Avatar Live in Concert

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Film with Live Orchestra Avatar Live in Concert January 8 & 9, 2027 Promo Code applied! Remove Apply Get Tickets On Sale Jul 18, 2026, 12:00PM Overview Lights, Camera, Music! Watch James Cameron’s Avatar on the big screen at Davies Symphony Hall as James Horner’s score is performed live by the SF Symphony. PG-13 Artists Sarah Hicks Conductor Eleanor Grant Vocalist Eric Rigler Ethnic Flute and Whistles San Francisco Symphony Chorus Jenny Wong, Chorus Director San Francisco Symphony Program James Horner Composer James Cameron Director Tickets for the 2026–27 season are available now with a subscription package . Enjoy early access, the best seats, and savings up to 30%. Sponsors The Film Series is presented in honor of Misty Tyree, whose remarkable legacy gift ensures her lasting commitment to the San Francisco Symphony and its artistic mission. These concerts are presented in partnership with Presentation licensed by Lightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Studios and Disney Concerts, a division of ABC, Inc. © All rights reserved. Music licensed courtesy of T C F Music Publishing, Inc. Avatar, Live In Concert is a production of Avex Classics International. Avatar Live in Concert On Sale Jul 18, 2026, 12:00PM Close Film with Live Orchestra Avatar Live in Concert January 8 & 9, 2027 Promo Code applied! Remove Apply Friday January 8, 2027 7:30PM Davies Symphony Hall Buy Now On Sale Jul 18, 2026, 12:00PM Add to Calendar Saturday January 9, 2027 2:00PM Davies Symphony Hall Buy Now On Sale Jul 18, 2026, 12:00PM Add to Calendar If you would like assistance purchasing tickets for patrons with disabilities, please call the box office at 415-864-6000. Close Sarah Hicks Conductor Sarah Hicks is a conductor, educator, arranger, producer, writer, adn speaker committed to creating connections through music. She has collaborated with diverse artists including Hilary Hahn, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Rufus Wainwright, Ben Folds, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, and Sting. Her passion for cross-genre partnerships led to a 2019 album with rap artist Dessa and the Minnesota Orchestra, where she is principal conductor of Live at Orchestra Hall. Hicks made her San Francisco Symphony debut in July 2009 and has also worked with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, Toronto Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, RTÉ Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, Czech National Symphony, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, and Malaysian Philharmonic. Her commitment to new music led to a micro-commission project, and her recording of new concertos, Triple Doubles , has been released by the Bridge label. Her interest in the intersection of mental health and music led to the production of a concert titled Music and the Mind. Born in Japan and raised in Hawaii, Hicks is fluent in Japanese and holds degrees from Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music. Close San Francisco Symphony Chorus Jenny Wong, Chorus Director JENNY WONG A native of Hong Kong, Jenny Wong is Chorus Director of the San Francisco Symphony and associate artistic director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Her conducting engagements have included the Los Angeles Philharmonic Green Umbrella Series, Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, Pasadena Symphony and Pops, the Industry, Long Beach Opera, Phoenix Chorale, and Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles. In 2021, Wong was one of nine national recipients of Opera America’s inaugural Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors. As Chorus Director, Wong has worked with SF Symphony Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and Music Director Laureate Michael Tilson Thomas, as well as numerous guest conductors. She has also prepared choruses for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony, working with conductors Gustavo Dudamel, Susanna Mälkki, Jonathan Cohen, and Osmo Vänskä, among many others. Wong led the SF Symphony Chorus for the Deutsche Grammophon recording of Kaija Sariaaho’s Adriana Mater , which won the 2025 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording, and helped prepare the Los Angeles Master Chorale for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, which won the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance. Together with Grant Gershon and the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Wong was also awarded the 2022 American Prize in Choral Performance in the Professional Division. SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS The San Francisco Symphony Chorus was established in 1973 at the request of Seiji Ozawa, then the Symphony’s Music Director. The Chorus, numbering 32 professionals and more than 120 volunteer members, now performs more than 26 concerts each season. Louis Magor served as the Chorus’s director during its first decade. In 1982 Margaret Hillis assumed the ensemble’s leadership, and the following year Vance George was named Chorus Director, serving through 2005–06. Ragnar Bohlin concluded his tenure as Chorus Director in 2021, a post he had held since 2007. Jenny Wong was named Chorus Director in September 2023. The Chorus can be heard on many acclaimed San Francisco Symphony recordings and has received Grammy Awards for Best Performance of a Choral Work (for Orff’ s Carmina burana , Brahms’s German Requiem , and Mahler’s Symphony No. 8) and Best Classical Album (for a Stravinsky collection and for Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 and Symphony No. 8).