Editing Los Angeles Philharmonic (section)

===1951–1968: Dorothy Buffum Chandler's influence===
By the mid-1950s, department store heiress and wife of the publisher of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', [[Dorothy Buffum Chandler]] became the de facto leader of the orchestra's board of directors. She led on efforts to create a performing arts center for the city, which would eventually become the [[Los Angeles Music Center]] and serve as the Philharmonic's new home. In addition, she and others sought a more prominent conductor to lead the orchestra. Following Wallenstein's departure, Chandler led efforts to hire [[Eduard van Beinum]], then principal conductor of the [[Concertgebouw Orchestra]], as the LAPO music director. The Philharmonic's musicians, management and audience all held Beinum in high regard, but in 1959, he suffered a fatal heart attack while on the podium during a rehearsal of the Concertgebouw Orchestra.<ref name="pbs" />

In 1960, the orchestra, under Chandler's leadership, signed [[Georg Solti]] to a three-year contract as music director. This followed his guest conducting appearances in winter concerts downtown, at the  [[Hollywood Bowl]], and in other Southern California locations including CAMA concerts in Santa Barbara.<ref>{{cite web| title=Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert Listings, 1950–1960| work=CAMA Archives| url=http://www.camasb.org/archives/1950-60.shtml| publisher=Santa Barbara Community Arts Music Association| access-date=May 3, 2008| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602023727/http://www.camasb.org/archives/1950-60.shtml| archive-date=June 2, 2008}}</ref> Solti was scheduled to officially begin his tenure in 1962, and the Philharmonic anticipated he would lead the orchestra when it moved into its new home at the then yet-to-be-completed [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]]. He had even began appointing musicians to the orchestra.<ref name="Leeds">{{cite news| first=Jeff| last=Leeds| title=Sir Georg Solti: Led Chicago Symphony to World Renown| work=The Los Angeles Times| date=September 6, 1997| access-date=November 6, 2017| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/158995071/?terms=george%2Bsolti%2Bled%2Bchicago| url-access=subscription| archive-date=November 7, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107112809/https://www.newspapers.com/image/158995071/?terms=george%2Bsolti%2Bled%2Bchicago| url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 1961, Solti abruptly resigned the before officially taking the post<ref name="d967">{{cite web | last=Halpert | first=Marta | title="Für mein Leben habe ich kämpfen müssen" | website=Wina – Das jüdische Stadtmagazin | date=16 December 2022 | url=https://www.wina-magazin.at/fuer-mein-leben-habe-ich-kaempfen-muessen/ |language=de | access-date=31 December 2024}}</ref> after claiming that the Philharmonic board of directors did not consult him before naming then 26-year-old [[Zubin Mehta]] to be assistant conductor of the orchestra.<ref name="Time writers">{{cite magazine| title=Buffie & the Baton| url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872266,00.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204215340/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,872266,00.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 4, 2011| magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]| date=April 14, 1961| access-date=November 8, 2007}}</ref> Mehta was subsequently named to replace Solti.