Radu Paponiu takes up the baton on Nov. 24 for the first concert in an overall smartly programmed season.
Both orchestras are nominated for signature projects led by their outgoing music directors.
Students in the ensemble’s new after-school program are set to give their first public performance in December.
A major funder of the arts in San Francisco, Shrem was also the founder of Clos Pegase Winery in Napa.
The current terms, with some slight modifications, remain in place through May 30, 2025.
When he steps down at the end of the 2024–2025 season, Chalifour will have set a record tenure with the orchestra.
The orchestra has launched the latest version of SFSKids.org, which has seen more than 5 million logins since debuting in 2002.
The welcome news that Eun Sun Kim is now set to lead the company through 2031 comes at an otherwise tense time for the organization.
The company screens a new film about the history of the site-specific festival to honor outgoing Artistic Director Kim Epifano.
A new film shows how Music Director Eun Sun Kim and the entire company handled the massive undertaking of staging Wagner’s Lohengrin.
