San Francisco Symphony
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San Francisco Symphony: Edwin Outwater - Holiday GaietyThursday, December 17, 2026 · 7:30 PM
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The San Francisco Symphony was founded shortly after the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire, and is a cultural touchstone of the City’s cultural life. The orchestra’s seasonal program runs from September through June, with summer concerts in July, and includes performances by the San Francisco Youth Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus. Guest and lead composers have taken the podium at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, including Leopold Stokowski, Sir Georg Solti, Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and Aaron Copland. The Symphony has been awarded twelve times by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and has garnered many Grammy’s, France’s Grand Prix du Disque, Japan’s Record Academy Award, and Britain’s Gramophone Award. The symphony also brings music into San Francisco classrooms, with a rich and free education programs for K-12 schools. In a gesture recalling the symphony’s rise from the 1906 earthquake and fire, the orchestra performed Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in a public concert in Golden Gate Park just five days after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
Upcoming events
San Francisco Symphony: Edwin Outwater - Holiday Gaiety
San Francisco Symphony: Enrico Lopez-Yanez - Holly Jolly Pops
San Francisco Symphony: Celebrating Herbert Blomstedt
San Francisco Symphony: Alsop Conducts Shostakovich 5
San Francisco Symphony: Marin Alsop & Nemanja Radulovic
San Francisco Symphony: Seong-Jin Cho Plays Mendelssohn
San Francisco Symphony: Lunar New Year
San Francisco Symphony: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
San Francisco Symphony: Van Zweden Conducts Beethoven 5
San Francisco Symphony: Joshua Bell Plays Beethoven
San Francisco Symphony: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser - Teen Day
San Francisco Symphony: Tchaikovsky Pathetique
San Francisco Symphony: Augustin Hadelich Plays Brahms
San Francisco Symphony: Sibelius 2 & Gabriella Smith