Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen leading opening performances for front line workers
The San Francisco Symphony is bringing back live concerts to Davies Symphony Hall starting May 6. On Monday, San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and CEO Mark C. Hanson announced that live performances will go on Thursdays and Fridays in May and June, with tickets for May 6-7 concerts reserved exclusively for people who have worked on the front lines during the pandemic. “There is nothing that compares to experiencing music together in a physical space, and after 14 months without sharing these human connections with each other, we simply cannot wait to resume performing for our community on the stage of Davies Symphony Hall,” Hanson said in a press statement. “I feel joy and relief.
