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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.…

Past Shows

36 total · showing 31–36

Lina González-Granados Conducts the SF Symphony

Lina González-Granados Conducts the SF Symphony

Jul 30

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 SF Symphony

Jul 23

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

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Haydn & Mendelssohn

Jul 16

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...

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Mozart & Sibelius

Esa-Pekka Salonen Conducts Mozart & Sibelius

Jul 9

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 closes the program in climactic cascades.

Taiwan Philharmonic

Taiwan Philharmonic

Nov 5

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. “From Formosa” refers to a historic republic on the island of Taiwan. This performance traces Taiwan’s classical...

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