San Francisco Symphony

SFS Media is the San Francisco Symphony’s award-winning in-house media production company and label, launched in 2001. SFS Media captures, records, and releases audio and audio/visual material reflecting the Orchestra and Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen’s restless creativity and commitment to leading-edge production standards and showcasing the vibrant and inclusive musical communities it serves. Salonen and the Symphony’s Grammy-nominated releases of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring and György Ligeti’s Lux aeterna, alongside other recent recordings featuring works by Elizabeth Ogonek, Anders Hillborg, Nico Muhly, Ottorino Respighi, and Jean Sibelius, continue the broad legacy of programming explored under previous music director Michael Tilson Thomas.

From audio recordings released in Dolby ATMOS, Spatial audio 5.1 surround capable SACD, and DSD Studio Master digital formats to unique concert capture video programs, SFS Media has been at the forefront of production and distribution among the world’s leading orchestras for 20 years. SFS Media productions and recordings have garnered multiple Grammys, Emmys, and Peabody Awards.