Davies Symphony Hall at Night
Regular readers and fans of San Francisco Symphony know that the orchestra has many openings, following a large number of retirements and the death of principal cellist Michael Grebanier. (The list in my link doesn't include the recently retired principal harp Douglas Rioth and associate concertmaster Nadya Tichman's decision to step down from that post.) SFS has conducted auditions for several of the openings (principal flute, principal cello) and recently it has looked as though candidates are getting trial weeks. We've seen the following players in the orchestra recently:
- Erik Gratton, principal flute of the Nashville Symphony, in the Creatures of Prometheus concert and the program with the Bryce Dessner violin concerto on it.
- Denis Bouriakov, principal flute of the LA Philharmonic, program with Song of the Flaming Phoenix
- Sébastian Jacot, principal flute of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, in the Ogonek/Stravinsky program. He's the guy with the wooden flute, a novelty in a US orchestra
- Austin Huntington, principal cellist of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra (Liszt/Scriabin)
- Rainer Eudeikis, principal cello of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Creatures of Prometheus)
If you've missed SFS principal trumpet Mark Inouye, he has been on leave but expect to be back soon.
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