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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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WELCOME!

Fireworks, picnics, enjoying a beautiful night of music with friends and family—for many of us, summer means an evening at the Hollywood Bowl. For more than 100 years, the Bowl has been a testament to music’s power to nurture connection, spanning its first sunrise service and community sing-alongs to our recent WE LA concert recognizing first responders and those a ected by the LA wildfires.

Our Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel says, “Music can build community. It can forge bridges between cultures as we share the things that connect us.” Nowhere does this sentiment ring truer than on a perfect summer night at the Hollywood Bowl. As a Los Angeles County Park operated by the LA Phil, the Bowl attracts the world’s most famous performers while o ering tickets for as little as $1—so that music and this magical summer experience can be available to everyone.

We are delighted to build on these traditions throughout the 2025 season, one that brings together an array of artists spanning all genres and diverse backgrounds. From Mozart to Marsalis, Anne Akiko Meyers to ASTROPICAL, and our ﬁ rst musical theater production since 2022, Jesus Christ Superstar with Cynthia Erivo and Adam Lambert, there are so many spectacular evenings in store. We can’t wait to share them with you.

Warmly,

Kim Noltemy President & CEO

David

C. Bohnett Presidential Chair Los Angeles Philharmonic Association

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIR

Jason Subotky*

PRESIDENT & CEO

David C. Bohnett Presidential Chair

Kim Noltemy

VICE CHAIRS

Thomas L. Beckmen*

Reveta Bowers*

Jane B. Eisner*

David Meline*

Diane Paul*

Jay Rasulo*

DIRECTORS

Nancy L. Abell

Gregory A. Adams

Julie Andrews

Winnie Kho

Joey Lee

Francois Mobasser

Camilo Esteban Becdach

Linda Brittan

Jennifer Broder

Kawanna Brown

Margaret Morgan

Leith O’Leary

Andy S. Park

Sandy Pressman

Geo Rich*

Laura Rosenwald

Richard Schirtzer

John Sinnema

G. Gabrielle Starr

Jay Stein*

Christian Stracke*

Ronald D. Sugar*

Vikki Sung

Jack Suzar

Sue Tsao

Jon Vein

Megan Watanabe

Regina Weingarten

Jenny Williams

Alyce de Roulet

Andrea Chao-Kharma*

R. Martin Chavez

Christian D. Chivaroli

Jonathan L. Congdon

Donald P. de Brier*

Louise D. Edgerton

Dotty Ewing

Lisa Field

David A. Ford

Alfred Fraijo Jr.

Hilary Garland

Jennifer Miller Go *

Tamara Golihew

David Greenbaum

Marian L. Hall

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Irwin Winkler

Debra Wong Yang

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Frank Gehry

Lenore S. Greenberg

Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy

PAST CHAIRS**

Thomas L. Beckmen

Carol Colburn Grigor

Antonia Hernández*

Jonathan Kagan*

Darioush Khaledi

† In Memoriam

Jay Rasulo

Diane B. Paul

David C. Bohnett

Jerrold L. Eberhardt

John F. Hotchkis†

* Executive Committee Member as of February 2025

** From the opening of Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 24, 2003, to present

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WELCOME FROM SUPERVISOR BARGER

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 ﬁ rst show or you’re a regular visitor.

Throughout the season, I encourage you to take advantage of all the incredible opportunities available to you. To hop on the convenient and a ordable 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 ﬁ nd everything else you need to know, head to hollywoodbowl.com/visit so you can make the most of your evening.

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 Chair, Board of Supervisors Fifth District, Los Angeles County

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION

A MESSAGE FROM DIRECTOR NORMA

EDITH GARCÍA-GONZALEZ

I am thrilled you are spending an evening visiting the Hollywood Bowl—one of the best outdoor venues in the US. The Hollywood Bowl is a legendary performance space, public park, and picnic ground, owned by the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation (LA County Parks) and operated by the world-class LA Phil. The Bowl’s summer lineup of diverse music genres is a bucket list for Los Angeles County residents and visitors.

The County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, LA County Parks, and the LA Phil are committed to ensuring that all Angelenos can enjoy this remarkable venue through initiatives that expand access. We will:

• Continue the Hollywood Bowl Access Program, a partnership of LA County Parks and the LA Phil, to bring teens and seniors to enjoy summer concerts.

• Expand $1 ticket access for the public and expand the concerts o ered.

• Serve as a good steward of sustainability and our environment by continuing to grow public ridership for the Hollywood Bowl’s shuttle and the Park & Ride programs. We have exceeded our 30% transportation goal and are not stopping there.

We invite you to experience the Hollywood Bowl all year long. Visitors can take a leisurely picnic at Highland Camrose Park at the base of the Bowl, visit the on-site museum, take view-worthy strolls on the grounds, and exercise on the hundreds of hillside steps. I warmly welcome and invite you to enjoy your Hollywood Bowl!

