Conductors
& Performers
Giancarlo Guerrero
Conductor
Aaron Diehl
Piano
Lorelei Ensemble
Vocal Ensemble
San Francisco Symphony
program
Piano Concerto
(San Francisco Symphony Premiere)
Her Story
(San Francisco Symphony Co-commission)
performances
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Sponsorship
Giancarlo Guerrero’s appearance is supported by the Louise M. Davies Guest Conductor Fund.
Event Description
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, we have made the difficult decision to cancel all San Francisco Symphony concerts through December 31, 2020. We look forward to returning stronger and more vibrant than ever and sharing live music with you again soon.
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The San Francisco Symphony is joined by the Lorelei Ensemble for the world premiere of folk/rock/classical mixologist Julia Wolfe’s profound new work Her Story, a San Francisco Symphony commission inspired by progress: the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of women’s suffrage in the United States. Nicaraguan-born conductor Giancarlo Guerrero and soloist Aaron Diehl make their San Francisco Symphony debuts in a program that opens with a virtuosic, one-movement piano concerto by pioneering American composer Florence Price, who in the 1930s became the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. With remarkable lyrical sweep and folk and spiritual accents, Price’s inventive concerto is testament to a composer who infused her music with a range of influences to find a voice that was all her own.
