The global music education program Encuentros will perform at the Hollywood Bowl Aug. 2. (photo by Samantha Lopez)

Under the leadership of Gustavo Dudamel and María Valverde, the Dudamel Foundation and the LA Phil will co-present Encuentros LA 2022, its first Encuentros (Encounters) in the United States, at a special concert Aug 2. at the Hollywood Bowl.

Encuentros is a global music edu­cation program that explores cultur­al unity and celebrates harmony, equality, dignity, beauty and respect through music, with the goal of inspiring and teaching a new gener­ation of young leaders to work toward building a better world. The young musicians will also partici­pate in community initiatives, men­torship opportunities with the YOLA National Festival and pro­jects throughout Los Angeles, cul­minating with concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and UC Berkeley.

In honor of the Hollywood Bowl’s first 100 seasons, over 100 top-tier young musicians (ages 18–26) from the Americas and around the world – from 34 youth orchestra and El Sistema-inspired programs in 22 countries – will work side-by-side in the Encuentros Orchestra.

Capping the two-week orchestral training festival, Gustavo Dudamel, the Encuentros Orchestra including members of Youth Orchestra Los Angeles will be joined by multi-Grammy-winning vocalist, bassist and composer esperanza spalding, who recently took home a 2022 Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

Celebrating the next generation of arts leaders, “Musical Encounters with Dudamel and esperanza spalding” will include a world premiere LA Phil commis­sion by award-winning composer and El Sistema alum Giancarlo Castro D’Addona.

“When Gustavo first joined us more than a decade ago, we never could have predicted that YOLA, the seed he planted at the EXPO Center in South LA with just 80 stu­dents, would blossom into this – a completely interconnected and global expression of our shared val­ues of access, inclusion and the sheer power of music to transform the lives of individuals and com­munities,” LA Phil chief executive officer and David C. Bohnett chief executive officer chair Chad Smith said. “Every aspect of our organiza­tion, from YOLA to YOLA National to our Dudamel Conducting Fellows to our musi­cians and audiences, is engaged in Encuentros LA 2022, and we couldn’t be more excited to see it all come together on the Hollywood Bowl stage.”

During the intensive orchestral global leadership and music train­ing program, workshops and rehearsals will be conducted by Dudamel and LA Phil Dudamel conducting fellows with additional sectionals and masterclasses led by a faculty of musicians from the LA Phil and guest artists from top orchestras from around the globe, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Opéra National de Paris, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Chile and SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart.

For information, visit laphil.org. For tickets to the Aug. 2, 8 p.m. Hollywood Bowl performance, visit hollywoodbowl.com/events /performances/1729/2022-08-02/musical-encounters-with-dudamel-and-esperanza-spalding. The Hollywood Bowel is located at 2301 North Highland Ave.