The Airborne Toxic Event, courtesy. Sandwiched between the Salt Lake City and Seattle dates on The Airborne Toxic Event tour in support of its critically acclaimed 2020 album, Hollywood Park, is a show with the San Francisco Symphony on July 16. The Airborne Toxic Event and San Francisco Symphony…

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa Pekka Salonen, courtesy Minna Hatinen. The San Francisco Symphony will officially kick off its new season with three concerts featuring new Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen in his inaugural opening night appearance, symphony collaborative partner Esperanza Spalding, dancers from the City’s LINES Ballet performing…

The San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Edwin Outwater (center), performs at Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco on July 4, 2021. Courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — There are very few things more American than jazz, and the San Francisco Symphony took every opportunity to highlight the influences of the American…

San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen. Courtesy: Andrew Eccles. The San Francisco Symphony on Tuesday announced the lineup and schedule for its 2021-’22 season, the first traditional season with Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen at the helm. It will feature the symphony’s eight collaborative artistic partners like Esperanza Spalding and…

Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a program for first responders, featuring string works by Jean Sibelius, George Walker, Carl Nielsen, Caroline Shaw, and Edward Grieg, at Davies Symphony Hall on May 6, 2021. Courtesy. SAN FRANCISCO — The city moved into the yellow tier…

Courtesy: San Francisco Symphony. The San Francisco Symphony will return to Davies Symphony Hall for in-person concerts next month, starting with shows specifically for medical professionals and community partners, the organization announced on Monday. Concerts will take place every Thursday and Friday, beginning May 6. They will be about…

San Francisco Symphony Chinese New Year Virtual Celebration: Year of the Ox. For the first time in 21 years, the San Francisco Symphony‘s annual Lunar New Year concert will not be held in front of an audience at Davies Symphony Hall. Instead, the program, which will be hosted by…

Czech composer Hans Krása, courtesy Wikipedia Commons. The string trio we played was born of suffering, written in turbulent times. The man who wrote it had just lost his home and was forced to live in crowded, unsafe conditions while witnessing people around him become ill and die as…

Esperanza Spalding performs in “Throughline: San Francisco Symphony—From Hall to Home.” Other artists highlighted include Bryce Dessner of The National and violinist Pekka Kuusisto. Courtesy: SF Symphony. After Esa-Pekka Salonen was named to fill the shoes of Michael Tilson Thomas as music director of the San Francisco Symphony in…

Kev Choice in SF Symphony’s ‘From Scratch,’ Courtesy: Kim Huynh. The San Francisco Symphony, not able to play any concerts since March, has pivoted to alternative programming over the last couple of months, including video and podcast series CURRENTS, illustrating the connection between classical music and the music of…