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May 14, 2024
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN THE FINAL THREE WEEKS OF THE ORCHESTRA’S 2023–24 SUBSCRIPTION SEASON
May 7, 2024
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PARTNER WITH CHOREOGRAPHER ALONZO KING AND DIRECTOR PETER SELLARS FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM
Alonzo King LINES Ballet joins the Symphony for Ravel’s complete Mother Goose and Sellars directs Schoenberg’s one-act opera Erwartung, featuring soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams
May 6, 2024
CONDUCTOR GEMMA NEW REPLACES MARTA GARDOLIŃSKA IN MAY 10–12 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PERFORMANCES
New makes her Orchestral Series debut with these concerts, leading the San Francisco Symphony in the originally scheduled program, including Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture; Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, featuring Pablo Ferrández in his Orchestral Series Debut; and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Scottish
Gardolińska regretfully withdraws from the program due to a family illness
May 1, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES SUMMER WITH THE SYMPHONY SEASON WITH CONCERTS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL AND OUTDOOR PERFORMANCES AT FROST AMPHITHEATER, SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, AND SIGMUND STERN GROVE, JULY 4–AUGUST 4, 2024
Conductors Earl Lee and Carlos Miguel Prieto lead classical programs at Davies Symphony Hall with performances by violinist Stella Chen, soprano Caroline Corrales, and guitarist Pablo Sáinz-Villegas
Special San Francisco Symphony guest performances by Ben Folds and John Legend
San Francisco Symphony presents The Trailblazing Music of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, & Carly Simon and Classical Mystery Tour: A Symphonic Tribute to The Beatles
Summer films and film music concerts include Disney: The Sound of Magic, a symphonic celebration of Disney's 100th anniversary; La La Land; and The Movie Music of John Williams
Edwin Outwater conducts the Orchestra and vocalist Jessica Vosk in the Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular at Shoreline Amphitheatre
San Francisco Symphony performs a free concert at Sigmund Stern Grove featuring Jessica Vosk on a program conducted by Edwin Outwater, July 7
San Francisco Symphony performs two concerts at Frost Amphitheater, presented by Stanford Live and the San Francisco Symphony, July 13 & 20
Tickets on sale now via sfsymphony.org/summer
Apr 22, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA CELEBRATES MUSIC DIRECTOR DANIEL STEWART IN HIS FINAL CONCERT WITH THE ORCHESTRA ON SUNDAY, MAY 19, WITH A PERFORMANCE OF MAHLER’S SYMPHONY NO. 5
Stewart became the SFSYO’s Wattis Foundation Music Director in 2019 and celebrates five seasons with the Orchestra; the May 19 concert also marks the final performance of the SFSYO’s 2023–24 season
One of the San Francisco Symphony’s flagship education programs, the SFSYO provides a pre-professional orchestral experience to more than 100 young musicians from throughout the Bay Area, free of charge
Apr 3, 2024
THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES
JOHN LEGEND: A NIGHT OF SONGS AND STORIES WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY
JULY 23–24
Tickets go on sale Friday, April 5, at 10:00AM PT on sfsymphony.org
San Francisco Symphony’s full Summer with the Symphony lineup will be announced in May
Mar 27, 2024
GUEST CONDUCTORS KARINA CANELLAKIS, GUSTAVO GIMENO, MARTA GARDOLIŃSKA, AND RYAN BANCROFT LEAD THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN CONCERTS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL IN APRIL AND MAY 2024
April 18–20 Canellakis conducts Richard Strauss’ Don Juan and Death and Transfiguration; and Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, featuring Cédric Tiberghien, and La Valse
April 25–27 Gimeno leads the Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Funeral March from The Great Citizen; William Walton’s Viola Concerto, featuring SF Symphony Principal Viola Jonathan Vinocour; and Sergei Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 3
May 10–12 Gardolińska makes her Orchestral Series Debut conducting Grażyna Bacewicz’s Overture; Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto, featuring Pablo Ferrández in his Orchestral Series Debut; and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3, Scottish
May 16–18 Ryan Bancroft, in his Orchestral Series Debut, conducts the World Premiere of Unsuk Chin’s Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herzschlags’; Henri Vieuxtemps’ Violin Concerto No. 5, featuring Joshua Bell; Kevin Puts’ Earth; and Claude Debussy’s La Mer
Mar 14, 2024
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN’S TENURE AS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR CULMINATES IN JUNE 2025 FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF HIS FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT
Following the 2024–25 season, Salonen will maintain an ongoing partnership with the San Francisco Symphony through regular guest conducting appearances and collaborations
Mar 12, 2024
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN ANNOUNCED AS 2024 POLAR MUSIC PRIZE LAUREATE
Salonen joins Grammy Award-winning songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, and guitarist Nile Rodgers in the honor
Award ceremony will take place on May 21 in Stockholm
Feb 21, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES TWO SUMMER WITH THE SYMPHONY PROGRAMS: BEN FOLDS WITH THE SF SYMPHONY AND THE TRAILBLAZING MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, CAROLE KING & CARLY SIMON
Ben Folds performs with conductor Edwin Outwater and the SF Symphony, July 27
Ted Sperling leads SF Symphony and guest vocalists in music by Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Carly Simon, August 1
Tickets for both programs go on sale Friday, February 23, at 10am PT on sfsymphony.org
San Francisco Symphony’s full Summer with the Symphony lineup will be announced in May
Feb 8, 2024
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY, AND VIOLINIST LISA BATIASHVILI EMBARK ON THREE-CONCERT CALIFORNIA TOUR, MARCH 20–22
Salonen and the Orchestra make tour stops at Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
Repertoire includes Jean Sibelius’s Finlandia, Symphony No. 1, and Violin Concerto featuring Batiashvili, and John Adams’s Naïve and Sentimental Music
Salonen conducts pre-tour performances of all-Sibelius program at Davies Symphony Hall, March 14–16
Jan 31, 2024
