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Davies Symphony Hall

tgarcia@sfsymphony.org
San Francisco 94102

Davies Symphony Hall is a theatre in San Francisco.

Upcoming Shows

The Ring (Live-to-Picture)

Oct 20

San Francisco Symphony performs Gore Verbinski's The Ring live-to-picture with Jason Seber conducting Hans Zimmer's score.

Joe Hisaishi Conducts

Oct 22 – Oct 24, 2026

Joe Hisaishi conducts the West Coast premiere of his Concerto for Orchestra along with additional works to be announced.

Music for Families Concert

Oct 24

Resident Conductor of Engagement and Education Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser leads the Orchestra in a family-friendly concert.

Elim Chan Conducts Adams and Mendelssohn

Oct 29 – Oct 31, 2026

Music Director Designate Elim Chan conducts the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus in Brahms's Nänie, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with Renaud Capuçon, Arvo Pärt's Magnificat, and John Adams's Doctor Atomic Symphony. This marks Chan's first appearance with the orchestra since...

Elim Chan Conducts Mendelssohn and Adams

Oct 29 – Oct 31, 2026

Music Director Designate Elim Chan conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Brahms's Nänie with the SF Symphony Chorus, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with soloist Renaud Capuçon, the first SF Symphony performances of Arvo Pärt's Magnificat with SF Symphony Chorus, and the first SF...

Isabel Leonard Sings Ravel

Nov 6 – Nov 8, 2026

Fabien Gabel conducts d'Indy's Istar, Ravel's Shéhérazade with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, and the first San Francisco Symphony performances of Debussy's Le jet d'eau with Leonard. The program closes with the first SF Symphony performances of Strauss's Symphonic Fantasy on Die...

Día de los Muertos

Nov 7

San Francisco Symphony presents its 19th annual Día de los Muertos celebration featuring conductor José Luis Gómez, violinist Francisco Fullana, salterio players David Hernández Pozos and Claudio Israel Vázquez, and Casa Círculo Cultural. The program features music by Carlos...

Día de los Muertos Concert

Nov 7

The San Francisco Symphony presents its 19th annual Día de los Muertos celebration, conducted by José Luis Gómez, featuring music by Carlos Chávez, Evencio Castellanos Yumar, Luis Farfán Carrillo, Arturo Márquez, and José Pablo Moncayo García. Violinist Francisco Fullana...

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2026

Marie Jacquot makes her Orchestral Series debut conducting the first SF Symphony performances of Holmès's Andromède, a symphonic poem based on Greek myth. Sayaka Shoji performs Respighi's Concerto gregoriano, and the program includes selections from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.

San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: Season Opening Concert

Nov 22

The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Wattis Foundation Music Director Radu Paponiu, opens its 2026–27 season with a program featuring Michael Tilson Thomas's Agnegram, Zoltán Kodály's Dances of Galánta, and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4.

Hook Live-to-Picture

Nov 27 – Nov 28, 2026

Sarah Hicks conducts a live-to-picture performance of Steven Spielberg's Hook.

Handel's Messiah

Dec 4 – Dec 5, 2026

Handel's Messiah is performed with conductor Ruben Valenzuela, soprano Lauren Snouffer, countertenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Zachary Wilder, bass-baritone Enrico Lagasca, and the SF Symphony Chorus as part of the 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Deck the Hall

Dec 6

Deck the Hall is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.

Articles

Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Actors Ensemble Of Berkeley

Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Actors Ensemble Of Berkeley

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · October 3, 2026

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley fills the Live Oak Theater with cheeky humor. As the characters treat serious matters like frippery, and trivial items with seriousness, the tone is set early for a romping good time.…

Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG at SF Playhouse

Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG at SF Playhouse

by Steve Murray · October 2, 2026

Co-founder and producing director Susi Damilano is at it again. Her previous comic stagings include Noises Off, Clue, The 39 Steps and the successful predecessor of this show, The Play That Goes Wrong back in 2024.…

Review: KING LEAR at Oakland Theater Project

Review: KING LEAR at Oakland Theater Project

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · October 2, 2026

Transformative, innovative, and hauntingly memorable. These words encapsulate the reaction to Oakland Theater Project’s production of KING LEAR. The story leaps to life with a flourish of energy and grace.…

Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at Berkeley Playhouse

Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at Berkeley Playhouse

by Kelly Rogers Flynt · September 26, 2026

LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house. The high energy dancing, powerful vocals and the never ending onslaught of jokes keep the audience smiling. …

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center

by Steve Murray · September 25, 2026

What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center? Little Shop of Horrors, whose star is a bloodthirsty flora, plants its roots at the New Conservatory for the opening of its 26-27 season and it’s an energetic, darkly comic, gender bending allegory for all that…

Review: NORTH BY NORTHWEST at American Conservatory Theatre

Review: NORTH BY NORTHWEST at American Conservatory Theatre

by Steve Murray · September 24, 2026

From across the pond, acclaimed director Emma Rice’s latest adaptation North by Northwest makes its West Coast debut, turning Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 suspense film on its ear with her whimsical, comic stylings.…

Review: CRUSHING at A.C.T. Strand

Review: CRUSHING at A.C.T. Strand

by Steve Murray · September 11, 2026

Stories of romantic love are delivered by a variety of interdisciplinary artists in the second Bay Area incarnation of Crushing, and it’s a winner for the art of spoken word. The featured writers span genders, ages and viewpoints and you never know what’s coming next.…

Past Shows

35 total · showing 1–10

Lang Lang in Recital

Oct 4

Pianist Lang Lang performs works by Mozart, Beethoven, Albéniz, Granados, and Liszt, including Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 Pathétique and Piano Sonata No. 31, selections from Albéniz's Suite española, Granados's Quejas from Goyescas, and Liszt's Consolation No. 2 and...

Lang Lang Piano Recital

Oct 4

Lang Lang plays a solo piano recital of works by Albéniz, Beethoven, Granados, Liszt, and Mozart.

Renée Fleming Sings Strauss

Oct 1 – Oct 4, 2026

Santtu Matias-Rouvali makes his Orchestral Series debut leading an all-Strauss program featuring soprano Renée Fleming. Fleming joins the orchestra for Strauss's Four Last Songs, a farewell tribute to the composer's wife and father. The program also includes Strauss's Ein...

A Concert for MTT

Oct 2

A Concert for MTT is a special memorial concert honoring the life, artistry, and enduring legacy of Michael Tilson Thomas, one of the most transformative figures in the San Francisco Symphony's history. The evening will feature personal tributes, archival footage and recordings...

Fantastic Negrito with the San Francisco Symphony

Sep 26

Oakland native and multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Fantastic Negrito joins the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Jonathan Taylor Rush for a collaboration that brings his bold, genre-defying sound into a symphonic setting.

All San Francisco Concert

Sep 25

Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the 47th annual All San Francisco Concert, which honors local social service and neighborhood organizations. The program includes John Adams's The Chairman Dances, Carl Maria von Weber's Bassoon Concerto featuring Principal Bassoon Joshua Elmore in...

Opening Gala with Hilary Hahn

Sep 24

Violinist Hilary Hahn joins conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and the San Francisco Symphony to celebrate the start of the 2026–27 season. The program includes Hahn performing Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, alongside John Adams's The Chairman Dances and Nicolai...

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