Now European, Now American: Tracking LA Phil's Violins
"Sometime after moving to Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2003, Esa-Pekka Salonen decided to shake things up by placing the second violin section on the opposite side of the stage from the first violins, in what is known as European seating -- and it has stayed that way for the most part ever since." Then came Verdi's Requiem this month.... Los Angeles Times 11/16/09

Posted November 16, 2009 05:55 PM