Natalia Lafourcade and Gustavo Dudamel, a doppelganger

Natalia Lafourcade did not want this to be the case, but it is possible that the concerts she recorded at the end of the week at the Hollywood Bowl were recorded in history by her dear friend Gustavo Dudamel. Not all in this iconic scenario Angelino.

And that's because these two artists are not able to work together – when they came here in 2019 – the emblematic outdoor theater, one of the most important things in the world. After announcing a few months ago that the musical director and artist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra had come to LA to start a new career in his career, Dudamel was first designated musical director of the New York Philharmonic for the 2025-26 season, and then, in 2026, as musical director and artist of this mixed orchestra.

“You want to know,” Natalia said to a visit when she received her birth year in Veracruz, which is at the expense of Mexico. “The first week that I had in 2017 [en el Walt Disney Concert Hall]y yo dije, 'bueno, ojalá me invitations other vez', porque fue único; y después me tocó [actuar con él] At the Hollywood Bowl, he said, “This is irretrievable, there's no reason why it's going to go away, it's heavenly, it's the most amazing experience of my life,” and the regrets continue.”

The same goes for the scenario where you armed the repertoire for those four weeks and weeks once the shows are successful. Interpreted the themes of “De todas las flores”, the most recited vocal album, as well as some other of his compositions that now include part of the Rico song of Latin American music.

This album, the decade of a career spanning more than 20 years – Natalia was 40 years old in February and came to singing and composing at the age of 17 – is one of the most introspective and personal of her profession.

“[El disco] There are many flowers, tents, animals, mountains and rivers”, streets, roads, hurricanes; “There is a place to construct the narrative of this concert”.

“De todas las flores” is also the first discotheque with songs that Natalia launched a few years ago. The imminent production of the song, fortunately for her next ones, did not come because she was already focused on her next album, although the enthusiasm for her was even greater.

“After 'De allas la flores', I said, 'I'm going to take you away', but I was really inspired by it,” he said. “I was going to write, and in the middle of all the projects I hadn't seen, I said, 'good, good,' and it was already like I was on the road.”

During this time, I had just released the basic prerequisite for her career, which was the concert at New York's Carnegie Hall in 2022. Only recently I had been invited by Jorge Drexler from Uruguay and the Cuban Omara Portuondo.

When Natalia began this Camino de Santiago, she was, to this day, “like a girl who is no longer there, when she did not have a child, and she planned everything anew, like a new life, but in a different moment, not in misery.” que cuando tenía tenía 17 años”.

In detail

What: Natalia Lafourcade with the LA Phil

When: mañana fournes y sábado 8 p.m

Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 Highland Ave., Los Angeles

How: Porcini mushrooms from $20; reports hollywoodbowl.com