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The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-Möst
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
San Francisco Symphony Presents American Orchestras
Under the direction of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, the Cleveland Orchestra continues to encourage today’s composers through commissions and premieres that highlight the ensemble’s on-going tradition of excellence. Thomas Adès’s orchestral suite, co-commissioned by the Orchestra, is a dramatic work that centers on the Duchess of Argyll’s scandalous divorce proceedings. Also on the program are excerpts from Smetana’s… Show more
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San Francisco Symphony celebrates its 100th season Sept. 2011 through July 2012, with over 230 concerts. Tickets start at just $15. Visit sfsymphony.org for complete listings including concerts, special events, family-friendly experiences and more. |
Founded in 1911, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) is widely considered to be among the country’s most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions. Under Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT), the SFS presents more than 220 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 600,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall, in other Bay Area venues, and through an active national and international touring program....
Under the leadership of Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra has become one of the most sought-after performing ensembles in the world. In concerts at its winter home at Severance Hall and at each summer’s Blossom Festival, in residencies from Miami to Vienna to New York, and on tour around the world, The Cleveland Orchestra sets standards of artistic excellence, creative programming, and community engagement....
Franz Welser-Möst is one of those rare superstar musicians: he has been successful as a conductor from his mid-twenties, landing a major post at 29 (principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra); he has generated much controversy over personnel issues and other management matters, and has both enraged and assuaged critics; he has reached the pinnacle of success in both the concert and operatic worlds, an achievement to rival that of any conductor of his generation....
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