Sunday, May 21, 2017, 4:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music
April 25–July 30, 2017Getty Research Institute
This exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the sister-city partnership between Berlin and Los Angeles by exploring two iconic buildings: Hans Scharoun's Berlin Philharmonic (Berliner Philharmonie, built 1960–1963) and Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall (built 1999–2003). Both buildings have captured the public's imagination and become signature features of the landscape of each city. Focusing on the buildings' extraordinary interiors and exteriors, Berlin/Los Angeles: Space for Music brings together original drawings, sketches, prints, photographs, and models to convey the architects' design processes. The parallels demonstrate how the Berlin Philharmonic and the Walt Disney Concert Hall were pivotal in fostering a strong resonance between architecture and the city.
RELATED EVENTS
Choreography of the City: Hans Scharoun's Philharmonie as a Landscape of the Mind
Lecture by Kurt Forster
Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Museum Lecture Hall, Getty Center
In Conversation: Frank Gehry and Kurt Forster
Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium, Getty Center
RELATED RESOURCES
Gallery Tours
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00 p.m.
April 25–July 27, 2017
(Note: no tour on July 4)
- To schedule a guided tour of 15 people or more, please contact gritours@getty.edu
- Book a school tour