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The Music Critic: John Malkovich with the San Francisco Symphony

Friday, March 6, 2026 - 7:30 pm | Cost: $49*
*Tickets start at $49 (while supplies last)
Davies Symphony Hall | 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102
San Francisco

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Julia Wesely / SF Symphony

In an entertaining evening of music and comedy, created and conceived by violinist Aleksey Igudesman, actor John Malkovich slips into the role of the evil critic who traverses and trashes, some of the best music of all time in a gleeful romp. The Music Critic is a compilation of some of the greatest-but-most-controversial, critically-lambasted-but-hugely-acclaimed-by-audiences orchestral works from around the world and from throughout musical history.

John Malkovich
Friday, March 6, 2026 | 7:30pm
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., SF
Get Tickets – Tickets start at $49 (while supplies last)

Equipped with a frivolous potpourri of musical insults, Malkovich tears apart music inspired by the likes of Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms. In addition, he hates Dvořák, Rachmaninoff, and the much disputed, yet beloved, Boléro by Ravel.

Program

  • TBA

Artists

  • Aleksey Igudesman
  • Conductor and Violin
  • John Malkovich
  • San Francisco Symphony

 

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Cost: $49*
*Tickets start at $49 (while supplies last)
Categories: *Top Pick*, In Person, Live Music, Sponsored, Theater & Performance
Address: 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102

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