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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, his Fourth Symphony. A swashbuckling 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 Wolfgang Korngold. In the 1930s, both Arnold Schoenberg (-5[1])and Igor Stravinsky (-5[1])permanently relocated to this city. (10[2])Former music director Esa-Pekka Salonen inaugurated a Frank Gehry-designed venue in this city. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this American city whose Philharmonic (-5[1])is currently led by Gustavo Dudamel (10[1])from its Walt Disney (10[1])Concert Hall. (-5[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Los Angeles [accept LA; accept L.A. Variations; accept Los Angeles Philharmonic or LA Phil; accept Hollywood]
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Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (Grad)JMU B (UG)4110
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)Duke A (UG)86-5
Ian He (UG)UNC C (UG)Liberty B (DII)89-5
Minh Nguyen (DII)Virginia A (UG)GWU B (Grad)9410
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford (DII)UNC A (Grad)Maryland B (UG)9410
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Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)GWU A (UG)12210
Charlotte Goeb (UG)Virginia B (UG)UNC D (DII)12610
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)JMU A (UG)128-5
Caleb Hines (DII)Liberty B (DII)UNC C (UG)1290
Zander Werner (DII)Virginia C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)12910
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