The San Francisco Symphony has announced that Jenny Wong will be the next Chorus Director of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. In the new role, she will lead the ensemble in its annual Chorus Concert as well as prepare the group for performances with the Orchestra. She will also recruit, audition, and select new members for the 152-piece chorus. Her {…}
The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s 2020-21 season which will feature a number of high-profile vocal performances. Esa-Pekka Salonen opens the season with San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partners reimagining the music of J.S. Bach and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 1. Performance Dates: Oct. 2 & 3, 2020 Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts Bartók’s Piano Concerto and “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Yefim Bronfman performs the piano concerto {…}
(Credit: Brandon Patoc) Fantasy. Enchantment. The Land of Dreams. So it was in San Francisco on the last day of June with Ravel’s “L’ Enfant et des Sortileges” at Davies Symphony Hall and the Annual San Francisco Gay Pride Parade. Just getting to the concert hall was a multi-colored, multi-media challenge, long-before the audience was presented with the anime-enhanced multi-chorus {…}