San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra (SFCO) is a professional chamber orchestra in San Francisco, California, that presents small orchestra and chamber ensemble performances in the Bay Area.

The SFCO was founded by Emanuel Leplin in 1952.^[1][2] It gave its debut concert in April 1953 in Berkeley's Hillel Foundation, in a concert conducted by Leplin.^[1] After Leplin was afflicted by polio in 1954,^[1] management was taken over by conductors Edgar Braun and Adrian Sunshine.^[3][4] The musicians in the early years were all members of the San Francisco Symphony.^[4][5][6] Sunshine left in 1958, moving to Europe.^[4][6] Braun served as music director and conductor until 2002, when violist Benjamin Simon was granted the post.^[3][4][6]