in 1992 he took the orchestra to the salzburg festival where they gave concert performances and well as playing in the opera house for the opera "saint-françois d'assise" by olivier messiaen. they toured throughout the united states, europe, and asia, and performed at the lucerne festival in switzerland, the bbc proms in london, in cologne for a festival of salonen's own compositions, and in 1996 at the théâtre du châtelet in paris for a stravinsky festival conducted by salonen and pierre boulez. the orchestra sounded very good in the paris concert hall, and it made people realize that they needed a better concert hall in los angeles. soon the walt disney concert hall was built there.