L.A. Times - Entertainment — Gustavo Dudamel, the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is speaking out about Venezuela. Dudamel, the longtime face of the El Sistema music education program that has helped hundreds of thousands disadvantaged children in his native coun... more info

New York Times — The star conductor issued his strongest statement yet about the crisis in his native country after a young musician was reportedly killed in street protests. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Los Angeles Philharmonic is hardly a shoestring operation, with its $255-million endowment and an annual budget of $120 million for the 2015-16 season. The 106-member orchestra led by Gustavo Dudamel is considered one of the most preeminent in th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — SERIES MacGyver Mac’s (Lucas Till) friend (guest star Aly Michalka), a scientist at MIT, fakes her death to stay alive when someone wants to make sure she doesn’t finish her research. Justin Hires and George Eads also star. 8 p.m. CBS... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Los Angeles Philharmonic is expected to announce its 2017-18 lineup Tuesday, and in offering a sneak peek of the season, Music Director Gustavo Dudamel said if there is a theme, it is diversity — in cultures, in artists and in the music... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Instruct Gustavo Dudamel not to conduct; he conducts. Thursday was the Los Angeles Philharmonic music and artistic director’s 36th birthday. As Dudamel walked off the Walt Disney Concert Hall stage before taking his final bow at the end of his... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment —   SUNDAY  Have baton, will travel: The L.A. Phil’s Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic for “From Vienna: The New Year’s Celebration 2017” on “Great Performances.” Julie Andrews returns as host.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Alberto Arvelo is used to hiring composers to set music to his films. The Venezuelan director’s most recent feature, “Libertador,” employed none other than Gustavo Dudamel — in his debut film score — for that task. Th... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Youth Orchestra Los Angeles recently completed its first tour, a 10th-anniversary road trip that took the kids from Northridge to Visalia, Fresno and finally Oakland, where they filled the Paramount Theatre for a concert conducted by Los Angeles Phil... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — What this country needs is a really good $5 concert. And that is what Oakland got Sunday at the sold-out, 2,800-seat Paramount Theatre as Gustavo Dudamel conducted YOLA, the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, created by the Los Angeles Philharmonic when Du... more info