Walt Disney Concert Hall

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Address: 111 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Hours: Tours offered most days: 10am-2pm

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Live Music, Romantic, Tip - What to See & Do, Monument - Modern, Theater

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On a busy Downtown street corner a half-block from the main plaza of L.A.'s Performing Arts Center and across from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Walt Disney Concert Hall's twisted-metal landmark building bursts forth like a strange silver flower. Designed by Frank Gehry, the city's most famous contemporary architect, and acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota, the walls and ceiling of the interior are finished with Douglas fir and the floor with oak. Attending a performance in this soaring, swirling sanctum of perfect pitch is a treat for all of your senses.

Founded by Lillian Disney to honor her husband Walt's commitment to arts and culture in L.A., the Concert Hall is home to the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Master Chorale. The 2,265-seat performance space also hosts an impressive, eclectic array of musicians and singers from around the world. Acts range from the Soweto Gospel Choir to composer Philip Glass and indie rockers Death Cab for Cutie.
Free, self-guided audio tours narrated by John Lithgow and featuring insight from architect Frank Gehry, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, and more are available, as well as guided group tours that are available every day and last one hour.

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Review by Nicolas E, April 2013
Doing what: Grand Tour of Los Angeles

Our guide did not speak clearly and he really didn't care about people not understanding.
While the content of the tour is good, some of the sights are so quick that is better to watch them online... for example the Walt Disney Concert Hall shown in the photo of the tour, you don't even get to see it if you're not on the right side of the van.

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