July 29, 2025

LA Phil Announces 2025 Gala

On July 29, 2025 the LA Phil announced their 2025 Gala, Gustavo’s Fiesta, taking place on October 14, 2025, and celebrating Gustavo Dudamel’s final gala as Music & Artistic Director. The evening’s program will feature spirited and joyful works that reflect the festive spirit of the occasion, the vibrancy of the season, and Dudamel’s extraordinary tenure with the orchestra. The celebration will also include a special appearance by Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA).

There will be special post-gala performance featuring acclaimed Venezuelan trombonist and Gustavo's father, Oscar Dudamel. Oscar will perform from selections from his recent debut studio album Sueño Alcanzado ("Dream Fulfilled") produced in Caracas and released on the Platoon label. Widely praised by critics and audiences alike, Sueño Alcanzado is a masterful reimagining of ‘progressive salsa,’ weaving together orchestral textures, cultural memory and emotional depth. The project has quickly become one of the strongest salsa albums of the year. That artistic identity is already resonating widely: Oscar Dudamel earned the #1 Tropical Song of the Week on Music Choice in both the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and reached #15 nationwide among the most-played tracks in the Tropical genre—marking a powerful prelude to his debut album release.

Gustavo shared these words regarding the announcement, "Growing up in Barquisimeto, my father’s salsa and Venezuela’s vibrant Afro-Latin rhythms were the soundtrack of my childhood. It has been a joy to watch my father bring this album to life, and explore the roots of salsa and classical music, and it is a great honor to share with so many members of my musical family in Los Angeles❤️"

Fore more information on the LA Phil 2025 Gala, see HERE.

For more information on Oscar Dudamel's Sueño Alcanzado, see HERE.

Concert Program (additional details TBA)
Ravel

Feria from Rapsodie espagnole

Beethoven

Symphony No.7: IV. Allegro con brio


Dvořák

Symphony No. 9: Allegro con fuoco


Ravel

Le jardin feerique from Ma Mere l’Oye

Revueltas

Noche de encantamiento from Le noche de los Mayas