What is San Francisco Symphony Orchestra?
{{unreferenced|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = San Francisco Symphony | Img = DaviesHallInteriorPanoCropped.jpg | Background = classical_ensemble | Alias = &nbsp;SFS | Origin = [[San Francisco, California]], United States | Genre = [[classical music|Classical]] | Occupation = [[Orchestra|Symphony Orchestra]] | Years_active = 1911–''present'' | Label = [[BMG]], [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[Deutsche Grammophon]], [[Philips Records|Philips]], [[RCA Victor]], SFS Media | associated_acts = [[San Francisco Symphony Chorus|SFS Chorus]]<br />[[San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra|SFS Youth Orchestra]] | website = [http://www.sfsymphony.org/ www.sfsymphony.org] | Current_members = '''Music Director'''<br />[[Michael Tilson Thomas]]<br />'''Conductor Laureate'''<br />[[Herbert Blomstedt]]<br />'''Associate Conductor'''<br />James Gaffigan<br />'''Resident Conductor'''<br />[[Benjamin Schwartz]]<br />'''SFS Chorus Conductor'''<br />Ragnar Bohlin | Past_members = '''Founder'''<br />[[Henry Hadley]] }} The '''San Francisco Symphony''' ('''SFS''') is a world-famous [[orchestra]] based in [[San Francisco, California]]. [[Michael Tilson Thomas]] has been their main [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (“musical director”) since 1995. == History == When the conductor Henry Hadley started the orchestra in 1911 they only had sixty musicians. They gave pop concerts as well as concerts of [[classical music]]. In 1915 Alfred Hertz became their conductor. He improved their playing and made several radio broadcasts in the late 1920s. Hertz retired in 1930 and was followed by Basil Cameron and Issay Dobrowen. During the [[Great Depression]], the orchestra had hardly and money and they did not play during the 1934-35 season. Then the people of San Francisco managed to get funding for the orchestra so that they could carry on. The famous French conductor [[Pierre Monteux]] was asked