THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY PERFORMS ITS FIRST EVER DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS FAMILY CONCERT ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 AT 2:00 P.M. IN DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL

The Day of the Dead Family Concert Features Conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke, Violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith and Bandoneon Player Peter Soave, and Includes Lobby Festivities
On Sunday, November 2 at 2:00 p.m., the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) celebrates Mexican music and culture in its inaugural Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Family Concert, conducted by Enrique Arturo Diemecke with violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith and Peter Soave on bandoneón. This matinee program designed for the entire family features works by Moncayo, Revueltas, Piazzolla, Buxtehude, Ravel, Gamboa and Copland, and will include a number of pre-concert festivities in the lobby of Davies Symphony Hall, presented in partnership with the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts. For this inaugural Día de los Muertos Family Concert, the SFS will offer a 50% discount on tickets for children under the age of 17. The presenting sponsor of the Día de los Muertos Family Concert is Bank of America.


Born in Mexico, conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke is in his third season as Music Director of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic of the famed Teatro Colón, his eighth season as Music Director of the Long Beach Symphony and his nineteenth season as Music Director of the Flint Symphony Orchestra. Following 20 years at the helm of the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, Maestro Diemecke returned to opera in 2007-08, leading a new production of Massenet’s Werther at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. His performances of Massenet’s Le Jongleur de Notre Dame with tenor Roberto Alagna were recorded by Deutsche Grammophon. Recent guest appearances include performances with the Pacific Symphony, the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, and The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra in Caracas.

Violinist Danielle Belen Nesmith, is the 2008 Senior Division winner of the Sphinx Competition presented by Chase. Ms. Nesmith is a California native, a recent graduate of the USC Thornton School of Music, where she completed her Bachelor of Music Degree as a student of Robert Lipsett. She continues her studies with Mr. Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory of Music. As the 1st Place Senior Division Winner of the 2008 Sphinx Competition Danielle represents the organization in solo performances with major orchestras this year including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Boston Pops, and Florida Orchestra. Ms. Nesmith is currently Assistant Concertmaster of New West Symphony and Concertmaster of the Colburn Conservatory Orchestra.



TICKETS: $15-$57. Children under age 17 half price. Available through the SFS Box Office at (415) 864-6000, or at sfsymphony.org.