When Gustavo Dudamel stepped on the stage of Walt Disney Concert Hall last week to conduct his Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time in three months, a big smile was on his face and the usual cheers came from the large audience he invariably attracts. It was, also as usual, a terrific concert. The usual stops there. The L.A. Phil has had an uncharacteristic amount of worry, and Dudamel has been at the center of it. Little has seemed right since his announcement last year that he would... Read this story
