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Profile view from Grand Avenue; the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is to the right in the rear.

The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves (among other purposes) as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Image File history File links Circle-question. ... From http://pdphoto. ... From http://pdphoto. ... The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Los Angeles Music Center (its actual name is the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County) is a complex of four entertainment venues located on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The Los Angeles Philharmonic is an orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, USA. From 1964-2003, the orchestra played its concerts in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. ... The Los Angeles Master Chorale is a famous professional chorus in Los Angeles, California. ...

The Frank Gehry-designed building, an example of Deconstructivism, opened on October 23, 2003 and features his trademark steel cladding. While the architecture (as with other Gehry works) evoked mixed opinions, the acoustics of the concert hall were widely praised in contrast to its predecessor, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Frank Owen Gehry (born Ephraim Owen Goldberg, February 28, 1929) is a Pritzker Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. ... Libeskinds Imperial War Museum North in Manchester comprises three apparently intersecting curved volumes. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term cladding can have a number of meanings: Regarding optical fiber in telecommunication, cladding is one or more layers of material of lower refractive index, in intimate contact with a core material of higher refractive index. ... Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound (mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids). ... The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation). ...

Construction

USGS satellite image of the concert hall.

Main entrance of the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The project was launched in 1987, when Lillian Disney, widow of Walt Disney, donated $50 million. Gehry delivered completed designs in 1991. Construction of the underground parking garage began in 1992 and was completed in 1996. The garage cost has been variously estimated between $90 million to $110 million, and was paid for by Los Angeles County, which sold bonds to provide the garage under the site of the planned hall. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 569 × 600 pixels Full resolution (772 × 814 pixel, file size: 474 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The en:Walt Disney Concert Hall by architect en:Frank Gehry. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 569 × 600 pixels Full resolution (772 × 814 pixel, file size: 474 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The en:Walt Disney Concert Hall by architect en:Frank Gehry. ... InsertSLUTTY WHORES≤ non-formatted text here{| class=toccolours border=1 cellpadding=4 style=float: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; width: 20em; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear: right; |+ United States Geological Survey |- |style= align=center colspan=2| [[Image:USGS logo. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Lillian Marie Bounds (February 15, 1900 – December 16, 1997) was the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... Los Angeles County is a county in California and is the most populous county in the United States. ... In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to repay the principal and interest (the coupon) at a later date, termed maturity. ...

However, construction of the concert hall itself stalled from 1994 to 1996 due to lack of fundraising. Additional funds were required since the construction cost of the final project far exceeded the original budget. Plans were revised, and in a cost saving move the originally designed stone exterior was replaced with a less costly metal skin. The needed fundraising restarted in earnest in 1996 - after the real estate depression passed - headed up by Eli Broad and then-mayor Richard Riordan and groundbreaking for the hall was held in December 1999. Eli Broad (born June 6, 1933) a native of Detroit, Michigan is a Jewish American billionaire who lives in Los Angeles, California. ... This is a list of mayors of Los Angeles, California. ... Richard J. Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. ...

Upon completion in 2003, the project had cost an estimated $274 million, including the parking garage. The remainder of the total cost was paid by private donations, of which the Disney family's contribution was estimated to $84.5 million with another $25 million from The Walt Disney Company. By comparison, the three existing halls of the Music Center cost $35 million in the 1960s. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

Reflection problems

The concert hall is a popular subject for photographers.

After the construction, additional expenses were incurred to correct a flaw resulting from the design's use of polished concave stainless steel surfaces. Residents of the neighboring condominiums suffered significant glare caused by sunlight that was reflected and concentrated in a manner similar to a parabolic mirror. The concentrated light made some rooms of nearby condominiums unbearably hot, caused the air-conditioning costs of these residents to skyrocket, and created hot spots on adjacent sidewalks of as much as 140 degrees Fahrenheit. After complaints from neighboring buildings and residents, the county government stepped in and asked Disney to come up with a solution. Their response was a computer analysis of the building's structure; after the offending surfaces were identified, they were sanded to reduce glare in 2005^{[citation needed]}. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels Full resolution (700 × 700 pixel, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The concert hall is a popular subject of photographers. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixels Full resolution (700 × 700 pixel, file size: 69 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The concert hall is a popular subject of photographers. ... The 630 foot high, stainless-clad (type 304L) Gateway Arch defines St. ... A parabolic reflector (also known as a parabolic dish or a parabolic mirror) is a reflective device formed in the shape of a paraboloid of revolution. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Concert organ

Before a concert - view of the stage and organ.