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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 to new and ever-larger audiences. His rise, from humble beginnings as a child in Venezuela to an unparalleled career of artistic and social achievements, o ers living proof that culture can bring meaning to the life of an individual and greater harmony to the world at large. He currently serves as the Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, and in 2026, he becomes the Music and Artistic Director of the New York Philharmonic, continuing a legacy that includes Gustav Mahler, Arturo Toscanini, and Leonard Bernstein. Throughout 2025, Dudamel will celebrate 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 circumstances. In 2007, Dudamel, the LA Phil, and its community

partners founded YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles), which now provides more than 1,700 young people with free instruments, intensive music instruction, academic support, and leadership training. In 2012, Dudamel launched the Dudamel Foundation, which he co-chairs with his wife, actress and director María Valverde, with the goal of expanding access to music and the arts for young people by providing tools and opportunities to shape their creative futures.

As a conductor, Dudamel is one of the few classical musicians to become a bona fi de pop-culture phenomenon and has worked tirelessly to ensure that music reaches an ever-greater audience. He was the fi rst classical artist to participate in the Super Bowl halftime show and the youngest conductor ever to lead the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert. He has performed at global mainstream events from the Academy Awards to the Olympics, and has worked with musical icons like Billie Eilish, Christina Aguilera, LL Cool J, Ca7riel y Paco Amoroso, Laufey, Coldplay, and Nas. Dudamel conducted the score to Steven Spielberg’s new adaptation of West Side Story, and at John Williams’ personal request, he guest conducted the opening and closing credits of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His fi lm 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 o cial website at gustavodudamel.com and the Dudamel Foundation at dudamelfoundation.org.

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 2024/25 season is the orchestra’s 106th.

Nearly 300 concerts are either performed or presented by the LA Phil at its three iconic venues: the Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford. During its winter season at Walt Disney Concert Hall, with approximately 165 performances, the LA Phil creates festivals, artist residencies, and other thematic programs designed to enhance the audience’s experience of orchestral music. Since 1922, its summer home has been the world-famous Hollywood Bowl, host to the finest artists from all genres of music. The Ford, situated in a 32-acre park and under the stewardship of the LA Phil since December 2019, presents an eclectic summer season of music, dance, film, and family events that are reflective of the communities that comprise Los Angeles.

The orchestra’s involvement with Los Angeles extends far beyond its venues. Among its inﬂuential and multifaceted learning initiatives is YOLA (Youth Orchestra Los Angeles). Through YOLA, inspired by Gustavo Dudamel’s own training as a young musician, the LA Phil and its community partners provide free instruments,

intensive music training, and academic support to over 1,700 young musicians, empowering them to become vital citizens, leaders, and agents of change. In the fall of 2021, YOLA opened its own permanent, purposebuilt 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 Grammywinning recordings featuring the music of Brahms, Ives, Andrew Norman, Thomas Adès, and Gabriela Ortiz—whose Revolución diamantina received three Grammys in 2025.

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-present).

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. Other past positions include resident conductor of the Detroit Symphony and The Florida Orchestra (Tampa Bay) and associate conductor of the Richmond (VA) Symphony. He also has served on the music faculties of North Park University (Chicago), the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga, and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

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. 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. During his conducting career, Wilkins has led orchestras throughout the United States, including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonic orchestras; the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras; the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, and Detroit; and the National Symphony.

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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The Iconic Retreat

The Bowl’s food and wine team--James Beard chef Suzanne Goin and restaurateur Caroline Styne restaurants Lucques, a.o.c., Caldo Verde and Cara in their seventh year of providing exceptional to make your concert experiences even more spectacular. supper in your box seats to freshly-prepared picnic market-driven fare, there’s truly something for everyone.

FOOD + WINE AT-A-GLANCE

SUPPER IN YOUR SEATS

Enjoy a delicious pre-concert meal served to you in the comfort of your box seats. Menu selections include Suzanne Goin’s three course menus, family-style feasts, a la carte starters, main courses, desserts, and wine. Order by 4pm the day before your concert.

MARKETPLACES

Specialty sandwiches, seasonal grab-and-go salads, cheese + charcuterie plates, snacks, beer, wide-ranging variety of approachable and delicious wines await you at all of three of our Marketplaces. You’ll ﬁnd everything you need to build a picnic from scratch or supplement one you already have.

LUCQUES AT THE CIRCLE

Fine dining for subscribers of the Pool Circle, with a seasonal made-to-order menu and an exceptional wine list styled from the award-winning restaurant Lucques.

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 several 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, with album titles such as Rhapsody Under the Stars, Chopin by Starlight, Fiesta!, and Marche!

STREET FOOD & SNACKS

From the 1950s on, there was no o cial Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, until it reappeared in 1991, under the auspices of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, as a completely new ensemble under the direction of 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.

THE BACKYARD

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CATERING

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A variety of delicious options are available throughout the Bowl, including street tacos, salads, specialty sandwiches, gourmet pizza, pulled pork, artisan baked goods, sweets, and popcorn.

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.

PICNIC BOXES

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 film 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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THE BACKYARD

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BACKYARD

The Bowl’s food and wine team--James Beard Award Winners chef Suzanne Goin and restaurateur Caroline Styne of celebrated restaurants Lucques, a.o.c., Caldo Verde and Cara Cara - are now in their seventh year of providing exceptional cuisine designed to make your concert experiences even more spectacular. From supper in your box seats to freshly-prepared picnic baskets and market-driven fare, there’s truly something for everyone.