The Sibelius Forum

Tapkaara · Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:04 pm Post subject: Sibelius in San Diego - Feb. 2010

The San Diego Symphony will be performing S2 in Feb. of 2010. YES!! I will DEFINITELY be there.

I saw them do this very symphony about 12 years ago when I was a young buck. It was grand, grand, grand!

Who wants to come to sunny San Diego in Feb. to see with with me??? Hehehe...

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david johnson · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:16 am Post subject:

? i thought that orchestra went under some years ago.
i must be wrong!

dj

Tapkaara · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject:

The SD Symphony went bankrupt in 1997, I think it was. They languished for a while until Irwin Jacob, the founder of Qualcomm (a San Diego based-company) gave the symphony the single largest donation in history (for a symphony) of $120 million to get them back on their feet.

So, they have been active for quite a while now under their conductor Jahja Ling. It's actually a very good symphony, some even say it's one of the best in the US.

So, they are indeed in business, and performing Sibelius next season...yes!!!

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