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The San Francisco Symphony, one of America's most forward-looking arts organizations, presents over 220 concerts each year, creates leading edge media initiatives such as Keeping Score on PBS television and its own Grammy-winning record label SFS Media, and serves its community with one of the most extensive education and community programs of any orchestra in the country. Led by its innovative Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, the SFS continues to set the highest possible standard for excellence in orchestral performance and to shape the cultural life of the Bay Area.

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California Festival: A Celebration Of New Music Launches November 3, 2023 Photo California Festival: A Celebration Of New Music Launches November 3, 2023
by Michael Major - November 02, 2023

California Festival: A Celebration of New Music launches November 3, 2023. The Festival was conceived by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare, and San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen....

Ellie Goulding Announces Special Intimate U.S. Shows This Fall With Orchestra Photo Ellie Goulding Announces Special Intimate U.S. Shows This Fall With Orchestra
by Michael Major - September 06, 2023

The three shows include New York City on Thursday, November 16, at the Kings Theatre with the Wordless Music Orchestra; San Francisco on Monday, November 20, at Davies Symphony Hall with the San Francisco Symphony; and Los Angeles on Wednesday, November 22, where she makes her Walt Disney Concert Ha...

Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony Release Two New Recordings on Apple Music Photo Esa-Pekka Salonen & San Francisco Symphony Release Two New Recordings on Apple Music Classical
by Michael Major - July 24, 2023

Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony will release three additional spatial audio recordings exclusive to Apple Music Classical in September: Anders Hillborg’s Kongsgaard Variations, recorded October 2021; Ottorino Respighi’s Pines of Rome, recorded June 2022; and Jean Sibelius’s Symphony No. 5, re...

Metallica to Host '72 Seasons' Worldwide Listening Party Photo Metallica to Host '72 Seasons' Worldwide Listening Party
by Michael Major - January 25, 2023

For one night only on Thursday, April 13, 72 Seasons will be played in full in pummeling surround sound, exclusively for cinema audiences worldwide—with every one of the new songs featuring its own music video and exclusive commentary from the band. The result will offer fans an unforgettable night ...

Julia Bullock to Release First Solo Recording in December Photo Julia Bullock to Release First Solo Recording in December
by Michael Major - September 27, 2022

The album features Samuel Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915 and the aria “Memorial de Tlatelolco” from John Adams’s El Niño – featuring London’s Philharmonia Orchestra and conductor Christian Reif. With Reif as pianist, Bullock performs “City Called Heaven” and songs by Oscar Brown, Jr., Billy Tayl...

METALLICA AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Premieres Oct. 29 on PBS Photo METALLICA AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Premieres Oct. 29 on PBS
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 13, 2020

In September 2019, Metallica reunited for two incredible nights with the nearly 80-member San Francisco Symphony....

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony Release Album and Film Photo Metallica and San Francisco Symphony Release Album and Film
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 28, 2020

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 is at long last available in stores and across digital platforms worldwide. ...

Lisel Announces New Double-Single 'Specters' / 'Rabbit Rabbit' Photo Lisel Announces New Double-Single 'Specters' / 'Rabbit Rabbit'
by Kaitlin Milligan - March 04, 2020

Last year, Lisel - a.k.a. avant-pop singer, producer, multi-instrumentalist and artist Eliza Bagg - released her remarkable self-produced solo debut, Angels on the Slope, via Luminelle. Drawing on her vast areas of expertise to create an other-wordly landscape where one wanders between the gauzy and...

Michael Tilson Thomas Celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors in Tribute Performance by A Photo Michael Tilson Thomas Celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors in Tribute Performance by Alumni of New World Symphony
by Abigail Charpentier - December 12, 2019

This past Sunday, newly awarded Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) was celebrated in a special tribute presentation at the 42nd annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala. The tribute included a performance by more than 40 alumni of the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy (NWS), ...

HONECK Returns to Chicago and San Francisco Photo HONECK Returns to Chicago and San Francisco
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 20, 2019

This morning, The Recording Academy announced that Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's recording of Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 were nominated for three Grammy Awards. This marks the third consecutive year the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Honeck have been nominated. More inform...

