02 · GALLERY
Five frames.
Disney Hall is what happens when Gehry gets to build the room he wants. From outside, six storeys of crumpled stainless steel pointed at the Hollywood Hills. Inside, a vineyard-terrace concert hall finished entirely in Douglas fir, the audience wrapped around the orchestra in steep terraces. Yasuhisa Toyota designed the acoustic, the same hand behind Berlin's Philharmonie. The room has a 2.2-second reverb and a 2,265-seat shape that puts every listener within 95 feet of the conductor. LA Phil residency. Gustavo Dudamel's living room.
Free organ recital Tuesdays at 12:10pm. The Glatter-Götz pipe organ looks like a packet of curly fries and sounds like the Pacific.
Architecture as instrument. The Asian Suntory Hall has a sister in Los Angeles.
September to June, the LA Philharmonic main season under Gustavo Dudamel. Free Tuesday-noon organ recitals every week. The summer Hollywood Bowl season (June-September) takes Dudamel out of the Hall; chamber music continues.
Box office daily 10:00 to 18:00. Performances most evenings during the September-June Philharmonic season. Self-guided architectural tours daily during the day. Closed Christmas Day.
Metro Red or Purple Line to Civic Center/Grand Park station, five-minute walk north up Grand Avenue. From Hollywood, 15 minutes by car or 25 minutes by Metro Red Line. Paid parking at the Music Center garage.