Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen is a Finnish composer and conductor of classical music. He was the music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 17 years, during which time he was responsible for the building of Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. He is currently the Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of London's Philharmonia Orchestra.

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San Francisco Symphony

  • Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Avenue San Francisco, CA, 94102 United States (map)

Liszt: Prometheus
Fang Man: Song of the Flaming Phoenix (火凤凰的笙音) for Sheng and Orchestra (San Francisco Symphony Commission, World Premiere)
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Wu Wei, sheng

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Earlier Event: March 3
San Francisco Symphony
Later Event: March 4
Orquestra Sinfónica de Galicia