Conductor Gustavo Dudamel at the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, Feb. 10, 2026. (Jake Michaels/The New York Times) By ADAM NAGOURNEY There was “Bravo Gustavo!” a musical tribute that John Williams wrote for his friend Gustavo Dudamel, the outgoing music and artistic director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which premiered the piece while Williams cheered from his fifth-row seat at Walt Disney Concert Hall. There was a new production of Richard Wagner’s “Die Walküre,” led by Dudamel and with…
