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The Walt Disney Concert Hall Organ: L.A.'s Finest Instrument

Xaque Gruber | Posted 05.22.2012

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Unorthodox as it is unforgettable, Los Angeles' premiere performance organ is the subject of a compelling new documentary by Raoul Peter Mongilardi. Sitting down with Mongilardi, we discussed L.A.'s "organ of the future."

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Jazz Review: Keith Jarrett At Walt Disney Concert Hall

Debra Levine | Posted 04.05.2012

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Keith Jarrett, the 66 year-old jazz legend, opened his solo concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall Tuesday night by plucking on his Steinway's strings, avant-garde style.

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An Orchestra Worth A Thousand Pictures

Posted 03.27.2012

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Forty-eight hours of sequential photos, 1,000 musicians and the production of one of the largest classical choral productions in history seems like a ...

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Famous Architect Designs Grammy Poster

Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Frank Gehry, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Recording Academy, Grammy Awards 2011, Architecture, Modern Architecture, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Grammy Awards, Arts News

The innovative architect Frank Gehry has turned his propensity for out-of-left-field lines on the new poster for the 54th Grammy awards. The Recording...

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Gustavo's Mendelssohn Live a Dud at Disney

Laurence Vittes | Posted 12.11.2011

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Sunday afternoon's concert, which was shown live in more than 400 movie theaters in the U.S., may have been a blockbuster hit (the numbers will not be made available by NCM Fathom, which aired the spectacular) but in Disney Hall the concert was a dud.

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L.A. Turns Its Back on a Cultural Icon

Leo C. Wolinsky | Posted 10.26.2011

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The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, with its soaring concrete and glass structure, chandeliers and 24-karat gold-leaf ceiling, served as the centerpiece of what was to become the L.A. Music Center. Today, it stands like an aging and neglected dowager.

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Your L.A. Weekend: Eat, Then Dance

The Huffington Post | Katherine Spiers | Posted 07.06.2011

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There's a lot of eating to be done this weekend, but there are plenty of chances to burn off the calories, too. Here's what's going on in Los Angeles ...

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Honoring Ernest Fleischmann, Legendary Impresario

Barbara Isenberg | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Peter Sellars, Pierre Boulez, Deborah Borda, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Ernest Fleischmann, Hollywood Bowl, Gustavo Dudamel, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles News

With one music director after another, Fleischmann extended the orchestra's reach musically, financially and geographically.

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Be Warned: You Can't Operate a Vehicle After Watching This Video

Edward Goldman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art, Artists, Art Talk, Edward Goldman, Kcrw, Npr, Michelangelo, Sol Lewitt, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum, LA Louver Gallery, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Frank Gehry, Arts News

A good fellow American, and a faithful listener of Art Talk on KCRW, sent me a link to a Vatican website with a 360 degree panorama of the Sistine Chapel. For the next hour, wild horses couldn't have driven me away from the computer screen.

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Mohsen Namjoo: A New Music and Poetry for Modern Iran

Touraj Daryaee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Namjoo has appeared to breathe new life into Iran's poetry. His poetry is accompanied with melodic masterpieces, from ballads to screaming rock-like shouts over medieval Persian poetry.

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Your Weekend To Do List

Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

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We've rounded up our top picks for this weekend's to do list. So whether you have a sweet tooth or prefer something salty, whether you're into indie r...

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The LA Phil Plays With Fire -- in Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven

Rodney Punt | Posted 05.25.2011

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One can hear the flickering flames depicted in the oft-performed and thoroughly charming overture, far and away the most developed movement in the score.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: The Emerging Young Musicians Of iPalpiti

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Too often when classical music organizations think big, especially in these tough economic times, they run the risk of unmet expectations and financia...

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Eli Broad's New Drive-Through Museum: A Win-Win for the Collector and LA

Lee Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some commentators have questioned whether the new $80-100 million facility, expected to be completed in 2012, makes one too many contemporary art museums for Angelenos. I say, the more the merrier.

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PERFORMANCE SPOTLIGHT: Lionel Bringuier's 'Romantic Masterworks'

Posted 05.25.2011

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WHO: Lionel Bringuier (conductor), Augustin Hadelich (violin), and the Los Angeles Philharmonic WHAT: 'Romantic Masterworks' WHEN: August 19th, 2010...

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Fidelity FutureStage Helps Public Schools Get a Groove On

Terry Gardner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joan Cusack, Fidelity Investments, The Renaissance Arts Academy, Hollywood Bowl, Music, Jamie Foxx, Dominic Monaghan, Fidelity FutureStage, LA Philharmonic, Deborah Borda, Garfield High School, Michael Krajewski, Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Gustavo Dudamel, Impact News

I learned Fidelity Investments not only accepts investments, it invests in its neighboring communities through arts education in public schools, and it's been investing in school children nationwide since 2006.

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Dudamel Adds Another Concert To His Season

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Los Angeles Philharmonic is giving audiences an added chance to catch music director Gustavo Dudamel this season. Dudamel will perform an addit...

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Top Ten Reasons to Love LA

Eli Broad | Posted 05.25.2011

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With apologies to Randy Newman and David Letterman, I offer the top ten reasons I love LA (and you'll notice there's no mention of Hollywood, Disneyland, the weather or the beaches).

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Travels with Frank Gehry

Barbara Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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As a child Gehry would create little cities, bridges and buildings out of wood scraps with his grandmother on the kitchen floor.

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