San Francisco Ballet Orchestra

The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra accompanies the dancers of the San Francisco Ballet as well as those of prestigious visiting companies. The group also performs and records orchestral music not associated with dance. The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra was founded in 1975 as the Performing Arts Orchestra of San Francisco; the present name was adopted in 1983. Its first appearance was in a production of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. The first music director and principal conductor was Denis de Coteau, who remained in his posts until 1998; he was succeeded by Emil de Cou (1998...