Gustavo Dudamel, the Venezuelan conductor of the LA Philharmonic, played a special role during the Super Bowl Half Time show.
“The biggest story in the symphonic world going into the game was the appearance of LA Philharmonic music director Gustavo Dudamel and the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles at the halftime show. Their exuberance showed, as the members and its conductor, clad in two-tone blue and raspberry jackets, kicked-off the performance playing an arrangement of Coldplay’s “When I Ruled the World.”