PHOTOS: Race for tickets to Gustavo Dudamel’s first concert

Dezi Koster from Australia was second in line among the big crowds at the Hollywood Bowl to get free tickets to L.A. Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel’s first concert there Oct. 3. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 4:12 AM PT

People eager for free tickets to Dudamel’s Oct. 3 concert swamp the Hollywood Bowl box office area. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Joon Kim, 13; Brian Lee, 10; and Michelle Kim, 18, from left, are among the lucky ones able to a get wrist bands for a chance at free tickets to the Oct. 3 concert. All the tickets were gone by early afternoon. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Frank Higginbotham and son Gianni, 3, miss the chance to get free tickets by one number at the Hollywood Bowl. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The long line for free tickets stretches along a pathway. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Joanne Howe, with the paper over her head, and Jason Perez-Howe, with a chair over his, wait patiently in line at the Hollywood Bowl. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Lines form in front of the box office at the Hollywood Bowl for free tickets to the Oct. 3 concert to be conducted by new Los Angeles Philharmonic Music Director Gustavo Dudamel. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)