Gustavo Dudamel celebrated his 17 years conducting the LA Phil on Tuesday night with Gustavo’s Fiesta, a gala concert and dinner after-party at Walt Disney Concert Hall that raised more than $5 million for the orchestra and its Learning and Community Initiatives program.

The guest list included Chris Martin , Alejandro Iñárritu , LL Cool J , “The Pitt” star Supriya Ganesh , Helen Hunt , Beck and Drew Scott of the “Property Brothers.”

The evening marked the beginning of Dudamel’s final chapter as the music and artistic director of the LA Phil before he officially takes the helm of the New York Philharmonic in September 2026.

“I’m so grateful,” Dudamel said at the start of the concert, adding, “I had only one dream when I was a child, to play with my friends. I didn’t have

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