One of architect Frank Gehry’s long-standing wishes is finally coming to life: a new concert venue in downtown Los Angeles that will complement his famous Walt Disney Concert Hall. The long-planned Colburn School addition will be the third Gehry-designed building on Bunker Hill, which already has Disney Concert Hall and the Grand LA, a $1-billion apartment, hotel and retail complex …
At right, Gustavo Dudamel embraces architect Frank Gehry as they view Gehry’s model for the new YOLA Center. But this new home for the L.A. Philharmonic’s signature music education program, Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, he said, “is what has me most excited and proud.” Gustavo Dudamel proposed training young musicians in underserved communities when he was appointed the L.A. Phil’s …
