What is Los Angeles Philharmonic?
The '''Los Angeles Philharmonic''' ('''LA Phil, LAP, or LAPO''') is an [[United States|American]] [[orchestra]] based in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]. They give concerts every year from October until June at the [[Walt Disney Concert Hall]], and a summer season at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] from July to September. Their conductor is [[Gustavo Dudamel]]. The orchestra are world famous, and well known for playing a lot of music written by modern composers. == History == The orchestra was started in 1919 by William Andrews Clark. He was a business man who had a lot of money and he paid the orchestra himself. They gave their first concert eleven days after their first rehearsal. Clark played the violin himself and sometimes played with the second violin section. Their conductor was [[Walter Henry Rothwell]]. After he died several other conductors led the orchestra, including [[Georg Schnéevoigt]] and [[Artur Rodziński]]. The famous conductor [[Otto Klemperer]] led the orchestra in 1933. He was one of many [[Germany|German]] [[emigrant]]s fleeing from [[Nazi]] Germany. He gave many new orchestral pieces their first performance, and introduced the audience to the music of [[Igor Stravinsky]] and [[Arnold Schoenberg]]. The orchestra played well for him, but Klemperer had health problems and suffered from [[manic depression]]. William Andrews Clark died without leaving the orchestra an [[endowment]]. A new orchestra called the Southern California Symphony Association was started to try to keep the concerts going. Then a businessman called Harvey Mudd offered to pay Klemperer’s salary, and the orchestra started to earn more money playing in the [[Hollywood Bowl]]. so they managed to keep going during the [[Great Depression]]. After the 1939 Klemperer left because of serious health problems. Four years later he was followed by [[Alfred Wallenstein]]. Wallenstein had been the principal [[cello|cellist]] of the [[New York Philharmonic]] and had then been the youngest member of t