The new Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel from Venezuela, holds a press conference in Los Angeles, California, on September 30, 2009. The LA Philharmonic will welcome Dudamel in his inaugural gala celebration at the Walt Disney Concert Hall next October 8. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

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