SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY

Watch esperanza spalding and San Francisco Symphony perform Wayne Shorter’s “Gaia."

Alonzo King, esperanza spalding & Esa-Pekka Salonen discuss the role of collaboration while creating San Francisco Reopening Night along with its empowering and creative nature.

Celebrate opening night of San Francisco Symphony’s 110th season as it welcomes its new GRAMMY-winning music director Esa-Pekka Salonen, featuring music by John Adams, esperanza spalding & Wayne Shorter and performances by Alonzo King LINES Ballet.

San Francisco Symphony's Centennial Season opening night gala, conducted by Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, will air Friday, March 30 at 9 p.m. (check local listings). The two-hour broadcast is hosted by author Amy Tan and features Tilson Thomas conducting the Orchestra and two of ...

Featuring music selections ranging from the 1944 ballet Fancy Free through West Side Story (1957) to the composer's final opera A Quiet Place (1983), this excerpt of the concert offers a virtual sound portrait of Leonard Bernstein's life. This Great Performances episode featuring the San ...

Michael Tilson Thomas MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS made his conducting debut with the San Francisco Symphony in 1974 and was appointed its Music Director in September 1995. A Los Angeles native, he studied piano with John Crown and composition and conducting with Ingolf Dahl at the ...

Opera stars Dawn Upshaw and Thomas Hampson, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Broadway’s Christine Ebersole join Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony in Carnegie Hall Opening Night 2008: A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein, Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 9 p.m. (ET) on Thirteen/WNET New ...

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