IT’S YOUR SEASON
Whether an off-the-wall escapade or a desert-island classic, it’s all here in the San Francisco Symphony’s 2023-24 season.
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Design your own concert package from our complete lineup or be inspired by the suggested groupings below.

FIXED SERIES
Select from a wide array of curated ticket packages designed around day of the week, concert experience, musical taste, and more.
SIGNATURE SALONEN

Sometimes a sound you’ve never heard before opens new musical frontiers. Or a fresh voice turns convention on its head. You’re up for an adventure, for what’s next. In programs reflecting Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s singular vision, the San Francisco Symphony presents a blend of concerts that can only be described as “Signature Salonen.”
Selections from Signature Salonen
CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL

Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony tap into the Golden State’s innovative spirit in two programs presented as part of the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music, a two-week statewide initiative conceived by Salonen, LA Phil Music & Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel, and San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare.
NEW CONCEPTIONS

Music is visceral: Sometimes the vibrations of a voice reverberate in your body or the sinewy torque of a dancer in flight makes your heart race. Or a new marriage of sound and imagery stirs something deep within. The Symphony joins with great creative minds to present enhanced theatrical conceptions designed to captivate the senses.
INSPIRATIONS

A concert is an immersive journey that starts before you set foot in the hall and continues long after the final downbeat. Themed programs—each built around a single narrative framework—reveal the surprising ways art goes from inspiration to implementation. Feed your curiosity through behind-the-scenes talks with performers and leading figures in arts and ideas, horizon-expanding collaborations with local organizations, and augmented lobby experiences.
CHOICE CLASSICS

Love at first listen can happen in many ways: a beat-up old Beethoven LP, a chance encounter with a concert broadcast on TV, or a school field trip to the symphony. Treat yourself to dream pairings designed to launch a lifelong love of classical music.
Selections from Choice Classics
EPIC EXPRESSIONS

You’ve sat riveted from the first fanfare of a Mahler symphony to the cathartic conclusion 90 minutes later. Or found yourself swept up in the heroic narrative of a Romantic tone poem. Dazzling orchestral colors abound and big emotions are the norm in music that paints on the broadest canvas.
Selections from Epic Expressions
MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS

Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas returns to Davies Symphony Hall to lead must-see performances with the San Francisco Symphony.
BUCKET LIST BRILLIANCE
Singular concerts with sublime artists. Subscribers receive early ticket access to popular events like these.
ITZHAK PERLMAN:
IN THE FIDDLER’S HOUSE
January 21
AUDRA MCDONALD
AND THE SF SYMPHONY
November 29
YO-YO MA
AND KATHRYN STOTT
April 2
FILMS WITH LIVE ORCHESTRA

Lights, Camera, Music! Watch favorite films on the big screen at Davies Symphony Hall as the scores are performed live by the San Francisco Symphony.
Selections from Film with Live Orchestra
ORCHESTRAL SERIES
From choice classics to cathartic Romantic symphonies, and off-the-wall musical escapades to desert-island classics, it’s all here in the San Francisco Symphony’s Orchestral Series concerts.
THURSDAY EVENING
AND MATINEE SERIES
FRIDAY EVENING SERIES
SATURDAY EVENING SERIES
SUNDAY MATINEE SERIES
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SEASON CALENDAR BROCHURE