PHOTOS: Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl

An appreciative crowd applauds Gustavo Dudamel at the conclusion of his debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel’s conducting makes the big screen as fireworks burst above the Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Dudamel conducts Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, accompanied by soloists, from left, soprano Measha Brueggergosman, mezzo-soprano Michelle DeYoung, tenor Toby Spence and baritone Matthew Rose.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Performers warm up backstage at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the YOLA Expo Centre Youth Orchestra in Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” his first appearance onstage at the Hollywood Bowl as the new musical director of the L.A. Philharmonic. Dudamel live blog updates  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel is greeted onstage at the Hollywood Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Gustavo Dudamel conducts the YOLA Expo Centre Youth Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday. Dudamel live blog updates  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Herbie Hancock, left, performs with the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Jazz Band during “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!” at the Hollywood Bowl.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Members of the audience listen and take pictures as the Silverlake Conservatory Ensemble performs a set of Stevie Wonder tunes at the Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A little girl looks through a fan with a 3-D viewing window. The fans were handed out to members of the audience at conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Saturday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Violinist Keith Barry joins members of the Silverlake Conservatory Ensemble in a set of Stevie Wonder songs as a warm-up to conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s Bowl debut.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Flea performs a set of Stevie Wonder songs with members of the Silverlake Conservatory Ensemble at the Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A pair of women get into the music in the lead-up to the big moment: conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodríguez performs at “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!,” a five-hour concert concluding with Gustavo Dudamel conducting the YOLA Expo Centre Youth Orchestra and the L.A. Philharmonic in his first appearance as music director of the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl.

The audience enjoys the first act of the show as the Hollywood Bowl starts to fill up for Gustavo Dudamel’s debut.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Andraé Crouch, in a black beret, and the New Christ Memorial Church’s adult and children’s choir perform at Gustavo Dudamel’s debut at the Hollywood Bowl.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

A father and daughter salsa as they wait to enter the Hollywood Bowl for conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A Venezuelan, Dudamel has ignited excitement about the Phil among L.A.’s Latino community.

Vendors sell “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!” T-shirts before the start of the conductor’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Band leader Johnny Polanco works doubly hard to greet crowds flocking to the Hollywood Bowl for conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Music fans dance to the Latin rhythms of the Johnny Polanco Band at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

A couple dance as they wait to get into the Hollywood Bowl for conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s debut.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Pilar Otaiza dances to the music of the Johnny Polanco band prior to the start of Gustavo Dudamel’s debut at the Bowl.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Latin rhythms on a flute greet visitors to the Hollywood Bowl for conductor Gustavo Dudamel’s debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. A Venezuelan, Dudamel has ignited excitement about the Phil among L.A.’s Latino community.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)