Aberdeen Standard Investments Opening Event: LA Phil at Tynecastle Friday 2 August 7.00pm Tynecastle Park Gustavo Dudamel conductor The performance lasts Los Angeles Philharmonic approximately one hour thirty YOLA National minutes with no interval. Sponsored by Supported by #edintfest In collaboration with Tynecastle Park The Los Angeles Philharmonic residency has been made possible by the support of Dunard Fund USA Aberdeen Standard Investments Opening Event: LA Phil at Tynecastle Gustavo Dudamel conductor Los Angeles Philharmonic YOLA National Korngold March of the Merry Men from The Adventures of Robin Hood John Williams Shark Cage Fugue/Out to Sea from Jaws Herrmann Suite from Vertigo John Williams Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter and the Philospher’s Stone John Williams Fawkes the Phoenix from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Steiner Suite from Casablanca John Williams Olympic Fanfare and Theme Waxman Sunset Boulevard Suite John Williams Theme from Jurassic Park John Williams Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Mancini Theme from The Pink Panther John Williams Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars Encores John Williams The Imperial March from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back John Williams Superman March from Superman Gustavo Dudamel conductor Gustavo Dudamel was born in 1981 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. He studied the violin before turning to conducting in 1993, studying with Rodolfo Saglimbeni and José Antonio Abreu. He started his career as an assistant conductor of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, of which he became Music Director in 1996. In 1999 he became Music Director of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra. He came to international attention when he won the inaugural Bamberger Symphoniker Gustav Mahler Competition in 2004. He was Music Director of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (2007–12), of which he is currently Honorary Conductor, and became Music and Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2009. A vocal champion of music education and inclusion, in 2007 he founded Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, which provides music education to over 1,200 children annually, and in 2012 he founded the Gustavo Dudamel Foundation to promote access to music as a catalyst for integration and social change. His numerous recordings include Brahms’s Fourth Symphony, which won a Grammy Award in 2012, and The John Adams Edition, nominated for a Grammy Award last year. The recipient of numerous international honours, he is a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and in 2013 was named Musical America’s Musician of the Year and Gramophone Artist of the Year. Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic was founded its wide-ranging learning initiatives is by William Andrews Clark Jr in 1919. Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), Its music directors have included Otto which provides free music instruction in Klemperer (1933–9), Zubin Mehta (1962–78), deprived neighbourhoods and presents Carlo Maria Giulini (1978–84), André the YOLA National Festival each summer. Previn (1985–9), Esa-Pekka Salonen (1992– This centennial season, the orchestra 2009) and, since 2009, Gustavo Dudamel. presents an ambitious season featuring The orchestra performs at the Walt Disney over 50 commissioned works; inaugurates Concert Hall, which opened in 2003, and the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA the 18,000-seat Hollywood Bowl, which Center, Inglewood; and mounts Celebrate opened in 1922, and since the 1969 season LA!, a street festival stretching from the Walt has toured annually throughout the USA Disney Concert Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. and internationally, particularly to partners The Philharmonic’s most recent recordings, in New York, Paris and London, where it including music by John Williams and a box is an associate of the Barbican Centre. The set celebrating the orchestra’s centenary, Philharmonic creates a variety of festivals, were released in March. It won a Grammy residencies and programmes such as the Award in 2011 and an Academy Award in 1974 Green Umbrella new-music series. Among (for the short filmThe Bolero). Gustavo Dudamel Music & Artistic Director Walt and Lilly Disney Chair Zubin Mehta Conductor Emeritus Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Laureate Susanna Mälkki Principal Guest Conductor Ann Ronus Chair Paolo Bortolameolli Associate Conductor John Adams John and Samantha Williams Creative Chair First violins Violas Martin Chalifour Principal Concertmaster, Teng Li Principal, John Connell Chair Marjorie Connell Wilson Chair Dale Hikawa Silverman Associate Principal Nathan Cole First Associate Concertmaster, Ben Ullery Assistant Principal Ernest Fleischmann Chair Dana Lawson Bing