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L.A. Phil’s new music director, Daniel Harding, gets an L.A. welcome

L.A. Phil’s new music director, Daniel Harding, gets an L.A. welcome

Published by Sam Flores

Newly announced Los Angeles Philharmonic music director Daniel Harding got a Sunny California welcome Tuesday. Fresh off a flight from his home in Paris, the incoming conductor was treated to In-N-Out Burger, a performance by a jazz quartet at the Beckmen YOLA Center, a tour of the Hollywood Bowl, and a Dodgers game with outgoing music director Gustavo Dudamel. Harding and Dudamel walked the field in personalized jerseys before the game — their shared love of taking selfies on display alongside their passion for childhood music education. A native of Oxford, England, Harding’s trip marked the start of his transition to becoming an honorary Angeleno. Although the conductor isn’t set to begin his appointment until the 2027-28 season, the L.A. Phil team treated their new leader to a day full of city hot spots. Share via Close extra sharing options Daniel Harding arrives at the Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center. Plane spotting at In-N-Out The In-N-Out Burger on Sepulveda Boulevard near LAX airport is famous for its plane spotting, making it the perfect …

British conductor and Air France pilot Daniel Harding selected as LA Phil successor

British conductor and Air France pilot Daniel Harding selected as LA Phil successor

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The Los Angeles Philharmonic has named Daniel Harding, a British conductor who also serves as an Air France pilot, as its next music director, ushering in a new era for the esteemed orchestra after nearly two decades under the charismatic Gustavo Dudamel. Harding, 50, primarily known for his work with European ensembles, has signed a six-year contract set to commence with the 2027-28 season, the LA Phil announced on Tuesday. This marks his first appointment by an American orchestra, though he made his U.S. professional debut with the same ensemble in 1997. “It couldn’t have come a day sooner. I’m very glad it didn’t come a day later,” he said in a telephone interview from his Paris home. “The perfect timing, the right moment, and here we go.” He will initially conduct eight weeks in his first season, expanding to 12 …

Los Angeles Philharmonic names Daniel Harding its next music director

Los Angeles Philharmonic names Daniel Harding its next music director

Published by Sam Flores

The Los Angeles Philharmonic announced Tuesday that it has named Daniel Harding the orchestra’s 12th music director, ending three years of intense speculation over the orchestra’s future after Gustavo Dudamel leaves in August to head the New York Philharmonic. Harding will begin a six-year contract for up to a dozen weeks of concerts a season, beginning in the fall of 2027, roughly 30 years after the British prodigy made his U.S. debut conducting the L.A. Phil at the 1997 Ojai Festival. It was a nervous-making trial by fire that began as a nail-biter. But by the festival’s end, the wunderkind had excitingly found his way with the orchestra. Harding has since become a favorite, if occasional, L.A. Phil guest conductor while rising to the top rungs of the international orchestral circuit, along with obtaining a commercial flying license and piloting, now and then, for Air France. He led a pair of superior Rachmaninoff programs in his belated debut at the Hollywood Bowl last summer shortly after one of Dudamel’s greatest Bowl performances ever. Harding so …

Catherine Harding praises Lewis Capaldi’s kindness after Chappell Roan controversy involving daughter

Catherine Harding praises Lewis Capaldi’s kindness after Chappell Roan controversy involving daughter

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Catherine Harding has publicly thanked Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi for his “kindness” following a distressing incident involving her daughter and Chappell Roan’s security. Harding, also known as Cat Cavelli, who shares her daughter with actor Jude Law, posted photographs of the 11-year-old meeting Capaldi at the Lollapalooza festival in Sao Paolo. The images, shared on Instagram, show Harding, the child, and Capaldi together, as well as a separate picture of her with Capaldi, who is giving a thumbs-up. Harding captioned the post, “@lewiscapaldi thanks for your kindness.” The positive encounter with Capaldi came after Harding, who is married to former Premier League footballer Jorginho, recounted an upsetting experience where a security guard “berated” her and her daughter after an interaction with Chappell Roan. In a video shared on Instagram on Sunday, Harding explained that her daughter did not have her phone or approach …

Jude Law’s ex Catherine Harding breaks silence on Chappell Roan incident involving daughter Ada

Jude Law’s ex Catherine Harding breaks silence on Chappell Roan incident involving daughter Ada

Published by Daniella Wilson

Ada Law’s mother Catherine Harding has broken her silence following a Chappell Roan incident whereby her husband and football player Jorginho accused the musician of sending a security guard to berate Jude Law’s daughter for harassing her.  “I didn’t realize it would get this crazy,” Catherine said on the video shared on her Instagram account. “I know that Chappell has responded saying that it wasn’t her security and she didn’t do it.” “100 percent, this security guard was not a security guard of the hotel … I don’t know if he was her personal security guard, but he was with her. That is all I know. Did she send him to do it? Again, I don’t know.” © Instagram/ @catcavelliCatherine Harding with her husband, daughter Ada and their son “Look, I would like to hope not, but at the same time, I think that you have a responsibility when you are a celebrity to make sure, I guess, that the people who work for you and that act on your behalf are acting on your behalf,” …

Beyond Tonya Harding: 8 Olympic Figure-Skating Scandals Served Cold

Beyond Tonya Harding: 8 Olympic Figure-Skating Scandals Served Cold

Published by Sam Flores

It’s been well over a decade since Team USA had a figure skating lineup as strong as the one traveling to the Milano Cortina Olympics this winter. The group includes current world champions Ilia Malinin and Alysa Liu, and hopes are high that they’ll both return to the States with hardware in hand. In the process, hopefully they won’t get embroiled in an international scandal—though for champion figure skaters, that’s always a distinct possibility. Figure skating has long been a controversy-prone sport. For one, it’s maddeningly subjective, with a scoring system that no one understands (judges included). It’s also got particularly lofty stakes: Skaters train their whole lives for a handful of minutes on the Olympic stage, their dreams riding on slivers of steel. Throw in a dash of geopolitics (on the ice, the Cold War never ended), and you’ve got all the ingredients for drama on an operatic scale. While no one can predict what will go down in Milano Cortina, read ahead to catch up on skating’s biggest scandals before the Games begin …