FROST AMPHITHEATER: THE GOLDEN AGE OF CINEMA
Overview
Spend a magical evening under the stars with friends and family this summer as the SF Symphony returns for four concerts at Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus. Join us for some music al fresco at the tree-lined lawn of this beautiful outdoor venue!Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, and John Williams are just some of the A-list legends of film music heading this radiant program led by Edwin Outwater and featuring cellist Sterling Elliott. Experience the unforgettable scores of classic Hollywood and beyond in this cinematic showcase, featuring selections from On the Waterfront, Vertigo, Ben-Hur, E.T., and more.
Please note all seating for this performance is all general admission on the lawn.
This concert is also being performed at Davies Symphony Hall on Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 7:30pm. LEARN MORE
Lead sponsorship for the San Francisco Symphony’s performances at Frost Amphitheater provided by The Sakurako & William Fisher Family.
PROGRAM
Conductor
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
Cello
Sterling Elliott is a 2021 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and the winner of the senior division of the 2019 National Sphinx Competition. He has appeared with the Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, and Dallas Symphony. Last summer he made his Aspen Festival debut, performing the Brahms Double Concerto with Gil Shaham, and he made his German debut in Munich in May 2022, performing chamber music with Daniel Hope.
In the 2022–23 season Mr. Elliott debuts with the Colorado Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, and Fort Worth Symphony, among others. Recital appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Shriver Hall in Baltimore, and Tippet Rise Art Center in Montana. In October he participates in the Caramoor Music Festival’s Evnin Rising Stars series. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with this Shenson Spotlight Series recital.
The youngest of three siblings, Mr. Elliott learned to play the cello at age three, completing the family string quartet, and made his concerto debut at seven. He has a long history with the Sphinx Organization, receiving second place in the 2013 National Sphinx Competition junior division before winning in 2014. In 2016 he received the Isaac Stern Award and toured with the Sphinx Virtuosi in 2018, then won the competition in 2019. Currently a Kovner Fellow at the Juilliard School, he is pursuing a master of music degree. He performs on a 1741 Gennaro Gagliano cello on loan through the Robert F. Smith Fine String Patron Program, in partnership with the Sphinx Organization.
(12/2022)
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