Rafael Payare leads Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Rafael Payare leads Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with Leonidas Kavakos and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10.
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Davies Symphony Hall is a theatre in San Francisco / Bay Area.
Upcoming Shows
Elim Chan Conducts Adams and Mendelssohn
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
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...
SF Symphony Musicians Chamber Music Concert
SF Symphony musicians present a chamber music concert at Davies Symphony Hall.
Isabel Leonard Sings Ravel
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
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
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...
Hélène Grimaud Piano Recital
Hélène Grimaud plays a piano recital of works by Beethoven and Schubert.
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet
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.
SF Symphony & Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Prélude à L'Après-midi d'un faune and Appalachian Spring
Alonzo King LINES Ballet joins the San Francisco Symphony and conductor James Gaffigan for two world premiere works set to Debussy's Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun and the suite from Copland's Appalachian Spring, choreographed by Alonzo King. The program also includes...
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra: Season Opening Concert
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.
SF Symphony Youth Orchestra Season Opening Concert
SF Symphony Youth Orchestra and Wattis Foundation Music Director Radu Paponiu open their 2026-27 season with a concert of works by Michael Tilson Thomas, Kodály, and Brahms.
SFSYO Season-Opening Concert: Tilson Thomas, Kodály, and Brahms
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Radu Paponiu, honors late Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas with a performance of his Agnegram. The program also includes Zoltán Kodály's Dances of Galánta and Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 4, the composer's final...
The Nightmare Before Christmas Live-to-Picture
Sarah Hicks conducts a live-to-picture performance of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.
Hook Live-to-Picture
Sarah Hicks conducts a live-to-picture performance of Steven Spielberg's Hook.
Hilary Hahn, Matthias Goerne, and Gloria Chien
Violinist Hilary Hahn, baritone Matthias Goerne, and pianist Gloria Chien play works by Beethoven and Bach, as well as Wir, a new work by Reena Esmail.
Pink Martini with the SF Symphony
Pink Martini performs with the San Francisco Symphony as part of the 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Handel's Messiah
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
Deck the Hall is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Holiday Brass
Holiday Brass is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
In Home for the Holidays
Renowned R&B group All-4-One and vocalists Sheena Easton, Ruben Studdard, and Lindsey Webster honor the memory of legendary singer Peabo Bryson, a beloved presence at the SF Symphony's holiday concerts for nearly 30 years, by performing some of Bryson's signature hits as well as...
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Live in Concert
The San Francisco Symphony performs James Horner's score from Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas live to picture as the film is projected onto a large screen above the stage.
A Merry-Achi Christmas
A Merry-Achi Christmas is presented as part of the San Francisco Symphony's 2026 Holidays with the Symphony season.
Peter and the Wolf
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, led by Wattis Foundation Music Director Radu Paponiu, performs Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with guest narrator Mychal Threets. Threets is a Bay Area librarian, the Resident Librarian for PBS and PBS Kids, and the host of the...
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Open Rehearsal: Peter and the Wolf
The San Francisco Symphony and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco partner for the third time to welcome recently discharged pediatric patients and their families to a free holiday open rehearsal. The rehearsal features the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, led...
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Review: EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT at A.C.T. Strand
A weary Donte Coleman sits in his Western Addition family home that he’s just listed for sale. In this well constructed memory play, scenes from his childhood burst to life in SFBATCO’s homage to the golden age of 1950’s San Francisco’s Fillmore district. Local legend Daryl V. Jones is the e…
Review: DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
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Review: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Broadway San Jose
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Review: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! at Hillbarn Theatre
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Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Actors Ensemble Of Berkeley
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
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
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.…
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Past Shows
43 total · showing 31–40
Scheherazade
Conductor Tianyi Lu makes her San Francisco Symphony Orchestral Series debut leading a program featuring the first SF Symphony performances of Iranian-Canadian composer Iman Habibi's Zhiân, a work written in solidarity with Iranian protesters. Violinist María Dueñas performs...
Elim Chan Conducts La Mer
Elim Chan conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a program of works inspired by literature, love, and nature. The program opens with Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, written by the composer at age 17, followed by Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été with mezzo-soprano...
Njioma Grevious – Shenson Spotlight Series
Violinist Njioma Grevious and pianist Andrew Goodridge perform a Shenson Spotlight Series recital at Davies Symphony Hall. The program includes works by Bach, Brahms, Messiaen, Electra Perivolaris, Prokofiev, and Clarence Cameron White. Grevious, a 2021 Juilliard graduate, is a...
Yo-Yo Ma with the San Francisco Symphony
Yo-Yo Ma joins the San Francisco Symphony and conductor James Gaffigan at Davies Symphony Hall for a program featuring Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto, written as the composer contemplated the destruction of World War I. Ma last performed with the Orchestra at the Opening Night...
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 greatest film composer in history: John Williams. Relive the magic of blockbuster classics when the San Francisco...
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 greatest film composer in history: John Williams. Relive the magic of blockbuster classics when the San Francisco...
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 Piano Concerto No. 24, performed by the masterfully expressive young pianist George Li. The program closes with the swirling...
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 haunting melodies of Robert Schumanns Cello Concerto with Pablo Ferrndez, and the enthralling Hungarian folk...
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 revelatory Symphony No. 3 from 1847 takes center stage, while the program concludes with James P. Johnsons Roaring Twenties...
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, performed by Principal Trumpet Mark Inouye, and the galloping exuberance of Felix Mendelssohns Symphony...
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