Review: Kaija Saariaho’s ‘Adriana Mater,’ After Her Death
The conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and the director Peter Sellars, two Saariaho collaborators, brought “Adriana Mater” to the San Francisco Symphony.
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Audiences Are Coming Back to Orchestras After a ‘Scary’ Fall
“It seemed like a switch flipped right before Thanksgiving,” the leader of the Chicago Symphony said.
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California’s Leading Conductors Come Together for a New Festival
Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Rafael Payare will assemble their orchestras and more for the California Festival: A Celebration of New Music.
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Elayne Jones, Pioneering Percussionist, Is Dead at 94
She challenged racial barriers when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972. But she became embroiled in a legal battle when she was denied tenure two years later.