San Francisco Symphony
January 1, 1970 (54 years old) in
The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), founded in 1911, is an American orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980 the orchestra has been resident at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in the city's Hayes Valley neighborhood. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (founded in 1981) and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1972) are part of the organization. Since 1995, Michael Tilson Thomas has been the orchestra's music director. Tilson Thomas is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director in 2020, when Esa-Pekka Salonen is scheduled to become the orchestra's next music director. Among the orchestra's awards and honors are an Emmy Award and 15 Grammy Awards in the past 26 years.
Known For
Credits
- 2019 · Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 as
- 2011 · Keeping Score - Mahler Origins and Legacy as
- 2009 · Keeping Score: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 as
- 2009 · Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique as
- 2006 · Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica as
- 2001 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert as
- 1999 · Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony: S&M as Self
- Future · Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 as
- Future · Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring as