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What does a concert sound like to the orchestra?
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Apr 12, 2017
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What does a concert sound like to the orchestra?
As you sit in the audience and hear the carefully balanced sound, have you wondered what the musicians themselves might hear?
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the L.A. Philharmonic.
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the LA Philharmonic.
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As you sit in the audience and hear the carefully balanced sound, have you wondered what the musicians themselves might hear?

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As you sit in the audience and hear the carefully balanced sound, have you also wondered what the musicians themselves might hear? We sent The Frame contributor Gideon Brower to the Walt Disney Concert Hall to find out.