Henry Mancini Chair
Mr. and Mrs. H. Russell Smith Chair
* Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen LA Phil Resident Fellow On Sabbatical
Elise Shope Henry
Catherine Ransom Karoly Associate Principal
Tianyun Jia Jordan Koransky Ashley Park Katherine Woo Weilu Zhang
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CELLOS
Ann Ronus Chair
Evan Kuhlmann Contrabassoon Evan Kuhlmann
Mark Houston Dalzell and James DaoDalzell Chair for Artistic Service to the Community
The Los Angeles Philharmonic string section utilizes revolving seating on a systematic basis. Players listed alphabetically change seats periodically.
Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen Chair
FELLOWS
Paul Radke
Kinga Głowacka Ana María Patiño-Osorio José Salazar Miguel Sepúlveda
Bass Trombone John Lofton Miller and Goff Family Chair
The musicians of the Los Angeles Philharmonic are represented by Professional Musicians Local 47, AFM.
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HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA Thomas Wilkins Principal Conductor John Mauceri Founding Director
FIRST VIOLINS Kathryn Eberle Concertmaster Marisa Sorajja Principal Grace Oh Associate Principal Chloe Szu-Yun Chiu Christine Frank Radu Pieptea Adrianne Pope Yutong Sharp Shelly Shi Mari Tsumura
SECOND VIOLINS Kathleen Sloan Principal Cheryl Norman Brick Associate Principal Pam Gates Natalie Leggett Carolyn Osborn Robert Schumitzky Olivia Tsui Vivian Wolf
VIOLAS
OBOES
TUBA
Erik Rynearson Principal
Lelie Resnick Principal
[position vacant] Principal
Jonah Sirota Associate Principal
Noah Breneman
TIMPANI
English Horn Catherine Del Russo
Tyler Stell Principal
CLARINETS
DRUMS
[position vacant] Principal
Brian Miller Principal
Bass Clarinet [position vacant]
PERCUSSION
Carrie Holzman-Little Carole Kleister-Castillo Stefan L. Smith Phillip Triggs Hyeree Yu
CELLOS Dennis Karmazyn Principal Armen Ksajikian Associate Principal Giovanna Moraga Clayton Trevor Handy Julie Jung Erin Breene Schumitzky
BASSES Andrew Chilcote Principal Denise Briesé Associate Principal
BASSOONS Elliott Moreau Principal Contrabassoon Allen Savedoff
HORNS Dylan Hart Principal Allen Fogle Associate Principal
TRUMPETS
Paul Macres Barry Newton
Robert Schaer Principal
FLUTES
Robert Frear
Heather Clark Principal
TROMBONES
Lawrence Kaplan Piccolo [position vacant]
William Booth Principal
Wade Culbreath Principal Gregory Goodall
HARP Cristina Montes Mateo Principal
KEYBOARDS Alan Steinberger Principal
SAXOPHONE [position vacant]
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR Scott Dunn
LIBRARIAN Stephen Biagini
Alexander Iles Bass Trombone Todd Eames
The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra string section utilizes revolving seating on a systematic basis. Players listed alphabetically change seats periodically.
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students and families in the Rampart District, Westlake/ MacArthur Park, East Los Angeles, and Inglewood, including sites hosted in partnership with Heart of Los Angeles and Camino Nuevo Charter Academy. YOLA engages musicians from more than 200 schools in culturally vibrant and ethnically diverse communities across LA County. Music study is complemented by leadership development opportunities, workshops, and performances. YOLA’s young musicians have
performed on great stages, from the LA Phil’s iconic venues—the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Concert Hall— to national and international television broadcasts, and alongside the greatest artists. On October 16, 2021, the Los Angeles Philharmonic opened the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Inglewood, designed by Gehry Partners, LLP, the first permanent, purposebuilt facility for YOLA. For more information, please visit laphil.com/yola.
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For the fourth consecutive year, designer and artist Justina Blakeney brings her vibrant style to an exclusive Hollywood Bowl collection, titled Mosaic. Blakeney writes, “Mosaic celebrates the magic of the Hollywood Bowl, the way music, art, and community come together in little bits of color, rhythm, and story. The design is a reminder that beauty is made collectively—one note, one voice, and one moment at a time.”
