San Francisco Symphony

Biography

The San Francisco Symphony (SFS), founded in 1911, is an American orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980 the orchestra has been resident at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall in the city's Hayes Valley neighborhood. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra (founded in 1981) and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus (1972) are part of the organization. Since 1995, Michael Tilson Thomas has been the orchestra's music director. Tilson Thomas is scheduled to conclude his tenure as the orchestra's music director in 2020, when Esa-Pekka Salonen is scheduled to become the orchestra's next music director. Among the orchestra's awards and honors are an Emmy Award and 15 Grammy Awards in the past 26 years.

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Metallica: S&M

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2019	N/A	Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&M2 2019-10-09 Movie
2011	N/A	Keeping Score - Mahler Origins and Legacy 2011-05-10 Movie
2009	N/A	Keeping Score - Hector Berlioz Symphonie fantastique 2009-01-01 Movie
2006	N/A	Keeping Score: Beethoven's Eroica 2006-01-01 Movie
2001	N/A	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert 2001-10-31 Movie
1999	Self	Metallica: S&M 1999-12-31 Movie
	N/A	Keeping Score: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4 Movie
	N/A	Keeping Score: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv