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Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony gave its first performance on Friday, December 8, 1911, in the Cort Theater at 64 Ellis Street. The Symphony stayed at the Cort Theater when it was renamed the Curran Theatre in 1918 (not to be confused with the present day Curran Theater at 445 Geary Street, which wasn't built until ...
Performance Today was created by National Public Radio (NPR), and went on the air in 1987. The program was founded by NPR vice president for cultural programming Dean Boal, who gave Performance Today its name, and who, along with NPR colleagues Doug Bennet, Jane Couch, Ellen Boal, and retired Baldwin Piano Company president Lucien Wulsin, secured the series' initial funding.
The San Francisco Symphony's performance of Busoni's massive Piano Concerto confirms his forgotten and important influence on the city. Review: An unforgettable performance by SF Symphony reveals ...
They were, in rank order, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (5th), the Cleveland Orchestra (7th), the Los Angeles Philharmonic (8th), the Boston Symphony Orchestra (11th), the New York Philharmonic (12th), the San Francisco Symphony (13th), and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (New York City) (18th). [13] [14]
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This is a list of theatres and live performance venues in San Francisco, California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For more information on theater in San Francisco, see Culture of San Francisco - Theater . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (SFSYO) is a youth orchestra organized by the San Francisco Symphony. The SFSYO performs an annual concert series and has made several recordings. The orchestra rehearses in Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall and has been directed by Radu Paponiu since the 2024-2025 season. [1]
Symphony orchestras also present concert versions of musical theatre, such as the New York Philharmonic concert series in New York. [18] San Francisco Symphony presented a concert version of West Side Story in 2013, [ 19 ] and a semi-staged production of On the Town in 2016. [ 20 ]