The orchestra responded well to his leadership, but Klemperer had a difficult time adjusting to Southern California, a situation exacerbated by repeated manic-depressive episodes. He conducted many LA Phil premieres, and introduced Los Angeles audiences to important new works by Igor Stravinsky and Arnold Schoenberg. Otto Klemperer became Music Director in 1933, part of the large group of German emigrants fleeing Nazi Germany. Īfter Rothwell's death in 1927, subsequent Music Directors in the decade of the 1920s included Georg Schnéevoigt and Artur Rodziński.ġ933–1950: Harvey Mudd rescues orchestra Clark himself would sometimes sit and play with the second violin section. The orchestra played its first concert in the Trinity Auditorium in the same year, eleven days after its first rehearsal. Clark then selected Walter Henry Rothwell, former assistant to Gustav Mahler, as music director, and hired away several principal musicians from East Coast orchestras and others from the competing and soon-to-be defunct Los Angeles Symphony. He originally asked Sergei Rachmaninoff to be the Philharmonic's first music director however, Rachmaninoff had only recently moved to New York, and he did not wish to move again. The orchestra was founded and single-handedly financed in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr., a copper baron, arts enthusiast, and part-time violinist. Clark Jr., founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
premieres, and has commissioned or co-commissioned 63 new works. We are not trying to re-create the glories of the past, like so many other symphony orchestras." "Especially since we moved into the new hall", continues Deborah Borda (former CEO), "our intention has been to integrate 21st-century music into the orchestra's everyday activity." Since the opening of the Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 23, 2003, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has presented 57 world premieres, one North American premiere, and 26 U.S. According to Salonen, "We are interested in the future. Music critics have described the orchestra as the most "contemporary minded", "forward thinking", "talked about and innovative", and "venturesome and admired" orchestra in America. John Adams is the orchestra's current Composer-in-Residence. Gustavo Dudamel is the current Music Director, Esa-Pekka Salonen is Conductor Laureate, Zubin Mehta is Conductor Emeritus, and Susanna Mälkki is Principal Guest Conductor. It has a regular season of concerts from October through June at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and a summer season at the Hollywood Bowl from July through September. The Los Angeles Philharmonic, commonly referred to as the LA Phil, is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California. American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California Los Angeles Philharmonic
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