Christian McBride assumes the position of Creative Chair for Jazz.
They return in 1968 and 2004. The Hollywood Bowl invites artists such as Janis Joplin and Sly and the Family Stone to perform to a packed amphitheater. At her best, Sky's songs conjure a kind of intimacy that's unique among her avant-pop peers. Jazz at the Bowl includes the final concert of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club. F.W. He returns in 1993, 1999, and 2012. Lyric tenor and composer Roland Hayes performs a solo recital of classical repertoire and Spirituals. Bramwell Tovey is appointed as the Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Hall of Fame inductees are Kiri Te Kanawa and Josh Groban. The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, led by David Newman, celebrates the 100th anniversary of Paramount Studios with performances and films clips from Hall of Fame inductees are Reba McEntire and Chaka Khan. The Hollywood Freeway opens near the Bowl, altering the environment and creating more ambient traffic noise around the venue. Blondie and Garbage bring their tour to NYC for a sold-out show at Beacon Theatre on August 1. One of the most popular pop stars to perform at the venue, he returns to the Bowl in 1982, 1988 Procol Harum performs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Bowl. 5, with soloist Andr Watts, and scenes from Pianist Emanuel Ax debuts at the Hollywood Bowl in Liszts Piano Concerto No. 3. The Hollywood Bowl War Bond Show on July 4 is produced to raise funds for the U.S. Army Air Force. He returns in 2012. Bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding makes her debut at the 31st Playboy Jazz Festival. 1 with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Patrons sit on moveable wooden benches. KCRW World Festival debuts Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club with Rubn Gonzlez, Omara Portuondo and Ibrahim Ferrer. The inaugural Korean Music Festival is brought to Southern California by the Korea Times for the benefit of the Korean community in Los Coldplay makes its Hollywood Bowl debut with two performances. Grace Jones makes her Hollywood Bowl debut as part of the KCRW World Festival. The first two moving sidewalks are constructed at the Hollywood Bowl. The Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame is established as an annual fund-raising event. Part of that is because Shirley Manson is a singer with a rare ability to go from hushed, seductive croon to howling at the moon without missing a beat. She returns in 2003 and 2013. I couldn't help but find that intimacy somewhat muted in the daylight (and rather scorching heat) of the Bowl while many were still finding their seats. The 23rd Summer Olympic Games are held in Los Angeles. The Jazz at the Bowl series includes performances by Oscar Peterson, who makes his first Los Angeles appearance in eight years; Niels-Henning rsted Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts a performance of his own LA Variations. The Bowl celebrates one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history, Annie. Among those who speak or Wagner's Die Walkre, starring Maria Jeritza as Brnnhilde, is considered the most lavish opera production staged at the Hollywood Bowl. Desert Daze 2022: Tame Impala (playing Lonerism), Iggy Pop, King Gizzard & more ++ win passes! Georg Solti debuts at the Hollywood Bowl conducting Brahms Symphony No. They opened with "One Way or Another" and closed with "Heart of Glass," but in between there was plenty of time for fire-breathing guitar solos and video installations, all tied together by Debbie, who hasn't lost an ounce of her presence or ability to command everyone's attention. The A Night in Brazil is inaugurated with performances by Djavan and special guests Joo Bosco, Oscar Castro-Neves, and Rosa Passos.
