Frank Gehry and Esa-Pekka Salonen Discuss Work & Music

Two Towering California Artists - Architect Frank Gehry and Composer/Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Discuss Work with Alex Ross and Barbara Isenberg Monday, May 11 at 7:00 p.m. at The New York Public Library What: Frank Gehry and Esa-Pekka Salonen Discuss Work & Music in Two-Part Program Part I: Frank Gehry, Barbara Isenberg, and New Yorker music critic Alex Ross Part II: Former music director of the L.A. Philharmonic Esa-Pekka Salonen interviewed by Alex Ross, Frank Gehry is a transformative figure in the world of architecture. His Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, has been called "the world's most celebrated new building" by The New York Times, and his Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles, is considered both a visual and an acoustical masterpiece. Projects from Las Vegas to Abu Dhabi are in the works or preparing to open. Having recently celebrated his eightieth birthday, Gehry talks to Barbara Isenberg, author of Conversations with Frank Gehry, and New Yorker music critic Alex Ross about his art of moving forms. Since 1992, the brilliant Finnish composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen has made the Los Angeles Philharmonic the most interesting orchestra in America; since 2003, Disney Hall has been his musical home. Fresh from his final concert as LA's music director, Salonen talks to Alex Ross about his tenure in LA, his friendship with Gehry, Stravinsky, Radiohead, his own works, and the future of music. When: Monday, May 11, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Where: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Celeste Bartos Forum, Fifth Ave and 42nd St Press RSVP: Jennifer Lam, 212-592-7708 or [email protected] Cost: $25 general admission and $15 library donors, seniors and students with valid identification. https://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=ESA