Wang Associate Concertmaster, Richard Elegino Barbara and Jay Rasulo Chair John Hayhurst Akiko Tarumoto Assistant Concertmaster, Ingrid Hutman Philharmonic Affiliates Chair Michael Larco Rebecca Reale Hui Liu Michele Bovyer Meredith Snow Rochelle Abramson Leticia Oaks Strong Camille Avellano Margaret and Minor L. Wetzel Jerrold L. Eberhardt Chair Andrew François * Minyoung Chang I.H. Albert Sutnick Chair Miika Gregg Cellos Mischa Lefkowitz Robert deMaine Principal, Edith Markman Bram and Elaine Goldsmith Chair Mitchell Newman Ben Hong Associate Principal, Rebecca Reale Sadie and Norman Lee Chair Stacy Wetzel Dahae Kim Assistant Principal Jonathan Karoly Second violins David Garrett Lyndon Johnston Taylor Principal, Barry Gold Dorothy Rossel Lay Chair Jason Lippmann Mark Kashper Associate Principal Gloria Lum Linda and Maynard Brittan Chair Kristine Whitson Tao Ni Johnny Lee Serge Oskotsky Dale Breidenthal Brent Samuel Ingrid Chun Jin-Shan Dai Double basses Tianyun Jia Christopher Hanulik Principal Chao-Hua Jin Oscar M. Meza Assistant Principal Nickolai Kurganov David Allen Moore Guido Lamell Ted Botsford Varty Manouelian Jack Cousin Yun Tang Jory Herman Michelle Tseng Brian Johnson Suli Xue Peter Rofé Eduardo Rios * Michael Fuller * Dennis Trembly Principal Bass Emeritus Flutes Denis Bouriakov Principal, Virginia and Henry Mancini Chair Catherine Ransom Karoly Associate Principal, Mr and Mrs H. Russell Smith Chair Elise Shope Henry Mari L. Danihel Chair Sarah Jackson Piccolo Sarah Jackson Oboes Trombones Principal (vacant) David Rejano Cantero Principal Marion Arthur Kuszyk Associate Principal James Miller Associate Principal, Anne Marie Gabriele Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen Chair Carolyn Hove Paul Radke Cor anglais Bass trombone Carolyn Hove John Lofton Clarinets Tuba Boris Allakhverdyan Principal, Norman Pearson Michele and Dudley Rauch Chair Burt Hara Associate Principal Timpani Andrew Lowy Joseph Pereira Principal, David Howard Cecilia and Dudley Rauch Chair E-flat clarinet Percussion Andrew Lowy Matthew Howard Principal James Babor Bass clarinet Perry Dreiman David Howard Wesley Sumpter * Bassoons Keyboards Whitney Crockett Principal Joanne Pearce Martin Katharine Shawn Mouser Associate Principal Bixby Hotchkis Chair Michele Grego Evan Kuhlmann Harp Lou Anne Neill Contrabassoon Evan Kuhlmann Librarians Kazue Asawa McGregor Horns Kenneth Bonebrake Andrew Bain Stephen Biagini Principal, John Cecil Bessell Chair Personnel manager Jaclyn Rainey Jeffrey Neville Associate Principal Gregory Roosa Conducting Fellows Alan Scott Klee Chair Nuno Coelho Amy Jo Rhine Loring Charitable Trust Chair Stephen Mulligan Brian Drake Reese and Doris Gothie Chair Elena Schwarz Ethan Bearman Assistant, Jesús Uzcátegui Bud and Barbara Hellman Chair * Resident Fellow Trumpets Thomas Hooten Principal, M. David and Diane Paul Chair The Los Angeles Philharmonic string section utilizes James Wilt Associate Principal, revolving seating on a systematic basis. Players Nancy and Donald de Brier Chair listed alphabetically change seats periodically. Christopher Still Ronald and Valerie Sugar Chair Jeffrey Strong In those sections where there are two principals the musicians share the position equally and are listed in order of length of service. YOLA National Through Gustavo Dudamel’s Youth Orchestra Flute Los Angeles (YOLA) programme – inspired Jonathan Webb by Venezuela’s revolutionary El Sistema – the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its community Oboe Madison Centeno partners provide free instruments, intensive music training, and academic support to over Bassoon 1200 students from vulnerable communities, Carlos Cano empowering them to become vital citizens, Ingrid Hernandez leaders, and agents of change. YOLA provides each student, from the ages of 6 to 18, with a French Horn strong musical and social foundation through Andy Gonzalez participation in 12-15 hours of programming each week. Trumpets Jorge Avila In 2018 the LA Phil unveiled the architectural Nataly Gonzalez design by Gehry Partners, LLC, for its new First Violins Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center at Leslie Gonzalez Inglewood: the first permanent, purpose-built Angela Ramirez facility for YOLA. Helena Singleton The LA Phil’s YOLA National Institute brings Second Violins together young musicians from across the Francesco Capitano Unites States and offers in-depth training Juan Florez Gerdlie Jean-Louis and support to those interested in pursuing a Liliana Morales career in music. Programme activities include convenings throughout the 2019/20 academic Violas year, mentorship, private instruction, chamber Hannah Esquivel music coaching, travel opportunities, and Geovanny Martinez financial support for college applications. David Vallejo-Lozano Through this work, the LA Phil aims to empower young people from populations that Cellos have been historically excluded from intensive Jonathan