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Design and Architecture

Music Inspired by Architecture

Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Watts Towers as inspiration for music? Frances Anderton speaks with Art historian Thomas Crow of the Getty Research Institute and Australian composer Liza Lim about a joint Getty-LA Philharmonic program on music created in homage to architecture. Plus, a conversation with architect Richard Weinstein about who's been picked to redesign Grand Avenue!

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By Frances Anderton • May 25, 2004 • 30m Listen

Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Watts Towers as inspiration for music? Frances Anderton speaks with Art historian Thomas Crow of the Getty Research Institute and Australian composer Liza Lim about a joint Getty-LA Philharmonic program on music created in homage to architecture. Plus, a conversation with architect Richard Weinstein about who's been picked to redesign Grand Avenue!

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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