Conductor John Williams makes his Hollywood Bowl debut. Trombone Shorty and his group Orleans Avenue make their Playboy Jazz Festival debut. Conductor Leonard Bernstein makes his first conducting appearance at the Bowl in the West Coast premiere of his score to the ballet Fancy Leopold Stokowski is appointed as the first Music Director of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony. He debuts with performances of KCRW World Festival Reggae Night features performances by British reggae stars UB40, Beres Hammond, and Barrington Levy. The Womens World Peace Concert on Armistice Day (November 11) is one of the first major events at the Bowl. The first Playboy Jazz Festival is held at the Hollywood Bowl. Leonard Slatkin is appointed as the first Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. All Rights Reserved. Tony Bennett and Diane Schuur make their first Hollywood Bowl appearance alongside George Shearing. The Theatre Arts Alliance Inc., with Christine Wetherill Stevenson as President, purchases 59 acres in Bolton Canyon for $47,500. Blondie releasing definitive box set, reschedule Long Island show, Sky Ferreira shares Dont Forget from new album Masochism, Watch Toyah and Robert Fripp cover Garbages I Think Im Paranoid. Buddy Rich and the Buddy Rich Orchestra open the Jazz at the Bowl series. Photo credit: Hollywood Bowl Museum Collection/Hermosa Wave Photo credit: Hollywood Bowl Museum Collection/Mathew Hablas espaol? Photo credit: Hollywood Bowl Museum Collection, Otto Rothschild/Courtesy of The Music Center. A fountain is installed in the reflecting pool. This concert marks Herb Alberts Hollywood Bowl debut. This land becomes Mrs. Stevenson resigns from the Theatre Arts Alliance due to a conflict of interest regarding the organization's purpose. Hall of Fame inductees are Roger Daltrey, Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, The Smothers Brothers, and Leopold Stokowski. Itzhak Perlman makes his conducting debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Dvok. Peggy Lee makes her Hollywood Bowl debut and later appears in one of the first television programs shot at the Bowl. Their piano duet is the highlight of the concert. Gilberto Gil makes his Bowl debut performance. 1, Mendelssohns Piano Concerto No. The LA Phil launches Sound/Stage as a free online concert series created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Otto Klemperer conducts the 1,000th concert at the Hollywood Bowl, a performance of Beethovens Symphony No.
The terrace boxes, garden boxes, and pool boxes are redone to mirror the original 1930s aesthetic along with a full renovation of the orchestra Hollywood Bowl opening night performer and Hall of Fame inductee Journey kicks off the season. John Legend, Joe Perry, Patti Austin, and Steven Tyler. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus perform on the Hollywood Bowls stage complete with elephants, flying trapeze, and cannons. 9. The Hollywood Bowl season is cancelled for the first time in 98 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mariachi USA Festival is launched, joining the Playboy Jazz Festival as one of the pillars of pre-season events at the Hollywood Bowl. Dave Brubeck celebrates his 80th birthday with a concert tribute. The multi-talented singer-actress-comedienne Carol Burnett performs Broadway tunes with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Bob Dylan makes his debut at the Hollywood Bowl. Beck makes his Bowl debut with featured bands Spoon and MGMT. After achieving Elton John performs for a TV special at the Bowl. "Global Divas," with Cesaria Evora and Bebel Gilberto, debuts. The Hollywood Bowl Museum opens in the building that was originally the Tea Room. His layout features With the completion of the Pacific Electric Railway on Highland Avenue, the Bowl becomes more accessible and sees an increase in attendance. The "Tchaikovsky Spectacular" with fireworks becomes a yearly tradition at the Bowl. This is the second time the Olympics are held in LA. The stage is embellished with classical designs including Greek columns, pergolas and After several years of Hollywood Bowl concerts featuring popular, familiar favorites, renowned conductor Fritz Reiner brings what is considered English-born composer, pianist, and conductor Ethel Leginska is the first female conductor at the Bowl. Designed by the engineering firm of Elliot, Bowen, and Waltz and built by Allied Architects, the new 55-ton shell becomes an architectural icon. And speaking of not missing beats, she sounds every bit as powerful as in Garbage's late-90s heyday, carrying the night with a combination of huge, distinctive presence and staggering vocal chops (showcased particularly well on their James Bond theme song "The World is Not Enough," which was dedicated to Butch Vig's daughter). Paul McCartney returns as a solo act to host an Earth Day concert at the Bowl. Under Fleischmanns B.B. For the final week of the 2003 season, the Bowl offers Treasures of China. The Los Angeles Philharmonic hosts a two-week Stravinsky Festival to celebrate the composers centenary, conducted by Principal Guest Conductor Oscar Peterson and Herbie Hancock kick off the Jazz at the Bowl series. The Chieftains return to the Bowl to celebrate their 40th anniversary as a band. King makes his Hollywood Bowl debut. The Movie Music of Spike Lee, includes clips and music by Terence Blanchard. The Big Picture, one of the Bowls most popular annual orchestra-and-film programs, pays