L.A. Phil Announce Dudamel's Final 2025/26 Season

3/6/2025

Photo credit: Classical Voice

CEO Kim Notelmy

(L to R): Jason Subotky, Gustavo Dudamel, Kim Notelmy

Performance by YOLA violist and L.A. Phil violinist

Attended a posh press luncheon at the Disney Hall today.   Here is the new 2025/26 season in a nutshell:

• The 2025/26 season will be Gustavo Dudamel’s last in L.A.   When asked by the press, he hinted at a possible return to conduct at the Bowl.  He is also interested in performing the complete Mahler Tenth (ed. Deryck Cooke) with the L.A. Phil someday. 

• New season opens 9/25 with Richard Strauss’ An Alpine Symphony and a massive new work for orchestra and chorus by Ellen Reid.

• Programming highlights include new Pan-American works, Mahler’s Second Symphony “Resurrection”, Wagner’s Die Walküre (over 3 evenings), Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (Dudamels first outing), Yuja Wang, Andras Schiff, Beatrice Rana, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman & Rohan De Silva, Mehta conducting Bruckner Eight, Korean pianists Yunchan Lim (1 recital, 1 concerto), Sunwook Kim and Seong-Jin Cho, Elim Chan conducting Mahler Fourth, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Manfred Honeck conducting Tchaikovsky Fifth, Messiaen’s Turangalila.

• L.A. Phil musicians will also take the spotlight as soloists in various concertos.

• Season ends with two concerts on 6/4, 6/5, celebrating the musicians of L.A. Phil.

• 4 new Dudamel Conducting Fellows were announced; they are from Poland, Colombia, Venezuela, Portugal.

• More info on the “Gracias Gustavo” season:
  https://www.laphil.com/campaigns/walt-disney-concert-hall-202526-season