Question

An orchestra in this city is the dedicatee of a 1997 set of variations that is based on two hexachords that together feature all 12 notes of the chromatic scale. This city provides the title for the first of Arvo Pärt’s works (10[1])to feature tintinnabulation on an orchestral scale, (-5[1])his Fourth Symphony. (10[1])A swashbuckling (10[1])D major violin concerto written in this city that was popularized by Jascha Heifetz was the first postwar work for the concert hall by Erich (-5[1])Wolfgang Korngold. (-5[1])In the 1930s, (-5[1])both Arnold Schoenberg (-5[1])and (-5[1])Igor Stravinsky (-5[3])permanently relocated (10[1]-5[1])to (10[1])this city. (10[3]-5[3])Former music director Esa-Pekka Salonen (10[1])inaugurated a Frank Gehry-designed (10[1])venue (10[3])in this city. (10[3]-5[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this American (10[1])city whose Philharmonic (10[1]0[1]-5[1])is currently (10[1])led by Gustavo (-5[1])Dudamel (10[4])from its Walt Disney (10[1])Concert (-5[1])Hall. (10[2]-5[1])■END■ (10[8]0[6])

ANSWER: Los Angeles [accept LA; accept L.A. Variations; accept Los Angeles Philharmonic or LA Phil; accept Hollywood]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)4110
Jaime Salamanca CamachoImperial BDurham A48-5
Andrew FisherSheffieldKCL5110
Kevin ParkClaremont AUBC A5310
Karthik PrasadCornell BCornell A78-5
Michał GerasimiukStanford AStanford B80-5
Parth JagtapEdinburghImperial A83-5
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)86-5
Cade ReinbergerRIT BBinghamton87-5
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Liberty B (DII)89-5
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonCedarville89-5
Andrei HuiCambridge COxford C89-5
Mitchell ShaddenTexas ASorbonne91-5
Andrew HannaPennNYU B9110
Thomas HartWarwickOxford A9210
Minh Nguyen (DII)Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)9410
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)9410
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M AIowa B94-5
Rosie ZhangUW ATexas A&M B94-5
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ARowan9410
Audrey Cho (DII)HaverfordNYU A94-5
Rishabh DaveBerkeley ABerkeley C9910
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt B10310
Natan HoltzmanStanford BStanford A10410
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayVassar10410
Albert Zhang (UG)Columbia CJohns Hopkins10410
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford C10710
Meredie Cohen (DII)William & Mary A (UG)Virginia C (UG)107-5
Rohan Navaneetha (DII)Ohio State AMichigan A107-5
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ACambridge B10710
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicKentucky10710
Jake RobertsDurham BOxford B110-5
Bryanna ShaoVanderbilt AAlabama11310
Nathan Redford (DII)Liberty C (DII)Liberty A (Grad)116-5
Roan DowlingIowa ARice A11610
Ella WardeOxford BDurham B1160
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B11810
Cameron WilliamsAppalachian StateMichigan State A121-5
Julian BushlowCornell CRIT A12210
Raymond WangCornell ACornell B12210
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)GWU A (UG)12210
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BMichigan C12210
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)UNC D (DII)12610
Jack ObermanSouth CarolinaHarding127-5
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)JMU A (UG)128-5
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AOhio State A12810
Michael KohnDurham AImperial B12810
Matthew ChristianBinghamtonRIT B12910
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)UNC C (UG)1290
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)12910
Addie King (UG)JMU A (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)1290
Kevin Jiang (UG)Duke A (UG)UNC B (UG)12910
Aswath KaraiMichigan State AAppalachian State12910
Robbie HahnTexas A&M BUW A1290
Anwitha VempaliIowa BTexas A&M A1290
Cormac BeirneSorbonneTexas A12910
Drew Callander (DII)CedarvilleKenyon1290
Halle FriedmanNYU AHaverford12910
Enoch YuenImperial AEdinburgh12910
Ian DewanKielBristol1290
Eileen PengOxford CCambridge C12910