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Oct 24, 2023
MAYOR BREED PROPOSES HONORING LONGTIME SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS WITH STREET NAME
Oct 19, 2023
MUSIC DIRECTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN TWO CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL PROGRAMS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL, NOVEMBER 10–18, 2023
The California Festival: A Celebration of New Music, taking place November 3–19, is a two-week, statewide festival featuring 100 organizations and ensembles across the state celebrating the most innovative and compelling music composed around the world in the last five years
November 10–12 performances feature the world premiere of Emerging Black Composers Project winner Jens Ibsen’s Drowned in Light, Salonen’s kínēma featuring San Francisco Symphony Principal Clarinet Carey Bell, and Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements
November 17–18 performances feature Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests with organist James McVinnie alongside two works by Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Winds and Brass and Les Noces, featuring animated shorts by artist Hillary Leben
Additional San Francisco Symphony’s California Festival programming includes performances of works by Clarice Assad, Jason Hainsworth, Betsy Jolas, and Sarn Oliver, as well as SF Symphony Youth Orchestra performance of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Metacosmos
Oct 17, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDBOX SERIES RETURNS FOR TENTH SEASON
2023–24 season includes performances curated by violinist, singer, and composer Mazz Swift, December 8–9; SF Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, March 8–9; and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and roboticist Carol Reiley, April 5–6
New this season: SoundBox concerts begin at 8:30pm
Oct 16, 2023
COLBURN SCHOOL AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCE TWO NEW SALONEN CONDUCTING FELLOWS
Elias Peter Brown and Aleksandra Melaniuk join San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2023–24 season as an extension of their work as Salonen Fellows in the Colburn School Conservatory of Music’s Negaunee Conducting Program
Oct 13, 2023
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY RELEASE NEW SFS MEDIA RECORDINGS ON APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL TODAY
Newly released digital-only recordings include Anders Hillborg’s Kongsgaard Variations and Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5
Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, recorded live in concert in June 2022 will be released on Apple Music Classical on Friday, November 3
Oct 12, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELEBRATES DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS WITH CONCERT, LOBBY INSTALLATIONS, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND ¡FIESTA! DINNER EXPERIENCE, NOVEMBER 4
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the San Francisco Symphony in music by Clarice Assad, Arturo Márquez, Alfonso Leng, Silvestre Revueltas, and Arturo Rodríguez; vocalist Edna Vázquez performs a selection of songs with Harth-Bedoya and the Symphony; with performances by Casa Círculo Cultural and Canción de Obsidiana
Local artists, community groups, and Latin American cultural partners join the SF Symphony to celebrate Día de los Muertos through lobby art installations and preconcert activities
¡Fiesta! Día de los Muertos dinner packages include post-concert reception, seated dinner, and online auction plus premium concert seating
Oct 11, 2023
GUEST CONDUCTORS ELIM CHAN AND LUDOVIC MORLOT LEAD THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN CONCERTS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2023
Oct 26–28 Chan leads the Orchestra in Gustav Holst’s The Planets featuring the SF Symphony Chorus and Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations featuring tenor Andrew Staples in his Orchestral Series debut
Nov 2–4 Morlot conducts the United States premiere of Betsy Jolas’ Latest; Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich; and Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
Inspired by Pictures at an Exhibition, newly commissioned artwork by Bay Area artists Liz Hernández and Fernando Escartiz will be displayed in the Davies Symphony Hall lobby and on screen during the Nov 2–4 concerts
Oct 10, 2023
STING JOINS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FOR TWO CONCERTS, PERFORMING HIS MOST CELEBRATED HITS REIMAGINED FOR ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 14 & 15, 2024
Tickets for An Evening with Sting and the San Francisco Symphony go on sale Friday, October 13, at 10am PT at sfsymphony.org
Oct 9, 2023
FEBRUARY 15, 16 & 18 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAL SERIES PERFORMANCES CANCELED
Alternate programming for this week will be announced at a later date
Oct 3, 2023
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
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
Sep 28, 2023
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
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Oct 24, 2023
MAYOR BREED PROPOSES HONORING LONGTIME SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY MUSIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS WITH STREET NAME
“MTT Way”, home to the iconic Davies Symphony Hall, would be added to the list of Commemorative Streets Names in San Francisco.
