Esa-Pekka Salonen puts down the baton this Sunday as lead conductor and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. KPCC's Adolfo Guzman-Lopez conducted an exit interview and listened in on one of ...

The LA Philharmonic embarked on unfamiliar territory with a guest-filled Coachella set led by conductor Gustavo Dudamel. Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic delivered an unforgettable 50-minute ...

Superstar Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is returning to the Los Angeles Philharmonic to take the new position of creative director beginning with the 2026-27 season, it was announced Tuesday. As ...

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel came to the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2009, and in the years since then both he and the orchestra found fame as he rose to eventually be both its musical and artistic ...

The innovative conductor is taking on new roles in Los Angeles and Paris, as a creative leader and a conductor. Just don’t call him a music director. By Joshua Barone Unsuk Chin, the curator of the ...