Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony Are Joined by Pianists Lang Lang and Gina Alice for 2024–25 Season Opening Gala on September 25, 2024

Davies Symphony Hall Entitlement Process Update – August 2024

Colburn School and San Francisco Symphony Announce Mert Yalniz as 2024–25 Salonen Conducting Fellow

San Francisco Symphony’s All San Francisco Concert, an Annual Concert Presented in Recognition of Local Community Service Organizations, Takes Place September 12 With Esa-Pekka Salonen, SF Symphony Principal Harp Katherine Siochi, and the Orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen and San Francisco Symphony Announce Seven New Musicians Joining the Orchestra During the 2024–25 Season

Single Tickets for All San Francisco Symphony 2024–25 Season Concerts on Sale Saturday, July 20, via the Box Office Starting at 10am and Online & by Phone at 12pm

BOYZ II MEN JOINS SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FOR TWO HOLIDAY PERFORMANCES, DECEMBER 17 & 18, AS PART OF THE SYMPHONY’S 2024 HOLIDAY SEASON LINEUP

Holidays with the Symphony, December 1–23, features 11 festive programs including A Merry-Achi Christmas, Holidays with Boyz II Men and the SF Symphony, Colors of Christmas, Deck the Hall, Handel’s Messiah, Holiday Brass, Holiday Cirque, Holiday Gaiety, and Peter and the Wolf with the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

Holiday films include Elf and The Muppet Christmas Carol

2024-25 season subscriptions are on sale now at sfsymphony.org; subscribers can begin adding on tickets for the 2024 Holiday lineup today; Single tickets for the 2024 holiday season go on sale Saturday, July 20, at 12:00pm PT at sfsymphony.org/holiday

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY YOUTH ORCHESTRA WELCOMES CONDUCTOR RADU PAPONIU AS NEW WATTIS FOUNDATION MUSIC DIRECTOR, BEGINNING IN 2024–25 SEASON

Paponiu will conduct the SFSYO in four concerts during the 2024–25 season, beginning with the Orchestra’s season-opening performance on November 24

ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCE THREE NEW SFS MEDIA RECORDINGS ON APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL

Upcoming digital-only recordings include Igor Stravinsky’s The Firebird (available tomorrow, June 21), Sergei Prokofiev’s Music from Romeo and Juliet (available August 2), and Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique (available September 23)

CYNTHIA ERIVO JOINS ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 14

Tickets go on sale today: Friday, June 14, at 10:00am PT on sfsymphony.org

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELEBRATES FIVE LONGTIME ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS RETIRING AT THE CLOSE OF THE 2023–24 SEASON

Retiring musicians include violinist and former Associate Concertmaster Nadya Tichman, Associate Principal Bassoon Steven Dibner, violinist Amy Hiraga, cellist Jill Rachuy Brindel, and cellist and former Associate Principal Cello Peter Wyrick

The retiring musicians have a combined 183 years of service to the San Francisco Symphony

 TYLER TAYLOR ANNOUNCED AS WINNER OF FOURTH ANNUAL EMERGING BLACK COMPOSERS PROJECT
 

As winner of the Michael Morgan Prize, Taylor will receive a $15,000 commission and mentorship, and his piece will premiere with the San Francisco Symphony during the 2025–26 season