Tito Muñoz is one of the most experienced Latin conductors in the country, and in a few days he will be able to add to his resume having performed on one of the most prestigious stages in the United States: the Hollywood Bowl.

“It's my first time […] and I'm very excited to make my debut,” he said. “For me it is very special because the [Los Angeles] Philharmonic is one of the best in the world.”

Muñoz has a very special assignment because he will lead this orchestra in The Classical World Cup concert, a program with which the LA Phil celebrates “the beautiful game” and that includes works from all over the American continent with a soccer theme.

The concert, which will take place on Thursday, July 9, is made up of works by Ginastera, Samuel Barber, Copland and Revueltas, and will screen The Art of the Goal, a new multimedia conceptual film created by filmmaker Josh Kahn with music by composer Adam Schoenberg. The live performance of the score will be performed by the LA Phil, under the baton of Muñoz.

An interesting fact about this event is that The Art of the Goal is the first original film and score commissioned by the LA Phil to premiere at the Hollywood Bowl in the venue's 104-year history. The show will offer attendees the opportunity to witness a fusion of art, sports and music on the same stage.

In a press release, Kahn said that “for me, The Art of the Goal represents the beginning of a broader creative mission: bringing together two great cultural universes, classical music and sport, through cinematic narrative.”

The film features Los Angeles Fooball Club players both on and off the field, highlighting the rigorous preparation and dynamism the popular sport is known for.

This concert coincides with the celebration in this country, in Mexico and Canada, of the Soccer World Cup, the most popular sporting event in the world.

Muñoz's career began as a child, in his native Queens, New York. He was 10 years old when he began studying violin at a public school in the city where he lived. His mother, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was the one who bought him his first instrument and was also his main promoter.

“It was like an accident,” he said. “They offered classes at my school and I wanted to do it.”

The transition to conducting was something natural for him because, he said, he liked leadership positions, and it was in high school when he began to take this branch of music seriously.

“I always wanted to be in front, and I liked that feeling of leading,” he said.

When he began to do so, Muñoz's teachers realized that his interest in conducting was genuine and began to support him with opportunities to practice. When he was at university he also took advantage of the opportunities he had to conduct the orchestras he formed with his friends.

In his more than twenty-year career, Muñoz has conducted the Phoenix Symphony, the Opéra National de Lorraine and the Orchester symphonique et lyrique de Nancy in France, and has been assistant conductor at The Cleveland Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and the Aspen Music Festival.

Muñoz, who resides in New York, is currently a professor of conducting at the Cleveland Institute of Music and also participates in a summer school in Hancock, Maine.

One of his goals is to one day direct the Berlin Orchestra, since he frequently travels to Germany for work.

“Let's see,” he said. “Let's see.”

In detail

What: The Classical World Cup concert

When: Thursday, July 9 at 8 pm

Where: Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles

How: https://www.hollywoodbowl.com/

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