San Diego Symphony

December 6, 1910 marked a special occasion in San Diego, California with the first concert created by the San Diego Symphony. For almost 100 years the San Diego Symphony has been offering a variety of orchestral arrangements to bring about culture and education to the San Diego area for residents and visitors. The symphony has more than 100 performances each season. For example in 2008-2009 they offered several performances with top name performers. Yefim Bronfman, Christ Botti, Anne Marie McDermott, Kathleen Battle, Lang Lang, Jon Kimura Parker, and Michael Feinstein were among the performers to take the stage. Others have included Takacs Quartet, Julie Budd, Kevin Cole, Dean Griffey, Julie Albers, and Michael Cavanugh.

San Diego Symphony has ten recordings with Naxos and Proarte labels. Their recordings include Masters of Mayhem, Romeo and Juliet, Brahms, and Four Serious Songs. The symphony is performed at Copley Symphony Hall. It was originally built as a movie house in 1929 before being converted to the hall it is today. It has French Rococo and Spanish Colonial architecture. It began the home to the symphony in 1984. A number of conductors have taken the stage to lead the symphony since its beginnings.