The San Diego Symphony has reached another milestone with the release of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad," led by Music and Artistic Director Rafael Payare. The recording marks a defining moment in the Symphony's evolution—its first release with Delos, the first album recorded to ...
By Tim Greiving, guest contributor
When you attend a concert of John Williams’ music, you know at least one thing for certain: you’re going to hear Star Wars. Just like you know, if you attend a Paul McCartney concert, you’ll inevitably hear “Hey Jude. ” And no one’s complaining; it doesn’t get bet...
Dynamic Venezuelan conductor leads the Orchestra in one of The Rady Shell's most beloved summer traditions
The San Diego Symphony welcomes acclaimed Venezuelan conductor Manuel López-Gómez for his San Diego Symphony debut on Sunday, Aug. 30, leading the Orchestra in Tchaikovsky Spectacular at The R...
When San Diego Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Jeff Thayer takes the stage this month as soloist in Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, he’ll be performing the composer’s last completed work—the mystical Violin Concerto—written in 1935 “to the memory of an angel”. That angel was Manon Gropius, the teena...
