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SF Symphony clarinetist Luis Baez frequents chamber series

Luis Baez
Centennial players: In honor of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season, The Examiner is showcasing contributors to the orchestra’s distinguished history. Read More

Cellist Peter Wyrick is in second run with San Francisco Symphony

Peter Wyrick
Centennial players: In honor of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season, The Examiner is showcasing contributors to the orchestra’s distinguished history. Read More

Globetrotting David Herbert is on the cutting edge of solo timpani

David Herbert
In honor of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season, The Examiner is showcasing contributors to the orchestra’s distinguished history. Read More

San Francisco Symphony's Larry Epstein comes from a long line of bassists

Larry Epstein
Centennial players In honor of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season, The Examiner is showcasing contributors to the orchestra’s distinguished history. Larry Epstein, bass The associate principal bassist is the son and grandson of professional bassists. Raised in Florida, he played in big bands and small combos at Miami Beach hotels as a teen, also performing with his father in the Miami Philharmonic. Read More

Yo-Yo Ma joins San Francisco Symphony for performance of cello concerto

Yo-Yo Ma
Who’s in town Joe Oliver, Canada’s minister of natural resources, speaks at the World Affairs Council. The discussion is scheduled to involve Canada’s energy resources and the importance of the U.S.-Canada energy relationship. [6 p.m., 312 Sutter St., S.F.]Lectures Read More

SF Syphony bassoonist Steven Dibner a musician among scientists

Steven Dibner
Centennial players: In honor of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season, The Examiner is showcasing contributors to the orchestra’s distinguished history. Read More

Timothy Higgins is the San Francisco Symphony’s principal trombonist

Timothy Higgins
Centennial players: In honor of the San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season, The Examiner is showcasing contributors to the orchestra’s distinguished history. Read More

Festival gala opens San Francisco Symphony’s 100th season

Jonathan Vinocour, San Francisco Symphony
San Francisco Symphony opened its 100th season (101 minus the canceled season in 1935) in Davies Symphony Hall on Wednesday at splendid, festive event, but with some music that didn’t quite live up to the occasion.It was only in the program’s closing work and encore that the orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas — beginning his 17th season as music director — was heard in all its splendor. Read More

International artists join SF Symphony's centennial jubilation

Khatia Buniatishvili
In addition to welcoming six major American orchestras during its centennial, the San Francisco Symphony is hosting a larger-than-ever group of guest conductors and famed soloists. Read More
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