tribute to the 75-year legacy of 20th Century Fox. Slatkin programs a week of Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan perform. Hendrix returns as a headliner in 1968. Rounding off the 1983 jazz Leonard Bernstein conducts Beethovens Symphony No. Her program includes her own Nursery Rhymes Allied Architects, an association founded in 1921 to provide governmental organizations with professional architects at a reasonable cost, creates Pasadena architect and Rose Bowl designer Myron Hunt creates an elliptical form for the Hollywood Bowl's seating amphitheater. Although rain begins to fall during a memorable Hollywood Bowl concert by Judy Garland, not a soul leaves. Dudamel conducts Revueltas La noche de los Mayas and Tchaikovskys Symphony No A concert titled "AFIs 100 Years of Film Scores" features classic scenes from movies projected on the Bowls big screen and accompanied by the Luciano Pavarotti performs his farewell concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A decorative reflecting pool measuring 106 feet long, 36 feet wide, and six feet deep, with a capacity of 100,000 gallons of water, is installed in Composers Heitor Villa-Lobos and Sir William Walton conduct concerts of their own works. Pianist Alfred Brendel debuts at the Bowl in a performance of Mozarts Piano Concerto No. Famed pianist Maria Tipo makes her Hollywood Bowl debut in the twilight of her career. Bugs Bunny on Broadway, an orchestra-and-film concert that debuted in 1990, celebrates its 20th anniversary with the newly re-imagined production Music Director Gustavo Dudamel makes his Los Angeles opera conducting debut, leading a performance of Bizets Carmen. The Philip Glass Ensemble joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic to perform Glass score to Godfrey Reggios 1982 film Koyaanisqatsi. The Star Wars Concert, complete with lasers, takes place at the Hollywood Bowl. Mel Torm makes his Bowl debut. Renowned pianist Leon Fleisher returns to the Bowl after a 20-year hiatus due to loss of the use of his right hand, diagnosed as focal Violinist Joshua Bell debuts at the Bowl performing Tchaikovskys Violin Concerto in an all Tchaikovsky program conducted by Jan Lorraine Hunt makes her Hollywood Bowl debut as Marzelline in Beethovens Fidelio. Architect Frank Gehry and acoustician Christopher Jaffee are hired to improve the Bowls acoustics. David Newman conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a musical accompaniment to the film West Side Story, marking the films 50th Gustavo Dudamel conducts pianist Lang Lang in a performance of Prokofievs Piano Concerto No. This evening is taped and filmed for album and video release. Smokey Robinson makes his Bowl debut, celebrating 50 years in the music business. The event is curated and Roger Waters performs the Pink Floyd album Dark Side of the Moon for three nights. Deep Purple plays with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, becoming the first rock band to perform with the orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. Still, she's undoubtedly a talented performer and she sounded pretty much flawless. He returns in 1996 and 2001. James Taylor makes his Hollywood Bowl debut. Back to the Future celebrates the 30th anniversary of the films release with the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing Alan Silvestris score live Frank Sinatras 100th birthday is honored with a celebration featuring performances by Kurt Elling, Jos James, Seu Jorge, Seth MacFarlane, John Eric Idle brings Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award winner for "Best Musical," to the Bowl. His three performances with the New York City Ballet have been his Frank Gehry replaces the sonotubes with suspended hollow fiberglass spheres, allowing the musicians to hear one another better. Jascha Heifetz performs Brahms' Double Concerto with master cellist Gregor Piatigorsky. Powerful and inspiring, and with a No. Kristin Chenoweth, The Go-Gos, and Pink Martini are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame inductees are Marilyn Horne, Monty Python, Bonnie Raitt, John Raitt, and Stevie Wonder. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute, conceived by Leonard Bernstein and co-founded by Ernest Fleischmann, is established at the Hollywood Bowl Monty Python Live at The Hollywood Bowl brings the popular English comedy troupe which filmed its performance for release as a motion picture. Konoye conducts the ballet Etenraku (roughly translated as A memorial service held for George Gershwin, who died on July 11, 1937, is attended by a cast of Hollywood's "who's who." Jazz at the Bowl, a series sponsored by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is inaugurated. The Hollywood Bowl Association gives Lloyd Wright instructions to design a semi-circular shell and tackle the dual issues of acoustics and Aaron Copland performs at the Hollywood Bowl, playing the West Coast premiere of his Piano Concerto.
Conductor Nicholas McGegan makes his Hollywood Bowl debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a concert featuring Mozarts Symphony No. The evening-long ballet Elysia, which is presented to celebrate the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, is one of a number of dance works that have been Jascha Heifetz, considered the 20th century's greatest violinist, makes his Hollywood Bowl debut, returning many times throughout the years. Hall of Fame inductees are Sir James Galway, Liza Minnelli, and B.B.
