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