Chandler, sculpted by Los Angeles Times editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Conrad.
This floor also features a bronze bust of Mrs. The Terraces provide a spectacular view of three gracefully suspended crystal chandeliers. Overlooking the Grand Hall are the First and Second Terraces, which form curved galleries similar to balconies. The walls are covered with honey-toned Mexican onyx, and the columns are faced with the same hand-cut Byzantine-style mosaic tile from Venice, Italy, as was used in the lobby. The Hall extends along the north end of the building and features three-story-high ceilings. On the second floor of the Pavilion is the Eva & Marc Stern Grand Hall. The landing of the staircase on the way to the second level features George Kolbe’s piece, “Beethoven Genius.” The flooring in the foyer is surfaced with a pale terrazzo. The grand stairway from the lobby rises above a gold tiled reflection pool, which features sculptures by Enzo Plazzotta, including a male figure honoring Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev and a female figure entitled “Ballet Shoes.” The entire staircase is surrounded with mirrored walls, and stairs are carpeted in olive green and trimmed with white marble. The lobby features paintings and sculptures, including busts of LA Phil conductors Alfred Wallenstein and Otto Klemperer, created by Anna Mahler, daughter of composer Gustav Mahler. The leaf dome thus serves two objectives: It contributes an elegant design element to the space and also eliminates the crowding often found in theatre lobbies. The design team soon discovered that sound reverberated underneath the dome, causing an echo and making conversation difficult. The lobby features a 24-karat gold-leaf dome that was originally built solely for beauty. There are more than one million mosaic tiles throughout the Pavilion along with 78 wall sconces and chandeliers, most composed of hand-cut Bavarian crystal. Crystal sconces and columns faced with hand-cut Byzantine-style mosaic tile from Venice, Italy, complement the onyx walls. The lobby is covered in honey-toned Mexican onyx. The theatre lobby is an elegant two-story space that wraps around the east side of the building. Hong Kong-based artisans wove special carpets team members traveled to Bavaria to assure the precise cutting of the crystal that would be used in the building’s chandeliers and Becket engaged the finest acousticians of the time. The exterior walls are built of charcoal black granite and dark glass, providing a strong contrast to the fluted quartz-chip concrete columns and the broad overhang.ĭesigner Tony Duquette and Becket’s interior designers applied Becket’s “total design” philosophy to create an atmosphere of grandeur for the Pavilion. Measuring 330-feet long and 252-feet wide and featuring 92-foot high columns that rise from the Jerry Moss Plaza level, the Pavilion’s gracefully curving sides express the functional curve of the auditorium within. Like the great music and performances, it would house, the Pavilion’s design reflects elegance and beauty while being contemporary and understated.
A massive, curved structure with stylized columns, a gently swooping flat roof and a glass façade, the Pavilion was designed to fulfill the functions of three major halls, including a symphony with the accordant acoustics a grand opera, which requires a sizable stage and house and a more intimate setting supported by an appropriate sound system or orchestra for light opera, ballet and similar presentations. In conceptualizing the approach to the Pavilion, the architects and designers of Welton Becket & Associates were guided by the idea that the building must not show its back to any part of the city, and, hence, developed the concept of a pavilion.
It is now home to LA Opera and Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center. It served as home to LA Phil for decades and the site for more than 20 Academy Awards presentations (from 1969-1999). The Pavilion has one of the largest stages in the United States and has been the site of unparalleled performances by remarkable music and dance luminaries and virtuosos. The first and largest of the four Music Center venues, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (Pavilion) was originally called the Memorial Pavilion and was renamed the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in honor of Dorothy Buffum Chandler. The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
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