Follow along as L.A. Phil's new music director arrives in L.A., beginning with In-N-Out, the Dodgers and a traffic jam

Daniel Harding, incoming Los Angeles Philharmonic music director, received a Los Angeles welcome after flying from Paris. He visited In-N-Out Burger near LAX, where plane spotting is popular, and ate a hamburger without cheese, plain fries, and a liter of ketchup. He posed for photos, smiled at planes from nearby grass, and climbed onto a pole for a better shot. He also attended a jazz quartet performance at the Beckmen YOLA Center, toured the Hollywood Bowl, and watched a Dodgers game with outgoing music director Gustavo Dudamel. They walked the field in personalized jerseys and shared visible enthusiasm for childhood music education.

"Fresh off a flight from his home in Paris, the incoming conductor was treated to In-N-Out Burger, a performance by a jazz quartet at the Beckmen YOLA Center, a tour of the Hollywood Bowl, and a Dodgers game with outgoing music director Gustavo Dudamel."

"Harding and Dudamel walked the field in personalized jerseys before the game - their shared love of taking selfies on display alongside their passion for childhood music education."

"Harding enjoyed his lunch (hamburger with no cheese, plain fries and a "liter of ketchup") with Kim Noltemy, president and chief executive of the L.A. Phil, and Meghan Umber, chief programming officer and president of the Hollywood Bowl. Harding posed for photos while biting into his hamburger, and popped onto a nearby patch of grass to smile with the planes."

"When he climbed onto a pole to get a better shot with an overhead plane, a member of the L.A. Phil team called out, "Please don't kill our music director." It was an unusually cloudy day, but the sun made a brief appearance, allowing the group to eat outside as planes roared overhead."

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