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Ryan Bancroft & Joshua Bell
Ryan Bancroft & Joshua Bell
5/16 - 5/18/2024


The elements inspire and sustain, connecting our bodies to the earth—and even to points beyond. Violinist Joshua Bell commissioned Kevin Puts’ Earth, which celebrates the ...

Gladiator
Gladiator
5/22 - 5/23/2024


Lights, Camera, Music!: Watch favorite films on the big screen at Davies Symphony Hall as the scores are performed live by the SF Symphony. Relive ...


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SF Symphony Reveals Summer With The Symphony Season


by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2024

The San Francisco Symphony has announced programming for its summer season, running July 4–August 4 with concerts at Davies Symphony Hall and outdoor performances at Stanford Live’s Frost Amphitheater, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.  ...

Music Returns to Kohl Mansion in May


by Stephi Wild - April 17, 2024

Virtuosic pianist Ilya Yakushev returns to Kohl Mansion for a unique collaborative concert with members of the elite St. Lawrence String Quartet, violinist Owen Dalby and cellist Christopher Costanza, in a program anchored by the glorious Brahms Piano Trio, No. 1. ...

BroadwaySF to Present HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE in Concert


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2024

The Harry Potter Film Concert Series will return to San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

Review: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Presents DRAG ME TO THE MOVIES! at Davies Symphony Hall


by Steve Murray - March 29, 2024

What did our critic think of SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS PRESENTS DRAG ME TO THE MOVIES! at Davies Symphony Hall?...

Guest Conductors Lead Spring Concerts At San Francisco Symphony


by A.A. Cristi - March 27, 2024

Guest conductors Karina Canellakis, Gustavo Gimeno, Marta Gardolińska, and Ryan Bancroft lead the San Francisco Symphony in four weeks of concerts at Davies Symphony Hall in April and May....

Patti LuPone to Launch A LIFE IN NOTES Multi-City Tour This Spring


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 05, 2024

This spring three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone will perform her new concert Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes on a multi-city tour....

Esa-Pekka Salonen, SF Symphony, and Violinist Lisa Batiashvili to Launch California Tour


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 09, 2024

Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony, along with violinist Lisa Batiashvili, embark on a three-concert Southern California tour March 20–22....

Esa-Pekka Salonen To Conduct SF Symphony In Three Programs At Davies Symphony Hall


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2024

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts SF Symphony in three programs at Davies Symphony Hall in February and March 2024....

Review: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Presents DRAG ME TO THE MOVIES! at Davies Symphony Hall


by Steve Murray - January 24, 2024

The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, the world’s premier queer chorus, heads to Hollywood and the silver screen with DRAG ME TO THE MOVIES!, a cinematic extravaganza that’s more dazzling than any Tinsel Town premiere. Featuring the 300-member San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, under the baton of Artisti...

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Presents ALL WE NEED IS LOVE With The SF Symphony, June 18


by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2024

On June 18, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus (SFGMC) presents All We Need is Love, a concert tribute to love songs....

Past Shows

The Wizard of Oz


Lights, Camera, Music!: Watch favorite films on the big screen at Davies Symphony Hall as the scores are performed live by the SF Symphony. The ...

Gimeno Conducts Shostakovich & Prokofiev


For Shostakovich, Walton, and Prokofiev, cinematic assignments often found their way into their concert music—and vice versa. Drama abounds in Shostakovich's score for The Great ...

Yefim Bronfman Piano Recital


Settle in as the world’s most electrifying artists and ensembles converge at Davies Symphony Hall. Experience the striking stage presence and jaw-dropping bravura of Yefim ...

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus Drag Me to the Movies


Lights, camera, fabulous! Get ready for "Drag Me to the Movies" — a cinematic extravaganza that's more dazzling than a Hollywood premiere. This isn't just ...

Daniil Trifonov


Daniil Trifonov Piano Suite in A minor Jean-Philippe Rameau Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K.332 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Variations sérieuses Felix Mendelssohn Piano ...

California Festival: From the Edge


Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Lauren Snouffer Soprano Kayleigh Decker Mezzo-Soprano Paul Appleby Tenor David Soar Bass James McVinnie Organ Hillary Leben Animator San Francisco Symphony Chorus ...

