The San Francisco Symphony announced Monday a return to live, in-person concerts at Davies Symphony Hall beginning May 6 and continuing through June every Thursday and Friday.
Tickets for the general public are available for concerts May 13 to June 25. according to a press release which announced the reopening.
Seats for the first two concerts on May 6 and 7 are reserved for Bay Area hospital and medical professionals and representatives from community centers and cultural districts.
“A friend recently said to me, ‘We just need to start.’ I feel joy and relief at finally being able to do just that with the San Francisco Symphony,” Music Director Esa Pekka Salonen said. “We go into these concerts having worked as a unit to bring music into your homes in unique and meaningful ways this year. We now welcome audiences into our home—something we didn’t realize we had taken for granted. Let’s get started, together.”
The reopening plan was “developed in accordance with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, the City and County of San Francisco, and the San Francisco War Memorial & Performing Arts Center,” according to the statement.
The concert hall will have significantly reduced capacity and multiple safety precautions and guidelines will be in place, including contactless tickets, socially distanced seating and increased ventilation and filtration standards. Orchestra size will also be planned in accordance with City guidelines.
Patrons, musicians, staff and volunteers are all required to wear a mask, and either have proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test.
All concerts will last about 75 minutes with no intermission.
“Esa-Pekka and I are overjoyed to be announcing the San Francisco Symphony's long-awaited return to performing live concerts in our home, Davies Symphony Hall,” CEO Mark C. Hanson said. “There is nothing that compares to experiencing music together in a physical space, and after 14 months without sharing these human connections with each other, we simply cannot wait to resume performing for our community on the stage of Davies Symphony Hall.”
Programming details as well as instructions on how to buy tickets are available at the SF Symphony website. Tickets for all concerts go on sale May 6.
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