Tom Jacobs

With music directors splitting time across continents, the orchestra invents the role for the 30-year-old pianist-conductor.

Jazz composer and bandleader Arturo O’Farrill is the center’s first-ever Artist-in-Residence. He will premiere his Lowrider Symphony in 2027 as part of the “Spenuzza Series.”

The ensemble’s 2026–2027 season includes four world premieres and a new recital series.

“Even amidst the emotional turbulence of dealing with death, love lives on — transformed, but real,” writes SFCV’s Tom Jacobs.

In its first season without Gustavo Dudamel, the orchestra’s appetite for adventure is undimmed.

Beginning Feb. 11, the company revisits Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play — a masterpiece of speculative historical fiction.

With a charismatic new music director at the helm, programming includes Carmen and Candide among other familiar favorites.

The architecture titan who designed Walt Disney Concert Hall passed at age 96.

The tenor, who ignores partitions between musical styles, brings Verdi, Sinatra, and Sondheim to LA Opera.

Diego Incertis Sànchez, who previously played for the London Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia, will begin in the role in January 2026.