When Esa-Pekka Salonen announced recently that he would step down as music director of the San Francisco Symphony next year, he did not say it was to spend more time with his family. He told the ...

It happened hours after Salonen revealed his plans to leave his position at the end of the 2024-25 season — and immediately after he and the musicians served up a reminder of the remarkable ...

The search to replace Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, who departs the orchestra in June, has only recently gotten underway, and proposed budget cuts within the organization have begun to impact ...

On Thursday, March 14, Salonen announced he plans to step down at the end of the 2024-25 season, when his initial five-year contract expires. His only explanation: “I do not share the same goals ...

In the face of growing public concern over the news that Esa-Pekka Salonen plans to part ways with the San Francisco Symphony after five years as music director, the orchestra’s board and ...

If you’re San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, just add electronics, maracas and hand drums. On Friday-Sunday, Oct. 18-20, Salonen, an acclaimed composer as well as conductor ...

Fellow Finn and Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen was on the podium. Composed in three movements, the last two played without pause, Rautavaara’s concerto is packed with abundant invention ...

Elizabeth Eck on a recent concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen.

Just hours after being named principal bassoon of the San Francisco Symphony, Joshua Elmore sat in the first chair at Davies Symphony Hall, all eyes on him. He began to play the most renowned ...