Watch Gael Garcia Bernal as he leads the L.A. Phil at Hollywood Bowl as a guest ‘conductor’
“Hear the hair” met its real-life inspiration Thursday at the Hollywood Bowl, as actor Gael Garcia Bernal of the comedy “Mozart in the Jungle” led the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the overture to Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” for a scene for the series’ upcoming second season.
The series is a fictitious take on the popularity of the Phil’s dashing and popular music director Gustavo Dudamel -- here named Rodrigo--set backstage at a New York orchestra. “Hear the hair” is a marketing slogan the fictional orchestra uses to advertise its star conductor, Rodrigo.
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Its creators have acknowledged that the character is based on Dudamel, who became music director of the L.A. Phil in 2009 to great fanfare and has become an international superstar -- one often photographed in action with his unruly hair flying.
The scene will appear in an episode about Rodrigo guest conducting the L.A. Phil.
Dudamel conducted the rest of the concert, an all-Mozart evening that concluded his summer concerts at the Bowl.
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