Inspirations: Art/Music at Davies Symphony Hall

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 Exhibition Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Maurice Ravel) Sight and sound converge in Pictures at an Exhibition as Modest Mussorgsky translates the canvases of his late friend Victor Hartmann into music. Now a twist: Bay Area artists Liz Hernández and Fernando Escartiz unveil newly commissioned artwork in response to each of Mussorgsky's musical pictures. Over more than seven prolific decades, Franco-American composer Betsy Jolas has developed her own distinctive style: lyrical and cerebral, tender and fierce. Her Latest receives its U.S. premiere in these concerts. Meanwhile Augustin Hadelich brings his eloquent artistry to Antonín Dvořák’s rousing and rhapsodic Violin Concerto. This concert is part of the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music Augustin Hadelich’s appearance is generously supported by the Shenson Young Artist Debut Fund. These concerts are generously sponsored by the Athena T. Blackburn Endowed Fund for Russian Music.