In the twenty-first
century, the syntheses
of music and architecture
are more multi-faceted
than ever before.
At present the best architects are creating huge concert halls or avant-garde venues for chamber music all around the world.
Frank Gehry,
for example, inserted his huge
Walt Disney Concert Hall between
sky scrapers in the heart of L.A.
like a gleaming sailing ship
made from steel in 2003.Many regard this architectural landscape consisting of 300,000 metal elements as Gehry’s greatest work. How did it become possible?
To build a concert hall,
you »must feel
closely connected
to the listeners
in the audience.«