Los Angeles Philharmonic

Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman is performing with Venezuela s top young musicians and says he is impressed by their spirit and intensity. Perlman said Wednesday that he was moved by the experience of... More »

Orchestras for children and teenagers inspired by Venezuela s trendsetting network of youth orchestras have been springing up from Sao Paulo to Scotland as international interest explodes, the program... More »

Venezuela's youth orchestras and choirs have helped thousands of children resist thug life in some of South America's most violent slums, and now wealthy countries are lining up to emulate... More »

Not long ago, American orchestras considered the notion of creating new recordings an almost impossible dream. Among the hurdles: longstanding union regulations that made the process untenably expensive... More »

I love the hot dogs here! shouted Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel. With that unbridled enthusiasm, Dudamel made his official debut as the future music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at... More »