The concert hall and the surrounding area.

The design of the hall included a large concert organ, completed in 2004, which was used in a special concert for the July 2004 National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. The organ had its public debut in a non-subscription recital performed by Frederick Swann on September 30, 2004, and its first public performance with the Philharmonic two days later in a concert featuring Todd Wilson. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 3. ... Organ in Katharinenkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Germany The organ is a keyboard instrument played using one or more manuals and a pedalboard. ... The American Guild of Organists, or AGO, is a national organization of church and concert organists in the USA. It is divided into regions and chapters and publishes a monthly magazine, The American Organist. ... Organ Recital A discussion carried on by senior citizens, at a social gathering, covering the various conditions of ones organs. ... Frederick Swann Frederick Swann (born 1934) is a prominent American concert organist and President of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). ... Todd Wilson is a notable American organist. ...

The organ's Gehry-designed facade sparked a great deal of controversy, as it includes a large number of pipes deliberately set at odd angles. Some people viewing early renderings and models compared it to a bag of french fries. The organ was built by the German organbuilder Caspar Glatter-Götz, under the tonal direction of Manuel Rosales. It has an attached console, built into the base of the instrument, from which approximately half the ranks are playable by direct mechanical, or "tracker" key action, with the rest playing by electro-pneumatic key action; this console somewhat resembles North-German Baroque organs, and has a closed-circuit television monitor set into the music desk. It is also equipped with a detached, movable console, which can be moved about as easily as a grand piano, and plugged in at any of four positions on the stage, this console has terraced, curved "amphitheatre"-style stop-jambs resembling those of French Romantic organs, and is built very low, with the music desk entirely above the top of the console, presumably for the sake of visibility. From the detached console, all ranks play by electro-pneumatic key action. French fried potatoes, commonly known as French fries or fries (North America) or chips (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and Commonwealth) are pieces of potato that have been chopped into batons and deep fried. ... Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs to indicate a mechanical linkage between the key pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe(s) of the corresponding note. ... electro-pneumatic action The electro-pneumatic action is a control system for pipe organs, whereby air pressure, controlled by an electric current and operated by the keys of an organ console, opens and closes valves within wind chests, allowing the pipes to speak. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... A grand piano from Schiedmayer & Söhne, Stuttgart. ... The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical music that runs roughly from the early 1800s to the first decade of the 20th century, as well as music written according to the norms and styles of that period. ...

Pop culture

The Walt Disney Concert Hall was spoofed in The Simpsons 16th season episode The Seven-Beer Snitch; Frank Gehry voiced himself in the episode where the town of Springfield had him design a new Concert Hall for the town.[1] The Concert Hall was then transformed into a jail by Mr. Burns. Simpsons redirects here. ... The Simpsons 16th season (November 2004 - May 2005) began on Sunday, November 7, 2004 with Treehouse of Horror XV. The season contains six hold-over episodes from the season 15 (FABF) production line. ... The Seven-Beer Snitch is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons sixteenth season, first aired on April 3, 2005 in the US. Spoiler warning: While the family visits Shelbyville, the citizens of Shelbyville call Springfields residents hicks. ...

The first ever movie premiere at the concert hall was in 2003, when The Matrix Revolutions held its world premiere. The Matrix Revolutions is the third and last film in the The Matrix trilogy. ...

In the opening moments of "Day 6" of "24", a suicide bomber destroyed a bus in the vicinity of the Concert Hall. Season Six, also known as Day 6, of the television series 24 premiered on Sunday, January 14, 2007. ... 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ...

The Concert Hall held Ellen DeGeneres co-hosting for American Idol during the special week of Idol Gives Back. Rascal Flatts, Kelly Clarkson, and Il Divo performed here. Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ... AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) has enjoyed success in the pop genres. ... Il Divo, Italian for divine male performer, is an international operatic pop vocal group created by pop impresario Simon Cowell, and signed to the Sony BMG music label. ...

See also

• List of concert halls

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