This week’s Classical Californian is Martin West, Music Director of the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra for the past 20 years. Martin has curated a playlist celebrating 50 years of the orchestra’s recordings — from its founding Music Director, Denis de Coteau, to its most recent sessions produced by Grammy-nominated Adam Abeshouse. Join Martin as he takes you into the orchestra pit and behind the scenes of recording dramatic works like Frankenstein and Kip Winger’s Conversations with Nijinsky. Tune in Wednesday Night at 7pm!

San Francisco Ballet Orchestra performing during San Francisco Ballet's 2025 Opening Night Gala
Drew Altizer