Advertisement AdvertisementBut like all coups, the L.A. Phil Dudamel one came with considerable risk and unknowns. Making L.A. his orchestral playgroundFor Dudamel, L.A. became the place that let him try just about anything. The crowd chanted, "L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil, L.A. Maybe the best way to understand what Dudamel has meant to L.A. and what L.A. has meant to Dudamel was his unimaginable schlepping of the L.A. Phil to Coachella. Yet at the end of a long, hot day, a crowd estimated to be around 100,00 stood and chanted the unthinkable "L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil, L.A.