Oct 19, 2023
MUSIC DIRECTOR ESA-PEKKA SALONEN CONDUCTS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN TWO CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL PROGRAMS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL, NOVEMBER 10–18, 2023
The California Festival: A Celebration of New Music, taking place November 3–19, is a two-week, statewide festival featuring 100 organizations and ensembles across the state celebrating the most innovative and compelling music composed around the world in the last five years
November 10–12 performances feature the world premiere of Emerging Black Composers Project winner Jens Ibsen’s Drowned in Light, Salonen’s kínēma featuring San Francisco Symphony Principal Clarinet Carey Bell, and Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in Three Movements
November 17–18 performances feature Gabriella Smith’s Breathing Forests with organist James McVinnie alongside two works by Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Winds and Brass and Les Noces, featuring animated shorts by artist Hillary Leben
Additional San Francisco Symphony’s California Festival programming includes performances of works by Clarice Assad, Jason Hainsworth, Betsy Jolas, and Sarn Oliver, as well as SF Symphony Youth Orchestra performance of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Metacosmos
Oct 17, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S EXPERIMENTAL SOUNDBOX SERIES RETURNS FOR TENTH SEASON
2023–24 season includes performances curated by violinist, singer, and composer Mazz Swift, December 8–9; SF Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, March 8–9; and SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and roboticist Carol Reiley, April 5–6
New this season: SoundBox concerts begin at 8:30pm
Oct 16, 2023
COLBURN SCHOOL AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ANNOUNCE TWO NEW SALONEN CONDUCTING FELLOWS
Elias Peter Brown and Aleksandra Melaniuk join San Francisco Symphony conducting staff in the 2023–24 season as an extension of their work as Salonen Fellows in the Colburn School Conservatory of Music’s Negaunee Conducting Program
Oct 13, 2023
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY RELEASE NEW SFS MEDIA RECORDINGS ON APPLE MUSIC CLASSICAL TODAY
Newly released digital-only recordings include Anders Hillborg’s Kongsgaard Variations and Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5
Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, recorded live in concert in June 2022 will be released on Apple Music Classical on Friday, November 3
Oct 12, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CELEBRATES DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS WITH CONCERT, LOBBY INSTALLATIONS, COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES, AND ¡FIESTA! DINNER EXPERIENCE, NOVEMBER 4
Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts the San Francisco Symphony in music by Clarice Assad, Arturo Márquez, Alfonso Leng, Silvestre Revueltas, and Arturo Rodríguez; vocalist Edna Vázquez performs a selection of songs with Harth-Bedoya and the Symphony; with performances by Casa Círculo Cultural and Canción de Obsidiana
Local artists, community groups, and Latin American cultural partners join the SF Symphony to celebrate Día de los Muertos through lobby art installations and preconcert activities
¡Fiesta! Día de los Muertos dinner packages include post-concert reception, seated dinner, and online auction plus premium concert seating
Oct 11, 2023
GUEST CONDUCTORS ELIM CHAN AND LUDOVIC MORLOT LEAD THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY IN CONCERTS AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2023
Oct 26–28 Chan leads the Orchestra in Gustav Holst’s The Planets featuring the SF Symphony Chorus and Benjamin Britten’s Les Illuminations featuring tenor Andrew Staples in his Orchestral Series debut
Nov 2–4 Morlot conducts the United States premiere of Betsy Jolas’ Latest; Antonín Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, featuring violinist Augustin Hadelich; and Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
Inspired by Pictures at an Exhibition, newly commissioned artwork by Bay Area artists Liz Hernández and Fernando Escartiz will be displayed in the Davies Symphony Hall lobby and on screen during the Nov 2–4 concerts
Oct 10, 2023
STING JOINS THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY FOR TWO CONCERTS, PERFORMING HIS MOST CELEBRATED HITS REIMAGINED FOR ORCHESTRA FEBRUARY 14 & 15, 2024
Tickets for An Evening with Sting and the San Francisco Symphony go on sale Friday, October 13, at 10am PT at sfsymphony.org
Oct 9, 2023
FEBRUARY 15, 16 & 18 SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAL SERIES PERFORMANCES CANCELED
Alternate programming for this week will be announced at a later date
Oct 3, 2023
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
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
Sep 28, 2023
