• SF Symphony chorus on strike, cancelling concerts, amidst financial troubles

  • Sep 20 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
  • Podcast

SF Symphony chorus on strike, cancelling concerts, amidst financial troubles

  • Summary

  • Good afternoon, this is “The State, Of California,” Doug Sovern is away. Yesterday afternoon the SF Symphony took a turn with more than 150 musicians and patrons joining together to unite in a strike by the Sympony chorus against the Symphony.

    Music Director and Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen's opening show in his final season was canceled just hours before the show started, indicating a strike with signs reading "No contract - No chrous."

    For a closer look, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Joshua Kosman, Former Classical Music Critic from the San Francisco Chronicle.

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