2008
Music Director, San Francisco Symphony (since 1995)
Artistic Director, New World Symphony (since 1990)
Principal Guest Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra (since 1995)
Tours:
San Francisco Symphony, Spring United States: New York, New Brunswick, Ann Arbor
Guest Engagements:
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Köln Philharmonic, Stockholm Philharmonic
Recordings for SFS Media:
Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Wall, van den Heever, Claycomb, Karneus, Naef, Griffey, Kelsey, Morris, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Girls Chorus, Pacific Boychoir (Grammy Award Winner, Best Classical Album)
Television:
WDR TV: Köln Philharmonic, Mahler Symphony No. 6
WNET/Great Performances: Carnegie Hall Opening Night, A Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
Special Projects:
The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater Carnegie Hall, New York; Davies Hall, San Francisco Judy Blazer, Neal Benari, Eugene Brancoveanu, Ronit Widmann-Levy, Directed by Patricia Birch Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic