SAN FRANCISCO — The sound of silence from the San Francisco Symphony appeared to be coming to an end as a tentative agreement was reached Sunday...
Musicians at the San Francisco Symphony have gone on strike this week, canceling at least one performance and casting doubt on their scheduled Carnegi...
San Francisco's classical musicians may soon be preparing their own swan song. The SF Symphony unanimously voted to strike next week if contract di...
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado returns to San Francisco Symphony this week for four performances beginning Feb. 14 through Feb. 17. The program begins with the West Coast premiere of Magnus Lindberg's EXPO, a piece that was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic.
The San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas won the Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance on Sunday for a live recordin...
Luis Valdez -- film director, writer, playwright and founder of El Teatro Campesino -- will be appearing at Davies Hall in San Francisco on Saturday, November 3rd in the annual concert celebrating Día de los Muertos.
The San Francisco Symphony celebrated its 101st year at a star-studded gala last week with a crowd that featured Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, May...
It's September, which means it's opening season in San Francisco. And this Wednesday, the San Francisco Symphony will welcome a second century with on...
The film will be screened in High Definition and -- NO! -- this is not the sing-along version. It is as close as we'll ever get to actually being with Herbert Stothart and to his experience of matching music with action.
Fact: Everything is better when done wearing a tuxedo. Think about James Bond. How much less awesome would James Bond be if he saved the world in a...
Kennard has just finished writing, producing and directing a remarkable series of films for PBS titled Keeping Score. Each film features a single major piece by a particular composer.
Over the course of the past 75 years, the Stern Grove Festival has grown to become one of the most prototypically San Francisco events in the city. ...
Back in September, we were thrilled to bring you the lavish gowns and star-studded red carpet as the San Francisco Symphony marked the opening of its ...
Who: Ten-time Grammy Award-winning conductor, pianist and composer Michael Tilson Thomas. Current Gig: The music director of the San Francisco Symp...
On Wednesday night, while the rest of the symphony sat waiting, a violinist walked onto the stage holding two violins. This man was not the soloist th...
With state budgets under attack, we in the arts are bracing for a familiar song: whether or not to fund arts in the schools.
