MAJOR #cosoclassical news:
Gustavo Dudamel, Star Maestro, to Leave L.A. for New York Philharmonic
Dudamel, a charismatic 42-year-old conductor, will take up the Philharmonic’s podium in 2026, in a major coup for the orchestra.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/arts/music/new-york-philharmonic-gustavo-dudamel.html
For those who don't follow elite-level orchestras and their conductors, this is as big a deal as Tom Brady leaving the Patriots for the Bucs.
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And don't forget that NY already has the other mega-superstar conductor, Yannick Nézet-Séguin at the Metropolitan Opera (who also is the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra because he apparently is superhuman handling both of those jobs.)