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Hollywood Bowl history comes alive in the Vintage Collection. Inspired by art from the LA Phil’s archives, these designs are perfect for music lovers, antique enthusiasts, and anyone who relishes a night under the stars at the Bowl.
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The inspiration for some of the pieces in the Vintage Collection: a Hollywood Bowl program book cover from July 1967.
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DO NOT FLY ZONE Since 1977, the LA Phil has commissioned eye-catching posters alerting pilots to avoid flying over the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford when their iconic white searchlights beam into the night sky indicating performers are onstage. This year’s design by Juan Manuel Nares celebrates the bucolic oases of both venues, putting native plant species found at the sites center stage.
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LEAVE THE DRIVING TO US! Take the stress out of your next concert trip. Audiences have been taking part in the Hollywood Bowl bus program since 1974, helping to make it the largest and most comprehensive transportation system of any concert venue west of the Mississippi. The Hollywood Bowl has added a transportation hub to help streamline access for Park & Ride, Bowl Shuttle, Metro, and rideshares. These efforts help reduce the number of cars coming to the Bowl by more than 2,000 vehicles each evening, making your night run more smoothly. Plan your next trip at hollywoodbowl.com/gettinghere.
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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 aradden@laphil.org.
ANNUAL GIVING From the concerts that take place onstage at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford to the learning programs that fi ll 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, which provides free afterschool 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 benefi ts, 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.
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The mission of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture is to advance arts, culture, and creativity throughout LA County. We provide leadership, services, and support in areas including grants and technical assistance for nonprofit organizations, countywide arts education initiatives, commissioning and care for civic art collections, research and evaluation, access to creative pathways, professional development, free community programs, and cross-sector creative strategies that address civic issues. All of this work is framed by our long-standing commitment to fostering access to the arts and by the County’s Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative. The Los Angeles County Arts Commission supports and advocates for the mission, vision, and values of the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture. The Commission is an advisory group to the Board of Supervisors, with three appointees for each District. 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 and from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
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COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION Rogerio V. Carvalheiro President Sandra P. Hahn Vice President Jennifer Price-Letscher Secretary Diana Diaz Executive Committee Member Randi Tahara Immediate Past President Pamela Bright-Moon Leticia Buckley Eric R. Eisenberg Brad Gluckstein Helen Hernandez Constance Jolcuvar Alis Clausen Odenthal Anita Ortiz Tara L. Taylor Liane Weintraub
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ENDOWMENT
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 May 31, 2026. $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 Anonymous The Annenberg Foundation Carol Colburn Grigor Dunard Fund USA Lenore S. and Bernard A. Greenberg Fund
$5,000,000 TO $9,999,999 Anonymous 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/The 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
