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Updated · Playbill · Sep 4
New York Philharmonic Opens Dudamel Era With Sept. 10 Radio City Concert
Updated
Updated · Playbill · Sep 4

New York Philharmonic Opens Dudamel Era With Sept. 10 Radio City Concert

3 articles · Updated · Playbill · Sep 4

Summary

  • Sept. 10 will mark Gustavo Dudamel’s first concert as New York Philharmonic music director, with the orchestra opening his tenure at Radio City Music Hall.
  • Liev Schreiber will host the event, and guest artists Lizzo, St. Vincent, Aaron Tveit and Joaquina will join a program spanning Philip Glass, Jessie Montgomery, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin.
  • Sept. 11, Dudamel will lead the Philharmonic and the U.S. Army Field Band’s Soldiers’ Chorus in a concert marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
  • That memorial program includes Tchaikovsky, Barber, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos and Bernstein, plus the world premiere of Julia Adolphe and Safiya Sinclair’s We the Living.

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