In celebration of Leonard Bernsteins centennial, Gustavo Dudamel leads a program of some of the American maestros most beloved music.
Stevie Wonder and YOLA, the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, perform a sellout show on the KCRW World Festival. Sonny and Cher make their Bowl debut. Nicholas Payton, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Roy Hargrove, and Jon Faddis join the Bowl to honor Louis Armstrongs 100th birthday. In her Hollywood Bowl debut, Audra McDonald shares the stage with Patti LuPone and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in a celebration of Broadway and 17-year-old Lang Lang makes his Hollywood Bowl debut. Principal Guest Conductor Simon Rattle conducts Stravinskys The Rite of Spring. The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents film composers Elmer Bernstein, John Green and John Barry conducting music from their own and others movie Opera newcomer Luciano Pavarotti makes his Hollywood Bowl debut. Conductor Zubin Mehta makes his Hollywood Bowl debut. The "Bienvenido Rock and Pop performances include Taj Mahal, Depeche Mode, and Death Cab for Cutie with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A pre-season performance of Bizet's Carmen is presented; the evening's proceeds are used to pay for the Hollywood Bowl's first seats. Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the West Coast premiere of Wynton Marsalis All Rise for orchestra, choir, and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. The site begins to be referred to as the Hollywood Bowl at community events. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas debuts at the Bowl with performances of Beethovens Piano Concerto No. Sky Ferreira -- 7/9/2017 Hollywood Bowl Setlist24 HoursAin't Your RightGuardianI Blame MyselfVoices Carry (Til Tuesday cover)You're Not the One, Garbage -- 7/9/2017 Hollywood Bowl SetlistNo HorsesQueer#1 CrushEmptyI Think I'm ParanoidCherry Lips (Go Baby Go! LA Phil Creative Chair for Jazz Hall of Fame inductees are Joshua Bell, Frank Sinatra, and Trisha Yearwood. The first two inductees are John Williams and Garth Brooks. George Szell conducts Puerto Rican pianist Jess Maria Sanrom in a performance of Burleske by Richard Strauss. Accompanied by the LA Phil under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, the LA Dance Project performs a suite from Prokofievs Romeo and Juliet. Kristin Chenoweth performs her first solo show at the Bowl. The Hollywood Bowl officially reopens to the public with a free concert featuring Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil intended to honor the frontline and Kool & the Gang headline the first full-capacity performance at the Hollywood Bowl since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for the annual July 4th Oscar-, Emmy-, and two-time Tony-winning Viola Davis shares her powerful voice when she joins Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil as narrator for Six-time Grammy award-winning singer and songwriter Christina Aguilera performs her first concert live with an orchestra, accompanied by the LA Phil Ledisi, the Grammy-winning singer, joins the Los Angeles Philharmonic and conductor Thomas Wilkins in a tribute to Nina Simone, a titan of Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award winner and Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo makes her Hollywood Bowl debut, joined by the LA Phil with Thomas Wilkins Billie Eilish performs in the concert film Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles, featuring her performance recorded live on stage at the Grammy and Oscar Award-winning singer and songwriter H.E.R. Bossa Nova at 50 celebrates the first 50 years of bossa nova. Pinchas Zukerman performs Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, with her husband Daniel Barenboim conducting Ernest Fleischmann is hired as General Director of the Hollywood Bowl and Executive Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
At the conclusion of Vladimir Horowitzs Hollywood Bowl performance of Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of music from his film score for Libertador. Peppers 40th anniversary. The Tchaikovsky program is conducted Stravinsky celebrates his 80th birthday at the Bowl, leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in The Rite of Spring and Fireworks. On the A performance by the French soprano Lily Pons sets the attendance record of 26,410 for a single concert. Cher returns to the Bowl stage for two nights of performances in 2005. The addition of new benches and tables R&B/pop singer Jeffrey Osborne makes his Playboy Jazz Festival debut with two-time Grammy-winning pianist and keyboardist George Duke, who passes Hall of Fame inductees include Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Patti Austin, and John Legend. Arnold Schoenberg writes Fanfare for a Bowl Concert for Violinist Isaac Stern performs douard Lalos Symphonie Espagnole with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Hollywood Bowl Symphony. The Bowls "A Hot Night of Blues" concert brings together John Lee Hooker, the Coast to Coast Blues Band, Albert Collins, Etta James, the Roots Band 10-year-old violinist Sarah Chang makes her Hollywood Bowl debut with a performance of Tchaikovskys Violin Concerto. The Police, The Cure, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds perform. Beverly Sills, Plcido Domingo, and Sherrill Milnes star in a production of La Traviata with James Levine conducting. Ben Harper debuts at the Hollywood Bowl. Six 35-foot light and sound towers are built along the east and west perimeters of the Bowls seating area. Blondie and Garbage brought the early leg of their Rage and Rapture tour to the Hollywood Bowl, where they were joined by pop singer (and burgeoning actor) Sky Ferreira. Photo credit: Otto Rothschild/Courtesy Photo credit: Otto Rothschild/Courtesy of The Music Center, Photo credit: Photo courtesy of the artist, Photo credit: Hollywood Bowl Museum Collection/Mathew Imaging, Photo credit: Hollywood Bowl Museum Collection/Marc Goldstein, Photo credit: Los Angeles Philharmonic Archives/Mathew Imaging. Dawn Upshaw debuts at the Bowl with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic performing Shhrazade by Ravel. This concert also features Don Henley, Steve Miller, 10,000 Maniacs Madonna, Tina Turner, John Paul Jones, and Whitney Houston perform. Violinist Midori debuts at the Bowl with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in E minor.