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 Linda and Robert Attiyeh Jerrold L. Eberhardt Judith and Valerie Franklin Thomas Beckmen
$1,000,000 TO $2,499,999
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 Kenneth D. Sanson 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 Kawanna and Jay Brown Leah Danberg Veronica and Robert Egelston Gordon Family Foundation Ms. Kay Harland Joan Green Harris Trust Bud and Barbara Hellman Bill and Ratna Jones 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 Miguel A. Navarro Y & S Nazarian Family Foundation Nancy and Sidney Petersen Rice Family Foundation Robert Robinson Stacey Schuman Katharine and Thomas Stoever Sue Tsao Tom and Janet Unterman Alyce and Warren Williamson
Carole McCormac Meitus Marital Trust Sharyl and Rafael Mendez, M.D. Mr. Robert J. Abernethy John Millard William A. Allison Alfred and Rachel and Lee Ault Arlene Noreen W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Occidental Petroleum Angela Bardowell Corporation Deborah Borda Dr. M. Lee Pearce The Eli and Edythe Lois Rosen Broad Foundation Jane Carruthers $25,000 TO $99,999 Anne and James Rothenberg Pei-yuan Chia and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tracy Rumford Katherine Shen Karl J. Abert Family Trust James and Paula Marie Baier Foundation The SahanDaywi Coburn Foundation Dr. Richard Bardowell, Foundation The Geraldine P. Coombs M.D. Mrs. Nancie Schneider Trust in memory of Jacqueline Briskin William and Gerie P. Coombs Dona Burrell Luiginia Sheridan Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cox Ying Cai & Wann S. Virginia Skinner Silvia and Kevin Dretzka Lee Foundation Living Trust Allan and Ann and Tony Cannon Nancy and Diane Eisenman Juan Carrillo and Richard Spelke Christine and Daniel Dominique Mielle Mary H. Statham Ewell Dee and Robert E. Cody Ms. Fran H. Tuchman Diane Futterman The Colburn Fund Rhio H. Weir Arnold Gilberg, M.D., Ph.D. Margaret Sheehy Collins Mrs. Joseph F. David and Paige Mr. Allen Don Cornelsen Westheimer Glickman Ginny and Jean Willingham Nicholas T. John Cushman Winnick Family Goldsborough Marilyn J. Dale Foundation Gonda Family Mrs. Barbara A. Davis Cheryl and Peter Ziegler Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Lynn and Roger Zino Margaret Grauman Roger DeBard Kathryn Kert Green and Jennifer and Mark Green LA PHIL MUSICIANS Royce Diener Freya and Mark Ivener Anonymous Jane B. and Ruth Jacobson Kenneth Bonebrake Michael D. Eisner Estate of Nancy and The Englekirk Family Mary Calfas Janos Martin Chalifour Claudia and Mark Foster Stephen A. Kanter, M.D. Brian Drake Lillian and Jo Ann and Perry Dreiman Stephen Frank Charles Kaplan Barry Gold Margaret E. Gascoigne Yates Keir Christopher Hanulik Dr. Suzanne Gemmell Susanne and Paul Kester John Hayhurst Paul and Vicki King Jory and Selina Herman Florence Glaser Sylvia Kunin Good Works Foundation Ingrid Hutman Ann and Edward Leibon Andrew Lowy Anne Heineman Ellen and Mark Lipson Gloria Lum Ann and Jean Horton Ms. Gloria Lothrop Joanne Pearce Martin Drs. Judith and Vicki and Kazue Asawa McGregor Herbert Hyman Kerry McCluggage Oscar and Diane Meza Albert E. and Heidi and Steve McLean Mitchell Newman Nancy C. Jenkins in memory of Peter Rofé Robert Jesberg and Katharine Lamb Meredith Snow and Michael J. Carmody David and Mark Zimoski William Johnson and Margaret Mgrublian Barry Socher Daniel Meeks Diane and Leon Morton Paul Stein Ms. Ann L. Kligman Mary Pickford Leticia Oaks Strong Sandra Krause and Foundation Lyndon and Beth William Fitzgerald Sally and Frank Raab Johnston Taylor Michael and Mr. David Sanders Dennis Trembly Emily Laskin Malcolm Schneer and Allison and Jim Wilt B. and Lonis Liverman Cathy Liu Suli Xue Sarah and David and Linda Ira R. Manson Shaheen Foundation
$100,000 TO $249,999
William E.B. and Laura K. Siart Terence Van Vliet and Jan Keller Magda and Frederick R. Waingrow Wasserman Foundation Robert Wood Syham Yohanna and James W. Manns
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.