California Festival: To the Edge


Esa-Pekka Salonen Conductor Carey Bell Clarinet San Francisco Symphony Kínēma [First San Francisco Symphony Performances] Esa-Pekka Salonen Drowned in Light [San Francisco Symphony Commission and ...

Inspirations: Art/Music
Inspirations: Art/Music
11/2 - 11/4/2023


Ludovic Morlot Conductor Augustin Hadelich Violin San Francisco Symphony Latest [SF Symphony Commission and World Premiere] Betsy Jolas Violin Concerto Antonín Dvořák Pictures at an ...

The Planets
The Planets
10/26 - 10/27/2023


Elim Chan Conductor Andrew Staples Tenor San Francisco Symphony Chorus San Francisco Symphony Les Illuminations Benjamin Britten The Planets Gustav Holst Benjamin Britten delves into ...

Batiashvili/Capuçon/Thibaudet


What’s better than one magnificently talented artist? How about three. Experience the thrilling trifecta of violinist Lisa Batiashvili, cellist Gautier Capuçon, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen & Emanuel Ax
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Emanuel Ax
10/12 - 10/14/2023


In Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn, Brahms travels in time, using ancient musical forms to explore possible futures. In Beethoven's Second Symphony, anarchic ...

Interplay: Pekka Kuusisto
Interplay: Pekka Kuusisto
10/6 - 10/7/2023


Innovative interactive tech turns each performance of Convergence into a unique, unrepeatable event. Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, soloist Pekka Kuusisto, and composer-inventor Jesper Nordin’s cutting-edge electronics ...

Salonen Conducts An Alpine Symphony


Heckelphone, organ, thunder machine, and other orchestral effects make for a thrilling Alpine adventure, thanks to tour guide Richard Strauss, who translates these timbres into ...

San Francisco Choral Society - Summer Festival Chorus: Mozart Requiem and Shchetynsky Requiem


The San Francisco Choral Society returns to Davies Symphony Hall on Friday, August 18, at 8pm, for its 2nd annual Summer Festival Chorus, bringing singers ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen & Julia Bullock


SF Symphony Collaborative Partner and classical singer Julia Bullock joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestra for a program that sings the American story in works ...

Igor Levit Plays Busoni
Igor Levit Plays Busoni
6/22 - 6/25/2023


Artist-in-residence Igor Levit joins Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Orchestra for Ferruccio Busoni’s towering Piano Concerto, one of the most outsized works ever written. Combining piano ...

Music of John Williams


FromStar Wars, toE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial andJurassic Parksome of the most epic film scores of all time have been written by someone widely regarded as the ...

Music of John Williams


FromStar Wars, toE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial andJurassic Parksome of the most epic film scores of all time have been written by someone widely regarded as the ...

 Xian Zhang Conducts the SF Symphony


Conductor Xian Zhang joins the SF Symphony to lead William Grant Stills deeply personal Mother and Child, and the dark elegance of Wolfgang Amad Mozarts ...

 Lina González-Granados Conducts the SF Symphony


Lina Gonzlez-Granados makes her SF Symphony debut with the spirited Spanish dance rhythms of music from Manuel de Fallas ballet The Three-Cornered Hat. Then, the ...

Michael Morgan Conducts the SF Symphony


Michael Morgan conducts the zesty overture to Gioachino Rossinis opera La gazza ladra, along with a playful Pas de Six from William Tell. Louise Farrencs ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Haydn & Mendelssohn


Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads the SF Symphony through the poignant soundscape of Anna Clynes Within Her Arms. Then, Franz Joseph Haydns delightful Trumpet Concerto, ...

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Mozart & Sibelius


Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leads a program featuring Principal Clarinet Carey Bell performing Wolfgang Amad Mozarts warmhearted Clarinet Concerto, while Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 ...

Edwin Outwater Conducts the SF Symphony


Edwin Outwater conducts the SF Symphony featuring pianist Aaron Diehl....


Take a journey with us through two waves of musical British Invasions. The colorful United Kingdom songbook is filled with an incredible variety of musical ...

Taiwan Philharmonic


The Taiwan Philharmonic visits San Francisco as part of their 2018 North American tour after a highly-acclaimed 2016 US debut. Music Director Shao-Chia Lü conducts. ...

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