It appears that 25-year-old Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel will replace Esa-Pekka Salonen as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the end of the 2008-2009 season. Article in the LA Times here: http://www.calendarlive.com/music/classical/cl-me-phil8apr08,0,6991694.story The LA Phil has a history of going for young conductors. Consider that Salonen was 34 when he took over and Zubin Mehta only 26 when he took over in 1962. Query: Has anyone here heard/seen Dudamel conduct? Scott Morrison *********************************************** The CLASSICAL mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's HDMail High Deliverability Mailer for reliable, lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html