Gustavo Dudamel
Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Dudamel Fellowship Program has four new members, Holly Hyun Choe, Dayner Tafur-Díaz, Luis Castillo-Briceño, and Molly Turner.
Born in South Korea and raised in LA, Choe is principal conductor of the chamber orchestra Ensemble Reflektor, Artist Associate for L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève, and a former assistant conductor to Paavo Järvi with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. She is also the recipient of a Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award and the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship scholarship.
Peruvian Tafur-Díaz has won the German Conducting Award, first prize of the International Opera Conducting Competition of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège in 2022, as well as second place in the conducting competition of the University of Almería.
Born in Costa Rica, Castillo-Briceño has been the Conducting Fellow of the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the 2023/24 season and a designated winner in the Rotterdam International Conducting Competition 2025.
Turner is a Chinese-born conductor and composer from Tacoma, Washington, who is also the Conducting Fellow with the New World Symphony. Additionally, she has been mentored by Esa-Pekka Salonen as a Salonen Fellow at the Colburn School’s Conservatory of Music.
As part of the fellowship, the four conductors will work with students in LA Phil’s education programs, such as the Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), plus be involved in LA Phil’s Hollywood Bowl 2024 season and 2024/25 season at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
