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Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 13-19

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of July 13-19 include actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas, singer Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons and actor Vincent Pastore from “The Sopranos.”

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025

'LA will miss you': Classical music world congratulates Gustavo Dudamel on NY move

LOS ANGELES — The classical music world is over the moon for Gustavo Dudamel after the Los Angeles Philharmonic director announced Tuesday that he will be leaving for the New York Philharmonic when his contract ends in 2026.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2023

The world lost 6 revolutionary composers within a year. How LA, and only LA, is paying tribute

LOS ANGELES — When Harrison Birtwistle died last week at 87, he became the sixth pioneering composer who came to prominence in the 1960s that we lost in less than nine months. This uncompromising British modernist, along with Holland's most important composer, Louis Andriessen, and Americans Frederic Rzewski, George Crumb,…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 26, 2022