Posts Tagged ‘Esa-Pekka Salonen’
San Francisco Symphony Offers Gabriella Smith’s Impressive ‘Breathing Forests’ to the California Festival
As part of its participation in the California Festival, the San Francisco Symphony under Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen presented a concert titled From the Edge Friday in Davies Symphony Hall.
Read MoreRafael Payare Conducts the San Diego Symphony in Salonen, Ravel, and Debussy at The Rady Shell
Saturday’s San Diego Symphony concert at The Rady Shell included Esa-Pekka Salonen’s 2010 “Nyx” as well as Impressionist icons by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.
Read MoreRafael Payare Announces Exciting 2020-21 Season for the San Diego Symphony
If the current absence of live symphonic music at the Jacobs Music Center can be assuaged, I suggest contemplation of San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payere’s recently released 2020-21 season of the Jacobs Masterworks Series is just what the doctor ordered.
Read MoreMaking Symphony Orchestras Succeed in the Twenty-first Century
Acclaimed classical music critic Ken Herman ruminates on the epicenter move of the classical music world from the East to the West Coast
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