The San Francisco Symphony welcomed the Year of the Boar with its annual Chinese New Year Concert & Banquet on Saturday, February 16 at Davies Symphony Hall. The concert opened with a beautiful lantern procession, performed by the Loong Mah Sing See Wui dance ensemble. Conductor Mei-Ann Chen led the SFS in a program of traditional folk music and works by Asian composers, featuring Chen Gang & He Zhan-Hao’s The Butterfly Lovers Concerto performed by acclaimed violinist Angelo Xiang Yu.

Photography: Drew Altizer Photography