THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S 2023–24 CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES PRESENTS 10 PERFORMANCES AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL AND THE GUNN THEATER AT THE LEGION OF HONOR
2023–24 Chamber Music Series includes concerts at Davies Symphony Hall on November 5, December 17, January 28, April 21, May 26, and June 16
SF Symphony musicians Alexander Barantschik and Peter Wyrick, with pianist Anton Nel, perform four concerts at the Legion of Honor on October 8, December 3, January 28, and June 2
MUSIC DIRECTOR LAUREATE MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS CONDUCTS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 9, OCTOBER 19 & 21–22, 2023, AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL
MTT and the Orchestra are joined by soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, tenor Ben Bliss, bass Dashon Burton, and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9
MTT opens the program with Olly Wilson’s Shango Memory
San Francisco Symphony Chorus celebrates its 50th anniversary with these performances, and the concerts mark Chorus Director Jenny Wong’s first performances in her new role
CONDUCTOR ELIM CHAN REPLACES DANIEL HARDING IN SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PERFORMANCES OF GUSTAV HOLST’S THE PLANETS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL, OCTOBER 26–28
Chan also conducts Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations, featuring tenor Andrew Staples; Les Illuminations replaces Ralph Vaughan Williams’ On Wenlock Edge on this program
Harding has withdrawn from these performances to step in for Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Franz Welser-Möst on the Orchestra’s three-concert Israel debut in October
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCE FOUR NEW MUSICIANS JOINING THE ORCHESTRA DURING THE 2023-24 SEASON
New musicians include Second Violin Olivia Chen, Second Bassoon Justin Cummings, Associate Principal Flute Blair Francis Paponiu, and Assistant Librarian Matthew Searing
Chen, Cummings, Francis Paponiu, and Searing are joined by new SF Symphony musicians Principal Flute Yubeen Kim and Principal Harp Katherine Siochi, whose appointments were announced in August
THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S 2023–24 GREAT PERFORMERS SERIES PRESENTS EIGHT PERFORMANCES FEATURING ACCLAIMED SOLOISTS AND ENSEMBLES
Violinist Lisa Batiashvili, cellist Gautier Capuçon, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet kick off 2023–24 Great Performers Series with special chamber music performance, October 15
Great Performers Series also features pianists Yefim Bronfman, Evgeny Kissin, Daniil Trifonov, and Yuja Wang; violinist Ray Chen; Joshua Bell & the Academy of St Martin in the Fields; and San Francisco Symphony Brass
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCERT BROADCASTS ON CLASSICAL KDFC MOVE TO SUNDAYS AT 7PM AS PART OF NEW “NORCAL SUNDAY NIGHTS” PROGRAMMING, BEGINNING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
San Francisco Symphony’s 2023–24 season broadcasts begin with Opening Night Gala concert, airing on October 8; KDFC will air archival recordings from the 2021-22 season September 10–October 1
This month marks KDFC’s 75th anniversary serving the Bay Area
MUSIC DIRECTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN LEADS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN THREE PROGRAMS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL, SEPTEMBER 29–OCTOBER 14, 2023
September 29–October 1 concerts include West Coast premiere of Wynton Marsalis’s Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos, and Richard Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony
October 6 & 7 concerts feature world premiere of Jesper Nordin’s SF Symphony-commissioned Convergence with violinist and San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partner Pekka Kuusisto and John Adams’ Naïve and Sentimental Music
October 12–14 concerts include world premiere of Anders Hillborg’s SF Symphony-commissioned Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring Emanuel Ax, Johannes Brahms’ Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2
Esa-Pekka Salonen and San Francisco Symphony announce the appointment of two new principal musicians: Principal Flute Yubeen Kim and Principal Harp Katherine Siochi
Yubeen Kim joins the San Francisco Symphony in January 2024, succeeding former SF Symphony Principal Flute Tim Day, who retired at the end of the 2020–21 season after 14 years with the Orchestra
Principal Harp Katherine Siochi joins the San Francisco Symphony in September 2023, succeeding Douglas Rioth, who retired in December 2021 after 40 years with the Orchestra