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San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen announce 2020–21 season: Salonen's inaugural season as Music Director

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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony embark on Final European Tour together with performances in eight countries, March 17–April 7, 2020

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Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony embark on Final Tour of New York and Europe together with performances in eight countries, March 17-April 7, 2020

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Feb 12, 2020

Siberian State Symphony Orchestra Concert on March 15 is Canceled

Feb 11, 2020

Music Director Designate Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in two concert programs, February 20–22 & 27–29, 2020 at Davies Symphony Hall

Feb 4, 2020

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins the San Francisco Symphony to perform the US premiere of Aaron Zigman's Tango Manos Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, co-commissioned by the SFS, February 14-16 at Davies Symphony Hall

Feb 3, 2020

Michael Morgan makes San Francisco Symphony Conducting Debut, leading the Orchestra and Chorus in concerts April 30–May 2, 2020

Jan 24, 2020

MURRAY PERAHIA’S MARCH 10 PIANO RECITAL AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL IS CANCELED

Jan 11, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY TO RELEASE ONGOING LIVE CONCERT RECORDINGS FROM 2019–20 SEASON, STARTING JANUARY 10

Jan 3, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PRESENTS PROGRAMS CURATED AND PERFORMED BY ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE SASHA COOKE, ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER, AND JULIA BULLOCK JANUARY–JUNE 2020

Jan 3, 2020

MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS CONDUCTS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN TWO CONCERT PROGRAMS, JANUARY 9–18, AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL

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2019-20 SEASON

The San Francisco Symphony Announces the 2019-20 Season

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SFS Chinese New Year 20th Anniversary Celebration

San Francisco Symphony Presents 20th Anniversary Chinese New Year Concert & Emerald Banquet, February 1, 2020 at Davies Symphony Hall

Esa-Pekka Salonen named next Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony

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SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS

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SFS AT FROST

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San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

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Michael Tilson Thomas

2019-20 Season Artists

Orchestra

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key leadership bios

Michael Tilson Thomas

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.

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Esa-Pekka Salonen

Music Director Designate

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

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Mark Hanson

Chief Executive Officer

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

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Sakurako Fisher

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.

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Priscilla B. Geeslin

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.

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Herbert Blomstedt

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.

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Ragnar Bohlin

Chorus Director

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

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Daniel Stewart

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.

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