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We ❤️ LA: Free Concert to Honor First Responders

Saturday, Mar 22

 

WE ❤️ LA

Tue / Apr 1, 2025 - 8:00PM

A free concert for wildfire first responders and impacted community members

About this Performance

Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, global superstar Christina Aguilera, and additional special guests come together for a free concert recognizing the bravery and selflessness on display during the Los Angeles wildfires.

Known for her remarkable impact on pop music, Aguilera brings her powerhouse voice back to the Bowl, reuniting with Dudamel and the LA Phil for an extraordinary night honoring first responders and impacted community members.

Leading contemporary composer Gabriela Ortiz champions the idea that “music has the power to grant us access to the intangible, healing our wounds and binding us to what can only be expressed through sound.” The orchestra takes up this powerful calling with Ortiz’s celebratory Kauyumari, followed by Mahler’s poignant “love letter” and a selection of film-music favorites by the legendary John Williams.  

Gerald Clayton, the six-time Grammy-nominated pianist raised in Altadena, joins the LA Phil for Gershwin’s jazzy and intricate Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” the Palisades Charter High School Band helps kick off the evening with “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and more special guests (to be announced) perform additional symphonic classics. 

WE ❤️ LA is generously supported by Anne Akiko Meyers and Jason Subotky; Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg; Terri and Jerry Kohl; and Barbara and Jay Rasulo.

Register to Access Tickets: First responders and community members directly impacted by the wildfires must register for a chance to access free tickets. Registrants will be randomly selected and notified beginning Thursday, March 20 at 12pm PST. Free tickets will be available for selected registrants on Friday, March 21 at 10am PST. Read Terms & Conditions.

Tune Into the Live Radio Broadcast

This program will be broadcast live on Classical California KUSC in Los Angeles (91.5FM) and on Classical California KDFC in San Francisco (90.3FM). The KUSC and KDFC websites will simulstream the live broadcast, and will offer on-demand streaming of the program for one week afterward.

Programs, artists, dates, prices, and availability subject to change. Ticket limits may apply. All sales are final.

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