Wealth & Power Reporter

Emily Shugerman

The famed conductor, who has an aggressive form of brain cancer,  took his last bow after three decades at the San Francisco Symphony. 

At a private salon on Wednesday in San Francisco, two violinists prompted gaping mouths and misty eyes. 

A top priority for the company: mounting Chinese productions and bringing in Asian audiences.

Two worlds play out on its split-level rotating set. A wedding celebration set in the present and the school shooting a decade earlier. 

Mere Mortals, San Francisco Ballet’s first full-length work by a female choreographer, completes its encore run Wednesday. 