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WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK SOCIETY
WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK SOCIETY The William Andrews Clark Society was established to recognize the generous individuals who have remembered the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in their estate plans through their wills or other planned gifts. The following list recognizes those who have made such arrangements through May 21, 2026. Anonymous (43) Mr.* and Mrs.* Karl J. Abert Mr. Bruce R. Acker Richard Ackerman and Miriam Shakter Heather Adams and Christoper Moore Ben Adrian and Claudia Choi Lucie Hubbard Agbabian* Ms. Florence C. Agcawili Adrienne Albert Ann* and Martin* Albert Olga Samuel Alderson* Gizella Allen* Mr. William A. Allison* Lynn K. Altman* Edna R.S. Alvarez Mr. Robert C. Anderson Linda* and Bob Attiyeh Mrs. Joanne M. Austin* W. Lee Bailey, M.D. Mrs. Victoria Solaini Baker* Paul and Anissa Balson Sharon Baranoff Mr.* and Mrs.* Bruce L. Barbee Ms. Angela Bardowell Richard Bardowell, M.D. Clare Baren and David Dwiggins Donna Barnett Margaret* and David* Barry Mr. Joseph A. Bartush Ms. Adrienne Bass Richard T. Baum Ruth B. Baus* Ms. Marjorie Beale Linda and Phil Becker Jr. Sandra Kay Beckley* Judith and Thomas Beckmen Mrs. Olive Behrendt* Peter and Jacquelyn Benn Peggy Bergmann* Mr. Herbert M. Berk* Barbara and Scott H. Bice Alvin Bisher* Dr. Mark Bisson Kenneth Blakeley and Quentin O’Brien David F. Bode, M.D. David Bohnett Mr.* and Mrs. Seymour Bond Marion Boniface Mr. Jeb Bonner* Jonathan and Leni Boorstin Deborah Borda Gertrude H. Bowlby* Derald and Charlotte Brackmann Lucia* and Donald* Sheridan Brady Truman P. Brewster* Martin J. Brickman Errol W. Briggs Jacqueline* and Bert* Briskin Linda and Maynard Brittan Abbott Brown Mrs. Linda L. Brown John Arthur Ayvazian and Patrick Pious Browne Thomas* and Arlyss Burkett Dona Burrell* Mr.* and Mrs. Henry K. Cahn
Lois* and Rene* Cailliet Richard* and Norma* Camp Margaret C. Campbell* Tony Campodonico and Cheryl Goettemoeller Jane Carruthers* George L. Cassat* Sue Caughey Ms. Jessica Chen Ms. Marjorie H. Cherry Mr. Pei-yuan Chia and Ms. Katherine Shen Evelyn and Leonard* Chudacoff Esther S.M. Chui Chao Elisabeth O. Clark, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Clauss, Jr. Brian* and Nancy Cochran Robert* and Dee* Cody Nancybell Coe and William Burke Janice Cofer Ms. Annette Colfax Cathy Colloff Ms. Bernice Colman* Bronni Stein Connolly Geraldine Coombs* Jan and Gene* Corey Don* and Zoe* Cosgrove Cindy Costello Meg Quinn Coulter Ms. Gerry W. Cox Mr. and Mrs. Terry Cox Mr. John Cragin* Mrs. Judith Tishkoff and Mr. Keith Crasnick Ginny and John Cushman Marilyn J. Dale* Ms. Leah Danberg* Mari L. Danihel Barbara A. Davis* Mr. Daniel Davis* Ms. Juanita Davis Mr. and Mrs. Ray Day Dr. and Mrs. Roger DeBard Richard Del Belso* Virginia DeNubila* Anne and Raymond* Destabelle Betty Jean* and Robert* Di Vall Mr. William S. Dickey* Jennifer Diener Mr. James Dillon* and Mr. Allen Cornelsen* Kathleen Dinshaw and Anita Aviles Harriet H. Doerr* Craig Dougherty and Tony Leonhardt Ms. Nancy Dunetz Mr. Paul Dupree* and Mr. David Peterson* Kathleen and Jerrold L. Eberhardt Mr.* and Mrs. Allan R. Eisenman John Endicott* Ruthann Etz and Jim Cypherd Mr. and Mrs. C. Daniel Ewell Mr. and Mrs. Burton A. Falk Mr. Gerald Faris Ms. Katherine S. Farlow Ms. Elizabeth Farrar Joycelyn and John Fawaz Nancy B. and James A. Fawcett Mr. and Mrs. Curtis L.* Feese
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Hollywood Bowl - Summer 1948 José Iturbi conducting with his sister Amparo at the piano in rehearsal - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 A B LV D E A ST
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