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The Game Awards 10–Year Concert, John Williams With The LA Phil, A Live Presentation of 2001: A Space Odyssey And Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert Highlight The Hollywood Bowl 2023 Season
Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Game Awards and Hayao Miyazaki’s films with Studio Ghibli.
Once again, the Hollywood Bowl is back to thrill audiences with evenings for the upcoming “Music from the Stage and Screen.”
The Hollywood Bowl 2023 season offers more than 20 classical programs including Gustavo Dudamel, Music & Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, returning for his 14th Hollywood Bowl season.
June 24: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2 in Concert
The 2023 season offers the epic finale to the Harry Potter Film Concert Series with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows™ Part 2, bringing the final chapter to the big screens as the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra performs the dazzling score by Alexandre Desplat
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June 25: The Game Awards 10–Year Concert with Fireworks
Celebrating the past decade of video game music and looking ahead to its future.
This special live concert event celebrates the unforgettable role music plays in video games. Lorne Balfe leads the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in music selections and suites from Arcane, Diablo, Elden Ring, Final Fantasy® XVI, God of War, Hades, Hogwarts Legacy, League of Legends, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Starfield, Star Wars Jedi, The Last of Us, and live performances by Gustavo Santaolalla and Tenacious D.
Maestro of the Movies: John Williams with the LA Phil
Friday, July 7, 8PM
Saturday, July 8, 8PM (John Williams 100th date conducting the LA Phil)
Sunday, July 9, 7:30PM
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
John Williams, conductor
John Williams’ scores are instantly recognizable, filled with soaring melodies, poignant emotion, and thrilling moments. It’s little wonder that he’s long been considered the greatest composer in Hollywood history, having contributed to some of the biggest films of all time: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Schindler’s List, Indiana Jones, E.T., Jaws, and so many more. Join John and his dear friend and colleague Gustavo Dudamel as they share the podium for three magical nights of movie music performed by the LA Phil, including selections with film clips.
August 3: A Live Presentation of 2001: A Space Odyssey
As Warner Bros. celebrates 100 years of entertaining audiences around the world, the Hollywood Bowl will add a highlight to the yearlong celebration through Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. A landmark film in the 1960s, it has topped many critics’ lists for greatest film of all time. A key ingredient in Kubrick’s cinematic alchemy was his clever use of classical music, which forever changed and gave new meaning set against stunning celestial imagery. From the ethereal music of György Ligeti to Richard Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra and Johann Strauss, Jr.’s The Blue Danube, watch and listen as the Los Angeles Philharmonic performs the score live to picture while the movie shows on the Bowl’s big screens.
August 4 and 5: Walt Disney Animation Studios: The Concert
Walt Disney Animation Studios has shown us stories that have defined our humanity and inspired the world to wish upon a star. Journey through the most iconic song and film moments of the studio’s treasured legacy live in concert, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to Fantasia to The Little Mermaid to Encanto. Special guest artists join Thomas Wilkins and the LA Phil for an unforgettable experience under the stars, complete with magical film clips on the big screen.
September 1 & 2: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert
In the climactic sixth episode of the Star Wars saga, Darth Vader readies the second Death Star to unleash the final blow to the Rebel Alliance. Luke Skywalker joins R2-D2, C-3PO, and Princess Leia to free Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt and launch a desperate attack upon the entire Imperial Fleet. Watch the complete film unfold as David Newman and the Los Angeles Philharmonic performs John Williams’ legendary score live to picture.
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Everybody Rise! A Sondheim Celebration presents a journey through the world of one of the most celebrated figures in the history of musical theater, with guest vocalists and an orchestra bringing Stephen Sondheim’s most iconic songs to the stage (July 30).
On Aug. 24, composer and conductor Joe Hisaishi, best known as the musical mind behind nearly all of famed Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki’s films with Studio Ghibli, leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Debussy’s sea-inspired, impressionistic La mer and the symphonic suite from Hisaishi’s own evocative score to the landmark anime Princess Mononoke.
An audience perennial favorite and a highly anticipated Bowl tradition returns: Sing-A-Long Sound of Music, the annual special screening of the Oscar®-winning film with pre-show costume contest for audience members, will once again be hosted by the hilarious Melissa Peterman (Sept. 16).
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