NEW YORK (AP) — Incoming music director Gustavo Dudamel will conduct the New York Philharmonic at its spring gala on April 24, the orchestra mentioned Tuesday because it introduced a $40 million reward from co-chairman Oscar L. Tang and spouse Agnes Hsu-Tang that may endow his place.
Dudamel was employed in February to develop into the Philharmonic’s music director for the 2026-27 season. He carried out the orchestra final Might in three performances of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony however was not scheduled to steer it within the 2023-24 season, which opens Sept. 27. This system of Dudamel’s live performance was not introduced.
As a part of the reward, the music director will develop into The Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Music and Creative Director Chair beginning with the 2025-26 season, when Dudamel turns into music director designate.
The 42-year-old Dudamel has been music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009, a tenure that may finish after 17 seasons when he begins in New York. He stop as music director of the Paris Opéra in Might, two seasons right into a six-year contract scheduled to run by the 2026-27 season.
Oscar Tang, 85, has been a part of the philharmonic board since 2013 and has been co-chairman with Peter W. Might, since 2019. Tang was CEO of the asset administration firm Reich & Tang for 20 years earlier than retiring in 1993.