Welcome to the 2024–25 season! Step into a nexus of creativity as Esa-Pekka Salonen embarks on his final season as SF Symphony Music Director. Veteran virtuosos cross paths with enterprising young talents. Silver-screen titans encounter fresh creations & can’t-live-without classics. And small-scale soirees take their place next to go-for-broke blockbusters. Join us for the SF Symphony’s 2024–25 season. Explore the new season: sfsymphony.org/2024-25
About us
The San Francisco Symphony is among the most adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education programs. In the 2020–21 season, the San Francisco Symphony welcomed conductor and composer Esa-Pekka Salonen as its 12th Music Director, embarking on a new vision for the present and future of the orchestral landscape. In their inaugural season together, Mr. Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony introduced a groundbreaking artistic leadership model anchored by eight Collaborative Partners from a variety of cultural disciplines: Nicholas Britell, Julia Bullock, Claire Chase, Bryce Dessner, Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly, Carol Reiley, and esperanza spalding. This group of visionary artists, thinkers, and doers, along with Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony, have set out to explore and develop new ideas inspired by the Collaborative Partners’ unique areas of expertise, including innovative digital projects, expansive and imaginative performance concepts in a variety of concert formats, commissions of new music, and projects that foster collaboration across artistic and administrative areas.
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http://www.sfsymphony.org
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- Performing Arts
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- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1911
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San Francisco, California 94102, US
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Updates
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The San Francisco Symphony is honored to welcome delegates to our vibrant & dynamic city for the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO) Annual Conference this week. We can't wait to reconnect with ACSO members & the broader music community! ACSO provides essential leadership & resources to classical music advocates & organizations, encouraging & supporting their artistic, organizational, & fiscal development. Learn more: https://www.acso.org/
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🎵 A symphony of thanks! 🎵 We are honored by the words of Mission Bit, our community partner that inspires youth of color by offering project-based computer science education that celebrates their identities. We look forward to many more years of inspiring collaboration!
🎵 A symphony of thanks! 🎵 We are incredibly grateful to the San Francisco Symphony for their remarkable support and collaboration. This July, Mission Bit was honored to be featured in the SF Symphony's program and showcased around their building on electronic signage. Your commitment to highlighting our mission is truly inspiring and helps us reach more young minds eager to dive into the world of technology. As part of their generous gesture, the SF Symphony gifted us complimentary tickets to two of their amazing July performances. Our team thoroughly enjoyed these shows and the opportunity to experience the magic of the symphony firsthand. A special thank you to May Stearman for coordinating this wonderful partnership. Your efforts have been instrumental in making this collaboration a success. Thank you, San Francisco Symphony, for your unwavering support and belief in our mission to inspire and educate the next generation of tech leaders. Your partnership amplifies our efforts to provide free, accessible computer science education to students from diverse backgrounds. Together, we are creating a symphony of opportunities and making a lasting impact on the lives of young innovators. Here’s to many more harmonious collaborations! 🎶 #MissionBit #SFSymphony #Partnership #ThankYou #STEMEducation #InspireYouth #CommunitySupport
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We are thrilled to announce the latest winner of the Emerging Black Composers Project: composer, horn player, & teaching artist Tyler Taylor! Launched in 2020, the Emerging Black Composers Project, in partnership with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, is a 10-year commitment to spotlight early-career Black American composers & their works. Winners of the project’s annual Michael Morgan Prize receive a generous commissioning fee & year-long artistic mentorship & workshops, culminating in the performance of their work onstage at Davies Symphony Hall. We can’t wait to see what Taylor has in store! 📷: Miggy Torres
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On May 20, join San Francisco Symphony Music Director & Polar Music Prize Laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen's live Polar Talks conversation with Director General & CEO of Swedish Radio Cilla Benkö. Stream the interview live on YouTube at 7am PST/4pm CET:
Polar Talks 2024
https://www.youtube.com/
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It’s time for Summer with the Symphony! Enter a world of electrifying artists & icons in a summer of music that sizzles. Experience a classical program of Spanish favorites, featuring three of Iberia’s finest composers; watch film hits like 'La La Land' on the big screen as the score is performed live by the SF Symphony; spend an evening with illustrious artists like John Legend & Ben Folds on stage with the Symphony; & hear the Orchestra fill the summer air with music in beautiful outdoor settings at Shoreline Amphitheatre & Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheater. Explore the full summer lineup: sfsymphony.org/summer
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"This is a culmination of a lot of different things, but it’s a showcase of AI specifically. From my vantage point as a roboticist, entrepreneur, and artist, [it’s] what I think is cutting edge that has exploded in terms of AI and art. What I’m trying to get at is human-driven. It’s interactive. . . The things I’m showing have not been done on any stage yet; this is pioneering work." Read Carol Reiley's interview with San Francisco Classical Voice in anticipation of this weekend's SoundBox program:
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Follow along as we journey through California 🗺 Stop two: Esa-Pekka Salonen, the SF Symphony, & violinist Lisa Batiashvili graced the stage of the McCallum Theatre at the College of the Desert in Palm Desert. It was a concert to remember! 📷: Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic. Photography by Marc Glassman
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First stop on our California tour: Esa-Pekka Salonen, the SF Symphony, & violinist Lisa Batiashvili took Costa Mesa by storm. Catch a glimpse of Wednesday's concert at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Up tonight: LA's Walt Disney Hall! 📷: Philharmonic Society of Orange County. Photography by Drew A. Kelley
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