When Esa-Pekka Salonen announced recently that he would step down as music director of the San Francisco Symphony next year, he did not say it was to spend more time with his family. He told the ...

The search to replace Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, who departs the orchestra in June, has only recently gotten underway, and proposed budget cuts within the organization have begun to impact ...

I n the face of growing public concern over the news that Esa-Pekka Salonen plans to part ways with the San Francisco ...

The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony have issued a statement urging the organization’s leaders to take steps to keep Esa-Pekka Salonen on as the orchestra’s music director, and pinning the ...

If you’re San Francisco Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen, just add electronics, maracas and hand drums. On Friday-Sunday, Oct. 18-20, Salonen, an acclaimed composer as well as conductor ...

Fellow Finn and Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen was on the podium. Composed in three movements, the last two played without pause, Rautavaara’s concerto is packed with abundant invention ...

The news surrounding the San Francisco Symphony has been pretty bleak since Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen revealed last month his intention to leave as soon as his contract expires at the ...