Conductor

Honored as 2022's Classical Woman of the Year by Performance Today, American pianist Lara Downes has been called “a musical ray of hope” by NBC News and “an explorer whose imagination is fired by bringing notice to the underrepresented and forgotten” (The Log Journal). An iconoclast and trailblazer, her dynamic work as a sought–after soloist, a Billboard Chart–topping recording artist, a producer, curator, arts activist and advocate positions her as a cultural visionary on the national arts scene.

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SFCM Orchestra with Lara Downes and Edwin Outwater

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Edwin Outwater and the SFCM Orchestra kick off the season with a multigenerational and eclectic program of music inspired by dance, pleasure gardens, viola virtuosity and the pressures of graduating. Masquerade evokes the experience of London’s pleasure gardens and the music of English country dance and song. Isabel Tannenbaum won the school’s concerto competition by channeling the virtuosity required in Walton’s Viola Concerto. Glinka’s Kamarinskaya was the first orchestral work to be based on Russian folk songs, and Shostakovich wrote his first symphony to graduate, at the age of 19, only for the piece to make him an international teenage star.

SFCM Orchestra Concert with Edwin Outwater

Join the SF Symphony for our annual free Stern Grove Festival concert in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater, located at 19th Avenue and Sloat Boulevard. Pack a picnic, grab some friends, and relax as the Orchestra fills the summer air with sparkling masterworks and hits with funk band Lettuce.

Stern Grove Festival

Sigmund Stern Grove

Chris Dragon conducting SF Symphony with Special Guest Lettuce.

SF Symphony

Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove

Leonard Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rózsa, and John Williams are just some of the A-list legends of film music heading this radiant program led by Edwin Outwater and featuring cellist Sterling Elliott. Experience the unforgettable scores of Hollywood’s Golden Age and beyond in this cinematic showcase, featuring selections from On the Waterfront, Vertigo, Ben-Hur, E.T., and more.

The Golden Age of Cinema

Davies Symphony Hall

Stanford University

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a festive outdoor performance at Shoreline Amphitheatre perfect for summer. Vocalist Capathia Jenkins, conductor Edwin Outwater, and the San Francisco Symphony fill the night air with a crowd-pleasing lineup featuring favorite American classics and a special tribute to the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. The evening concludes with a grand finale of spectacular fireworks!

Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular at Shoreline

Shoreline Amphitheatre

Celebrated pianist Lang Lang will perform The Disney Book live in concert with The Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Radio City Music Hall on February 14, featuring scores from Mary Poppins, Frozen, Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and more.

Lang Lang – The Disney Book

Radio City Music Hall

Experience Gabriel Kahane’s groundbreaking emergency shelter intake form, an unflinching narration of the fear, humiliation, and insurmountable obstacles associated with being unhoused in America.

Emergency Shelter Intake Form

Celebrate the Fourth of July with a festive outdoor performance perfect for summer. Led by conductor Edwin Outwater at Shoreline Amphitheatre, the San Francisco Symphony fills the night air with a crowd-pleasing lineup of exhilarating music, with a grand finale of spectacular fireworks!

Edwin Outwater

Conductor

Events

Oct 21, 2023

SFCM Orchestra with Lara Downes and Edwin Outwater · San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Sep 23, 2023

SFCM Orchestra Concert with Edwin Outwater · San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Jul 23, 2023

Stern Grove Festival · San Francisco Symphony

Jul 23, 2023

SF Symphony · Stern Grove Festival

21 - 22 Jul, 2023

The Golden Age of Cinema · San Francisco Symphony

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