All shall have prizes: Dude gets bling

press release:

LOS ANGELES (April 11, 2023) – LA Phil Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel will receive the UCLA Medal, the highest honor for extraordinary accomplishment given to an individual by the university, from UCLA Chancellor Gene Block during a ceremony on Tuesday, May 7.

As part of the ceremony, Dudamel will conduct a rehearsal featuring Danzón No. 8 by Arturo Márquez, a work inspired by the Cuban dance style (danzón) and among the most popular Mexican orchestral pieces written in the 20th century. The rehearsal will include musicians from UCLA Philharmonia, the flagship orchestra of The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music and one of Southern California’s premiere training orchestras, and YOLA, the LA Phil’s music education program that currently serves nearly 1,700 young musicians from more than 200 schools across Los Angeles County. The event will be livestreamed on The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music website.