Gustavo Dudamel's final Hollywood Bowl concert will benefit Venezuela after earthquakes

Gustavo Dudamel’s farewell to Los Angeles volition besides relation arsenic a payment for his homeland of Venezuela, which suffered catastrophic losses from duplicate earthquakes successful precocious June.

Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic announced Monday that the beloved composer’s last Hollywood Bowl show arsenic the orchestra’s euphony and creator director, primitively programmed arsenic “Celebrating Gustavo astatine the Bowl: A Musical Legacy,” volition alternatively beryllium called “A Concert for Venezuela.” Still scheduled for Aug. 23, the amusement volition rise funds for communities affected by the earthquakes.

“Venezuela volition ever beryllium my home, and each moment, my thoughts are with the families whose lives person been everlastingly changed by this tragedy,” Dudamel said successful a statement. “The suffering is immense, but truthful is the spot and resilience of our people. This performance astatine the Hollywood Bowl is an invitation to basal unneurotic and alteration our compassion into action.”

A afloat programme and peculiar guests volition beryllium announced later. Dudamel and the musicians volition lend their clip and services escaped of charge.

Donations volition payment Dudamel’s Earthquake Recovery to Support Venezuelan Communities fund, successful concern with the United Nations Development Programme and the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean fund. The L.A. Phil volition lend $50,000 to the fund, announced President and Chief Executive Kim Noltemy.

“In moments of profound need, our work arsenic an instauration extends beyond the stage,” she said. “We are grateful for the accidental to supply nonstop fiscal enactment to alleviation efforts for communities successful Venezuela with a $50,000 charitable donation and to basal alongside Gustavo successful bringing this performance to beingness astatine the Bowl.”

Twin earthquakes connected June 24 devastated Venezuela, with much than 3,300 deaths and much than 30,000 radical reported missing. As planetary rescue teams depart and locals are near to hunt done rubble, Venezuelans abroad, including L.A. restaurants, person looked for ways to nonstop support.

Dudamel, who was calved and raised successful Barquisimeto, Venezuela, wrote successful a 2015 op-ed for The Times that helium is simply a “product” of El Sistema, the country’s government-funded younker euphony program. He has been the euphony manager of the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra since 1999.