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Music Director

Michael Tilson Thomas assumed his post as the San Francisco Symphony's 11th Music Director in 1995, consolidating a relationship with the Orchestra that began with his debut here in 1974. 

Music Director Designate

Composer and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's restless innovation drives him constantly to reposition classical music in the twenty-first century. 

Chief Executive Officer

Mark Hanson joined the San Francisco Symphony as Executive Director on September 1, 2017.

President

Sakurako Fisher was elected President of the San Francisco Symphony in 2012 and has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony's Board of Governors since 1992. 

President-Elect 

Priscilla B. Geeslin has been elected President of the San Francisco Symphony starting in 2021 and has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony's Board of Governors since 1995. 

Conductor Laureate

Herbert Blomstedt, Conductor Laureate of the San Francisco Symphony, was the Music Director of the Leipzig Gewandaus Orchestra from 1998-2005 and Chief Conductor of the NDR Sinfonie in Hamburg from 1996-1998.

Chorus Director

Ragnor Bohlin began his tenure as Chorus Director of the San Francisco Symphony in March 2007

Wattis Foundation Music Director, SFSYO

Recipient of Aspen Festival's 2010 James Conlon Conducting Prize, Daniel Stewart is Music Director of the Santa Cruz Symphony.