The musical arts are alive and well in Santa Rosa. Few cities in America of comparable size support a regional symphony so vital, dynamic, and innovative. As the Santa Rosa Symphony gains a national reputation for stellar sound, bold excellence and community engagement, Sonoma County forges an identity as a place in love with classical music.
In 2006, Bruno Ferrandis began his tenure as music director and conductor of the Santa Rosa Symphony. Emotional fire, dynamic technique, masterful interpretations, humor, grace and charm only begin to describe this musical artist. He has twenty years of conducting experience with some of the world’s great opera companies, and the finest orchestras of Europe and Asia. Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London as well as The Juilliard School, Ferrandis’ breadth of experience includes both standard and avant-garde repertoires, including ballet, musical theater and cinema accompanying music.
The 80 + musicians in the orchestra are professional members of Musician’s Union Local 292. Many play with other symphony orchestras, including Marin, Berkeley, Monterey, Modesto, Napa and the San Francisco Opera and Ballet.
The Santa Rosa Symphony capped off its first year in the resplendent Green Music Center with an impassioned performance of Shostakovich's Tenth Symphony, widely regarded as his masterpiece in the genre. Every section of the orchestra, from the lowest bass to the most stratospheric piccolo, played to...
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Tedi Papavrami, violin
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Tedi Papavrami, violin
Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine;
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Richard Loheyde, conductor. Kymry Esainko, piano.
Roustabout Theater Group
Santa Rosa Symphony Family Concert - Wild Animal Kingdom. Music of St. Saëns and others TBA
Children are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite animal or to bring a favorite stuffed ani...
Saturday, November 09, 2013
8:00 PM - Rohnert Park
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Maya Beiser, cello
Gershwin: Cuban Overture, Rhumba; Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia; Golijov: Mariel; Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Gershwin: Catfish Row Suite from the opera "Porgy and Bess"
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Maya Beiser, cello
Gershwin: Cuban Overture, Rhumba; Ginastera: Four Dances from Estanca; Golijov: Mariel: Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Gershwin: Catfish Row Suite from the opera "Porgy and Bess"
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Maya Beiser, cello
Gershwin: Cuban Overture, Rhumba; Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia; Golijov: Mariel; Bruch: Kol Nidrei; Gershwin: Catfish Row Suite from the opera "Porgy and Bess"
Saturday, November 23, 2013
3:00 PM - Rohnert Park
Robert Worth,conductor. Santa Rosa Symphony and the
Sonoma Bach Choir
Pärt: T Deum; Bach: Sanctus, Pleni and Osanna from Mass in B Minor; Schütz: Selig sind die Toten from Geistliche Chormusik; Duruflé: Introit, Sanctus and In Paradisum from "Requiem"; Desprez: Gloria f...
Saturday, December 07, 2013
8:00 PM - Rohnert Park
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Santa Rosa Symphony Honor Choir. Jenni Samuleson, soprano; Christine Bra
L. Mozart: The Toy Symphony; Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah"; Haydn: Mass in Time of War
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor. Santa Rosa Symphony Honor Choir. Jenni Samuleson, soprano: Christine Bra
L. Mozart: The Toy Symphony; Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah"; Haydn: Mass in Time of War