The San Francisco Symphony is widely considered to be among the most artistically adventurous and innovative arts institutions in the United States, celebrated for its artistic excellence, creative performance concepts, active touring, award-winning recordings, and standard-setting education programs. In 2020/2021 the San Francisco Symphony welcomed conductor and composer, Esa-Pekka Salonen as its twelfth Music Director and embarks on a new vision for the present and future of the orchestral landscape. The San Francisco Symphony presents more than 220 concerts and presentations annually for an audience of nearly 450,000 in its home of Davies Symphony Hall and through its active national and international touring. For its adventurous programming, the Symphony has been honored thirteen times by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the Symphony’s recordings have garnered such awards as France’s Grand Prix du Disque and Britain’s Gramophone Award, as well as 15 Grammy awards.