Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
San Francisco Symphony Chorus

SCRIABIN Prometheus, The Poem of Fire, Op. 60

BARTOK Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, Op. 11

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, March 1, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, March 2, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Sunday, March 3, 2024 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Julia Fischer, violin
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Luca Pisaroni, baritone

STRAVINSKY Pulcinella

BRAHMS Violin Concerto 

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, February 23, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Sunday, February 25, 2024 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Michael Tilson Thomas, Conductor

MAHLER Symphony No. 5

San Francisco Symphony

Thursday, January 25, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Friday, January 26, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, January 27, 2024 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Kent Nagano, conductor

SADIKOVA 4 pieces for percussion

BACH Orchestra Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

STRAVINSKY Ragtime

STRAUSS/SCHOENBERG Kaiserwalzer op. 437

MOZART Symphony No. 41 in C Major, KV 551 - “Jupiter”

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Sunday, December 31, 2023 | 11:00am | Elbphilharmonie, Grand Hall

Christopher James Ray, conductor

Mazz Swift, curator

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, December 8, 2023 | 9:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, December 9, 2023 | 9:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Gustavo Dudamel, Conductor
Jorge Glen, cuatro

ORTIZ Kauyumari

GRAU Odisea Concerto for Venezuelan Cuatro

BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 73

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, November 24, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday, November 25, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall
Sunday, November 26, 2023 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Raphael Payare, conductor

BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19

VILLA-LOBOS Bacanas brasileiras No. 7

Vladimir TARNOPOLSKI Danse Macabre (World Premiere, SDS Commission)

STRAVAINSKY Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)

San Diego Symphony

Friday, November 17, 2023 | 7:30pm | The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park
Saturday, November 18, 2023 | 7:30pm | The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park

Christopher James Ray, conductor
Ellen Schlaefer, director

MOZART Le nozze di Figaro

Opera at the University of South Carolina

Friday, November 3, 2023 | 7:30pm | Drayton Hall Theatre
Saturday, November 4, 2023 | 7:30pm | Drayton Hall Theatre
Sunday, November 5, 2023 | 3:00pm | Drayton Hall Theatre

Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin

MARSALIS Herald, Holler and Hallelujah!

TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

STRAUSS Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, September 29, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall
Saturday, September 30, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall
Sunday, October 1, 2023 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Igor Levitt, Piano

BUSONI Piano Concerto

San Francisco Symphony

Thursday, June 22, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, June 24, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Sunday, June 25, 2023 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Philippe Jordan, Conductor
Ian Bostridge, Tenor Iain Paterson, Baritone Ragazzi Boys Chorus San Francisco Symphony Chorus

BRITTEN War Requiem

San Francisco Symphony

Thursday, May 18, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Friday, May 19, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, May 20, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Rafael Payare, Conductor
Hilary Hahn, Violin

STILL Darker America (SFS premiere)

BRAHMS Violin Concerto

STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

San Francisco Symphony

Thursday, May 11, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Friday, May 12, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, May 13, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Program includes:

MONTGOMERY Starburst

HOLST The Planets

Las Cruces Symphony

Saturday, March 18, 2023 | 7:30pm | Atkinson Hall

Sunday, March 19, 2023 | 3:00pm | Atkinson Hall

Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Conor Hanick, Piano

ADAMS, Samuel No Such Spring
[SF Symphony Commission, World Premiere]

BRUCKNER Symphony No. 6

San Francisco Symphony

Thursday, February 23, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Sunday, February 26, 2023 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Lang Lang, Piano

GRIEG Piano Concerto

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5

San Francisco Symphony

Monday, February 20, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

RAVEL Le Tombeau de Couperin

BARTOK Piano Concerto No. 2

PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, February 17, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, February 18, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Sunday, February 19, 2023 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Assistant Conductor

Robin Ticciati, Conductor
Alina Ibragimova, Violin Ying Fang, Soprano

WIDMANN Violin Concerto (SFS premiere)

MAHLER Symphony No. 4

San Francisco Symphony

Friday, January 20, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 7:30pm | Davies Symphony Hall

Sunday, January 22, 2023 | 2:00pm | Davies Symphony Hall