Posts Tagged ‘Esa-Pekka Salonen’

Season of Concessions

Thursday, October 11th, 2012

By ANDREW POWELL Published: October 11, 2012 MUNICH — Arts groups here present a compromised 2012–13 season, facing pros and cons not always aligned with those in America. Funding holds steady. City and state (Bavaria) play their part, and local powerhouses — Siemens, BMW, Audi, Allianz, and Linde among them — step up habitually to [...]

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Critics’ Choice: US West Coast

Monday, September 21st, 2009

Compiled and annotated by Richard S. Ginell 7 – 8 September, 2011 Davies Symphony Hall, Civic Center Plaza. San Francisco Symphony. Fanfare for a New Century. Michael Tilson Thomas The San Francisco Symphony celebrates its centennial season in 2011-12, kicking it off with a combination of high-society pomp and public-spirited populism.  The Opening Gala in [...]

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