Douglas Sills and Betty Buckley perform in the Broadway version of classic film noir Sunset Blvd. It is also a proving ground for emerging artists and a living laboratory for experimentation and discovery. Dolly Parton makes her debut at the Hollywood Bowl. Jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves is appointed first Creative Chair for Jazz for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Hall of Fame inductees are Donna Summer, The Carpenters, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Blanchard is the first president Hollywood High Schools production of Shakespeares Twelfth Night and The Landing of the Pilgrims attract 10,000 people. Natalie Cole and John Mauceri. Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Andr Previn conducts one of his signature works - Rachmaninoffs Second Symphony as well as Liszts Piano "Chamber Music at the Ford Amphitheater" is inaugurated. This concert spawns the creation of the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Kent Nagano conducts a performance of The Damnation of Faust by Berlioz. Torm becomes a long-standing Bowl artist; his final Bowl concert is in 1995. The first entity to run and build the Bowl is the Community Park and Art Association founded October 25, 1920. The band seemed to gain power as the show went on, and by the time they closed with the peerless triple-whammy of "Only Happy When it Rains," "Push It," and "Vow," the crowd was in an absolute frenzy. Jesus Christ Superstar is performed at the Bowl. With an unforgettable score by Marvin Hamlisch, iconic choreography by Africas premier diva Anglique Kidjo brings an eclectic mix and the sounds of Cuban salsa, while Latin Grammy-winning Gente de Zona mixes Jazz icon and fourteen-time Grammy Award winner Herbie Hancock is named Creative Chair for Jazz.
The first ever Hollywood Bowl Gala is held, honoring the memory of Ella Fitzgerald. To explore the Bowls vibrant and dynamic past is to have a window on the voices and ideas that have influenced our history and continue to shape our world. The soulful Back by popular demand, Grammy-winning musician Marcus Miller and acclaimed producer/director Reginald Hudlin reprise the Hollywood Bowls 2014 Jeff Lynnes ELO performs three shows at the Hollywood Bowl for the Fireworks Finale. The Latin Festival brings together the world renowned Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and two of Cubas most dazzling stars, Arturo Sandoval and Albita Radiohead makes its Bowl debut and returns in 2003 for two performances. 2. Renovation of all public restrooms and new LED jumbo screens are added to the amphitheater. He returns in 1989, 1996, 1998, 2004, and 2011. )SpecialCup of Coffee (with Inara George)Even Though Our Love Is DoomedThe World Is Not EnoughStupid GirlOnly Happy When It RainsPush ItVow, Blondie -- 7/9/2017 Hollywood Bowl SetlistOne Way or AnotherHanging on the Telephone (The Nerves cover)FunCall MeRaptureRainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob Dylan cover)Fragments (Unkindness cover)Long TimeAtomicToo MuchHeart of Glass, Blondie share unearthed 1980 demo from upcoming box set (listen), Phoebe Bridgers, Jack White, Liz Phair, Pearl Jam & more react to Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. "Jonis Jazz," a celebration of the music of Joni Mitchell with Kurt Elling, Aimee Mann, Glen Hansard, Cassandra Wilson, Chaka Khan, and Herbie Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and guests perform at the Bowl. The inaugural concert of the Los Angeles Jazz Festival features Machito, Lester Horton Dancers, Thelonious Monk, Cal Tjader, Hi-Los, Count Basie Ella Fitzgerald makes her second appearance at the Bowl. Sculptor George Stanley designs the Muse of Music, a 15-foot-high granite fountain, which is built at the entrance of the Hollywood Bowl. He returns in 2013. Its rainbow-colored water show becomes a popular feature during intermissions. The statue Stravinsky conducts Tchaikovskys Nutcracker Suite and Symphony No. They return only once, in 1972, with Cellist Jacqueline Du Pr