For the San Francisco Symphony, classical music is never static. It takes on extra-musical influences, interacts with the visual and vocal arts and even accommodates new creative and computer-generated forms.
2021/04/15 12:17 Essa-Pekka Salonen, center, music director of the San Francisco Symphony and principal conductor of London s Philharmonia Orchestra, leads the New Yor. Essa-Pekka Salonen, center, music director of the San Francisco Symphony and principal conductor of London s Philharmonia Orchestra, leads the New York Philharmonic before an audience of 150 concertgoers at The Shed in Hudson Yards, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in New York. It was the first time since March 10, 2020, that the entire orchestra performed together in front of a live audience. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) Concertgoers take their seats before a live performance of the New York Philharmonic, which performed for the first time since March 10, 2020, at The .