Five new strings join San Francisco Symphony
OrchestrasThe San Francisco Symphony and outgoing music director Esa-Pekka Salonen have recruited the following new musicians for the coming season:
Anne Richardson, associate principal cello; Davis You fourth chair cello; Bowen Ha fourth chair bass; Orion Miller section bass, and Jeein Kim section first violin.
Also signing up are bass trombonist Christopher Basset and second clarinet Yuhsin Galaxy Su.
That’s roughly $1.5 million in salary and benefits just for those few.
Point being?
Money much better spent than their overrated and overpriced star conductor, who despite monopolizing classical music coverage in the US for over a decade has seemingly little power in attracting donations.
Davies Symphony Hall has the ugliest and grungiest lobby of any world class concert halls I’ve visited. But once you go upstairs it’s all good.
How are the acoustics in the hall?
better than Geffen Hall.
Not bad for such a relatively large hall. Disney in L.A. is better, but it’s also smaller.