On July 18 the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music & Artistic director Gustavo Dudamel continue their multi GRAMMY® Award-winning Latin series on Platoon with the release of Gabriela Ortiz’s Yanga. This marks the orchestra’s third album on the label, following the Latin GRAMMY winning Fandango (2023) and Ortiz’s GRAMMY winning Revolución diamantina. (2024)

Gabriela Ortiz writes some of the most intense and colourful music of our time - all of it fully engaged with issues of social justice, gender and the environment. Her music unites disparate worlds, and lives by a compelling rhythmic drive and a street-born authenticity. The new album includes Ortiz’s new cello concerto Dzonot, inspired by the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula. The work was commissioned by the LA Phil, and written for cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who gave the premiere last season to wide acclaim.

Gustavo Dudamel, a champion of Gabriela Ortiz’s work says "Yanga powerfully symbolizes the strength and resilience of those who fight for freedom, and offers a reminder of the enduring struggle against oppression that continues to this day. Through a rich blend of African instruments, traditional chants, and Afro-Latin rhythms, Ortiz crafts a soundscape that captures the spirit of resistance. Alongside her haunting, otherworldly Dzonot and her rhythmically arresting Seis piezas a Violeta, this is music that resonates with the rhythms of culture, nature, and humanity.”

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On July 18 the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music & Artistic director Gustavo Dudamel continue their multi GRAMMY® Award-winning Latin series on Platoon with the release of Gabriela Ortiz’s Yanga. This marks the orchestra’s third album on the label, following the Latin GRAMMY winning Fandango (2023) and Ortiz’s GRAMMY winning Revolución diamantina. (2024)

Gabriela Ortiz writes some of the most intense and colourful music of our time - all of it fully engaged with issues of social justice, gender and the environment. Her music unites disparate worlds, and lives by a compelling rhythmic drive and a street-born authenticity. The new album includes Ortiz’s new cello concerto Dzonot, inspired by the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula. The work was commissioned by the LA Phil, and written for cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who gave the premiere last season to wide acclaim.

Gustavo Dudamel, a champion of Gabriela Ortiz’s work says "Yanga powerfully symbolizes the strength and resilience of those who fight for freedom, and offers a reminder of the enduring struggle against oppression that continues to this day. Through a rich blend of African instruments, traditional chants, and Afro-Latin rhythms, Ortiz crafts a soundscape that captures the spirit of resistance. Alongside her haunting, otherworldly Dzonot and her rhythmically arresting Seis piezas a Violeta, this is music that resonates with the rhythms of culture, nature, and humanity.”

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On July 18 the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Music & Artistic director Gustavo Dudamel continue their multi GRAMMY® Award-winning Latin series on Platoon with the release of Gabriela Ortiz’s Yanga. This marks the orchestra’s third album on the label, following the Latin GRAMMY winning Fandango (2023) and Ortiz’s GRAMMY winning Revolución diamantina. (2024)

Gabriela Ortiz writes some of the most intense and colourful music of our time - all of it fully engaged with issues of social justice, gender and the environment. Her music unites disparate worlds, and lives by a compelling rhythmic drive and a street-born authenticity. The new album includes Ortiz’s new cello concerto Dzonot, inspired by the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula. The work was commissioned by the LA Phil, and written for cellist Alisa Weilerstein, who gave the premiere last season to wide acclaim.

Gustavo Dudamel, a champion of Gabriela Ortiz’s work says "Yanga powerfully symbolizes the strength and resilience of those who fight for freedom, and offers a reminder of the enduring struggle against oppression that continues to this day. Through a rich blend of African instruments, traditional chants, and Afro-Latin rhythms, Ortiz crafts a soundscape that captures the spirit of resistance. Alongside her haunting, otherworldly Dzonot and her rhythmically arresting Seis piezas a Violeta, this is music that resonates with the rhythms of culture, nature, and humanity.”

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