Simone Young & Gautier Capuçon
April 17, 18 & 19, 2026
Overview
Internationally renowned Wagner interpreter Simone Young returns to the San Francisco Symphony to conduct a can’t-miss symphonic synopsis of Wagner’s massive Ring cycle, featuring her own selection of orchestral excerpts. In her serenely invigorating orchestral piece The Space Between Stars, Sydney-based composer Ella Macens “wanted to convey the energy and magic of our night sky.” Set in a single searing movement, Saint-Saens’s Cello Concerto No. 1 is bursting with sonic surprises—a music-box minuet here, a sudden silence there—as well as the requisite solo pyrotechnics, taken here by the acclaimed French cellist Gautier Capuçon.Concert Extras
A preconcert talk will be presented from the stage one hour before the concert. Free to all ticketholders.
Artists
Simone Young
Conductor
Gautier Capuçon
Cello
San Francisco Symphony
Program
Ella
Macens
The Space Between Stars
First SF Symphony Performances
Camille
Saint-Saëns
Cello Concerto No. 1
Richard
Wagner
Selections from The Ring of the Nibelung
(edition by Simone Young)

Simone Young, conductor

San Francisco Symphony
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