debuts at the Bowl in a performance of the Saint-Sans Cello Concerto No. A stacked triple bill bridging three generations of great performers lit up Sunday night in Los Angeles. Eugene Ormandy is named Music Director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The Rite of Spring is performed at the Hollywood Bowl, staged by Lester Horton in the first time that Stravinsky's music is utilized by an Viscount Hidemaro Konoye is the first Japanese conductor to appear at the Hollywood Bowl. This is documented in the first jazz recording ever Pianist Van Cliburn debuts at the Hollywood Bowl fresh from his recent win at the Moscow Tchaikovsky competition. She's still just so fucking cool, and I, and pretty much everybody in the venue from the looks of it, just felt blessed to be in her presence (dear). A post shared by Brad Comfort (@bradcomfort). The band returns in 2012 for three nights. The Hollywood Bowl hosts World Cup Week, featuring artists ranging from Van Cliburn and Itzhak Perlman to Linda Ronstadt and Garth Brooks. She performed the first two songs wearing a golden bee mask, making everyone immediately excited for when she would take it off (she was still wearing sunglasses underneath). The first season includes Chick Corea, B.B. Jazz at the Bowl highlights include Shirley Horn, Lou Rawls and Les McCann in his last performance at the Bowl. Yo-Yo Ma performs with his Silk Road Ensemble in the first of many Bowl appearances. Jimi Hendrix opens for the Mamas and the Papas. African American and native Angeleno conductor Henry Lewis conducts performances by mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, his wife at the time, in arias from Simon & Garfunkel make their first appearance at the Bowl. Alfred Hertz, also known as the "father of the Bowl," conducts the inaugural concert of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. "The Big "Viva Mxico!" The Bjrk performs at the Hollywood Bowl. Rod Stewart makes his Bowl debut. A Chorus Line is the Bowls annual, fully staged production for the year. The iconic Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey is accompanied by a live performance of the score by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. The Bowl produces a jazz marathon Esa-Pekka Salonen makes his debut at the Bowl. He later becomes the Los Angeles Philharmonics Music Director, a post he holds from 1992 to Kiri Te Kanawa makes her Hollywood Bowl debut in a solo recital with pianist Martin Katz. Williams, who conducts his own film scores, remains one of the Bowls most popular Cellist Yo-Yo Ma debuts at the Bowl in a performance of Saint-Sans Cello Concerto No. He returns in 2001, 2005, 2010, and 2014. He is joined by colleagues Yefim Bronfman and Shlomo Mintz Leonard Slatkin makes his conducting debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. Violinist Itzhak Perlman makes his Hollywood Bowl debut, commenting in later years that "I have had a lot of experience playing outdoors, but nothing Mexican composer and conductor Carlos Chvez conducts a concert featuring his own Sinfona India. 19. A Southern blues concert features Buddy Guy, the Neville Brothers, and Dr. John. Hall of Fame inductees are Kathleen Battle, George Harrison, Randy Newman, and Bernadette Peters. The distinguished French conductor Pierre Monteux leads the orchestra in a concert of the rarely heard Interludes from Debussys Pellas et Perhaps the most ambitious project of the decade at the Hollywood Bowl, the progressive Festival of the Americas, led by Music Director Leonard Violinist Isaac Stern performs Bernsteins Serenade after Platos Symposium for Violin and String Orchestra, conducted by the composer. The first radio broadcasts are transmitted from the Bowl. Debbie Harry and company treated us to a bombastic, winding set that hit the classics but spent a lot of time with their new album Pollinator. KCRW World Fesitval presents the first ever Bollywood night at the Bowl, featuring A.R. Ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov causes a sensation at his Hollywood Bowl debut.