VIDEO: Trafalgar Releasing Launches Extended Trailer for METALLICA AND SAN FRANCISCO Photo VIDEO: Trafalgar Releasing Launches Extended Trailer for METALLICA AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M²
by Kaitlin Milligan - September 04, 2019

Trafalgar Releasing today released the second trailer for the forthcoming concert film Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² coming to cinemas worldwide on October 9. This new extended trailer features scenes cut from the original 1999 Metallica and San Francisco Symphony show at the Berkeley C...

Trafalgar Releasing Launches Tickets & Trailer for METALLICA & SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY Photo Trafalgar Releasing Launches Tickets & Trailer for METALLICA & SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M²
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 07, 2019

After the announcement of the forthcoming Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² film last week, Trafalgar Releasing is excited to reveal the official trailer for the film. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony reunite to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their original S&M (Symphony & Metallica)...

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² Coming To Cinemas Worldwide Photo Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² Coming To Cinemas Worldwide
by Tori Hartshorn - August 01, 2019

Trafalgar Releasing is excited to announce the forthcoming release of Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² in cinemas worldwide this October 9. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony reunite to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their original S&M (Symphony & Metallica) show with S&M², filmed at ...

Trafalgar Releasing to Bring METALLICA AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M² to Theaters Photo Trafalgar Releasing to Bring METALLICA AND SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY: S&M² to Theaters
by Kaitlin Milligan - August 01, 2019

Trafalgar Releasing is excited to announce the forthcoming release of Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M² in cinemas worldwide on Wednesday, October 9. Metallica and San Francisco Symphony reunite to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their original S&M (Symphony & Metallica) show with S&M², f...

GRAMMY Museum Grant Program Awards $200,000 For Music Research, Sound Preservation Photo GRAMMY Museum Grant Program Awards $200,000 For Music Research, Sound Preservation
by Kaitlin Milligan - July 10, 2019

The GRAMMY Museum® Grant Program announced today that $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 15 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a range of research on a variety of subjects, as well as support a number of archiving and preservation programs. Research projects include work on musica...

New Amsterdam, Nonesuch Records to Release Daniel Wohl's 'Etat' Photo New Amsterdam, Nonesuch Records to Release Daniel Wohl's 'Etat'
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 17, 2019

New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records will release composer-performer Daniel Wohl's album Etat on May 31, 2019. The album features electro-acoustic pieces written by Wohl, and includes guest performances by Poliça's Channy Leaneagh with co-production bySon Lux's Ryan Lott and mmph. Etat, recorded with ...

Salt Lake's Gifted Music School Quartet To Appear On NPR'S From The Top Photo Salt Lake's Gifted Music School Quartet To Appear On NPR'S From The Top
by Stephi Wild - April 05, 2019

The Bear Quartet of The Gifted Music School in Salt Lake City, Utah will appear on an upcoming episode of From the Top, the hit NPR radio program featuring America's best young classical musicians. The show will air on Classical 89, Saturday April 27 at 11 AM and by podcast at fromthetop.org beginni...

Metallica & San Francisco Symphony Present S&M2: 20th Anniversary Concert Photo Metallica & San Francisco Symphony Present S&M2: 20th Anniversary Concert
by Tori Hartshorn - March 18, 2019

In celebration of the historic grand opening of the Chase Center—the new 18,064-seat arena in San Francisco's Mission Bay neighborhood—two preeminent musical forces of the Bay Area will join together for the first time in 20 years: On Friday, September 6, Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony wil...

SFCM to Host Fourth Biennial Rubin Institute for Music Criticism Photo SFCM to Host Fourth Biennial Rubin Institute for Music Criticism
by Tori Hartshorn - August 28, 2018

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the fourth biennial gathering of the Stephen and Cynthia Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, a groundbreaking initiative for educational and financial support that identifies and engages emerging young writers in the art of classical mu...

Dale Head and the MindWinder Orchestra to Release New Album SWING ON THE ROCKS July 1 Photo Dale Head and the MindWinder Orchestra to Release New Album SWING ON THE ROCKS July 13
by Macon Prickett - June 26, 2018

Dale Head releases his latest album, Swing on the Rocks (MindWinder Records) on July 13, 2018, and expands the Great American Songbook with 14 classic rock songs re-imagined in an innovative big band format. Swing on the Rocks explores 'soundscapes' in a nod back to the progressive rock of the 1970s...












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