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Anastasia Tsioulcas

Gustavo Dudamel's new musical home is the New York Philharmonic

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, posing during a photo session at Paris' Opera Bastille in Sept. 2022. (Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

A hotly anticipated game of musical chairs is underway: the charismatic conductor Gustavo Dudamel is leaving Los Angeles to become the new music and artistic director of the New York Philharmonic.

The 42-year-old Dudamel will officially step into the role of leading the Philharmonic at the beginning of the 2026-27 season. As of the 2025-26 season, he will serve as the New York orchestra's music director designate, and his full contract as music and artistic director will last for five years.

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