California Symphony

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These days in the Bay Area, the California Symphony may be the most forward-looking music organization around.
— Mercury News

Founded in 1986, California Symphony has been led by Artistic and Music Director Donato Cabrera since 2013. It is distinguished by its innovative programming and for redefining the concert experience. Reaching far beyond its concert series at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, California, the orchestra’s performances have been broadcast nationally on multiple radio series through Classical California (KUSC/KDFC) and the WFMT Radio Network, reaching over 1.5 million listeners across the country. In 2017, California Symphony became the first orchestra with a public statement of a commitment to diversity, and it’s one of just a few orchestras to offer a website that is available in both Spanish and English.

California Symphony’s mission is to present engaging and inclusive concert experiences, and to provide music education that inspires and connects people of all ages.

Through world-class performances, supporting emerging composers, and a commitment to community, our vision is to be a leader among orchestras in California and a model for regional orchestras everywhere.

California Symphony certainly breaks the mold, as they expand their audiences for a much more inclusive environment so that everyone, of all socioeconomic classes, can enjoy.
— Local Happenings Magazine

NEWS

...a full, rich sound...
— San Francisco Classical Voice

PHOTOS

anybody who has anything to do with a fine-arts organization would do well to pay a visit to [California Symphony]. It points the way to a new style of audience outreach—one that’s not for millennials only.
— Wall Street Journal

VIDEOS

Cabrera and the orchestra evoked all those qualities in a performance of vividness and grace.
— San Francisco Chronicle
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Donato Cabrera, conductor