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Aug 31, 2022
THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S 2022–23 FILM SERIES KICKS OFF WITH SCREENINGS OF STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE, SEPTEMBER 16 & 17, PERFORMED LIVE TO PICTURE
Aug 18, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELEBRATES HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH WITH FIESTAS PATRIAS CONCERT, SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Concert features Ballet Folklórico de los Ángeles, Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar, and singer-songwriter Lupita Infante with conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez and the San Francisco Symphony
Tickets for Fiestas Patrias, priced $25 to $109, can be purchased at sfsymphony.org
Aug 9, 2022
MUSIC DIRECTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY OPEN 2022–23 SEASON WITH TWO PERFORMANCES AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL FEATURING AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, SEPTEMBER 22 & SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Program for Opening Night Gala and All San Francisco concerts features Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream interspersed with scenes from William Shakespeare’s play
Opening Night Gala concert on September 23 is preceded by a red-carpet welcome and followed by an outdoor after-party for all ticketholders
Opening Night Gala Dinner Packages offer an enhanced experience and are available for purchase via sfsymphony.org/gala; proceeds from the event benefit the SF Symphony’s artistic, education, and community programs
All San Francisco Concert on September 22 welcomes and pays tribute to impactful community groups and nonprofit organizations across the Bay Area
Visit sfsymphony.org/safety for updated health and safety protocols for the San Francisco Symphony’s 2022–23 season
Jul 14, 2022
SINGLE TICKETS FOR ALL SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY 2022–23 SEASON CONCERTS ON SALE SATURDAY JULY 16, VIA THE BOX OFFICE STARTING AT 10AM AND ONLINE & BY PHONE AT 12PM
New program details announced for Opening Night Gala and All San Francisco concert
Added concert on September 15 celebrates Fiesta Patrias and Hispanic Heritage Month
Added holiday programming includes The Colors of Christmas, Cool Yule Christmas, Holiday Gaiety, How the Grinch Stole Christmas—Film with Live Orchestra, Holiday Brass, Elf—Film with Live Orchestra, and A Merry-Achi Christmas
Single tickets for all 2022–23 concerts can be purchased online starting July 16 at 12pm via sfsymphony.org
Jul 13, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW MUSICIANS JOINING THE ORCHESTRA IN THE 2022–23 SEASON
New musicians include Principal Cellist Rainer Eudeikis, violists Katarzyna Bryla-Weiss and Leonid Plashinov-Johnson, and Associate Principal & E-flat Clarinet Matthew Griffith
Jun 28, 2022
JENS IBSEN SELECTED AS WINNER OF SECOND ANNUAL EMERGING BLACK COMPOSERS PROJECT PRIZE
Ibsen will receive a $15,000 commission and mentorship, and his piece will premiere with the San Francisco Symphony during the 2023–24 season
Jun 21, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONTRABASSOON STEVEN BRAUNSTEIN RETIRES AT END OF 2021–22 SEASON
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May 18, 2022
MUSIC DIRECTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CONCLUDE THE 2021–22 SEASON WITH TWO PROGRAMS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL, JUNE 16–25, 2022
June 16–19 concerts include Luciano Berio’s transcription of Luigi Boccherini’s Four Original Versions of Ritirata notturna di Madrid; Jessie Montgomery’s Strum for String Orchestra; Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome; and Béla Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (June 16 & 17) and Piano Concerto No. 3 (June 18 & 19) featuring pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard
June 23–25 concerts feature SF Symphony premieres of Steven Stucky’s Radical Light and John Adams’ Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, performed by pianist Víkingur Ólafsson in his Orchestral Series debut, as well as Jean Sibelius’ Symphony No. 5
May 17, 2022
EUN SUN KIM CONDUCTS THE NATIONAL BRASS ENSEMBLE AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL, JUNE 20, 2022
National Brass Ensemble is composed of musicians from top orchestras across the United States, including the San Francisco Symphony
Performance features world premieres of new works by Jonathan Bingham and Arturo Sandoval, Richard Strauss’s Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare, and a new compilation arrangement of music from Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle by SF Symphony Principal Trombone Timothy Higgins
Tickets on sale now at sfsymphony.org/NBE
May 12, 2022
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, DIRECTOR PETER SELLARS, AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PRESENT NEW STAGED PRODUCTION OF IGOR STRAVINSKY’S OEDIPUS REX AND SYMPHONY OF PSALMS, JUNE 10–12, 2022
Oedipus rex features tenor Sean Panikkar (Oedipus rex); mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges (Jocasta), bass-baritone Sir Willard White (Creon/Messenger/Tiresias), tenor Jose Simerilla Romero (Shepherd), actor Breezy Leigh (Antigone), dancer Laurel Jenkins, and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Performances mark first collaboration in new four-year partnership with acclaimed director Peter Sellars
May 10, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND ESA-PEKKA SALONEN RELEASE STRAVINSKY: THE SOLDIER’S TALE, A NEW HOUR-LONG THEATRICAL CONCERT FILM, AVAILABLE ON SFSYMPHONY+ BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2022
Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale was conceived and directed by acclaimed British director, designer, and video artist Netia Jones, as a new work of digital music theater
The Soldier’s Tale is conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and features seven San Francisco Symphony musicians, actor Bruce Davison, and Alonzo King LINES Ballet dancer Adji Cissoko
ALL SFSYMPHONY+ CONTENT IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE VIA SFSYMPHONYPLUS.ORG OR VIA SFSYMPHONY+ APP
Press interested in an advance copy of Stravinsky: The Soldier’s Tale can email [email protected]
May 10, 2022
