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On October 25, 1915, Alfred Hertz (1872-1942) was named conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and conducted his first concert at the Curran Theatre. Hertz was a German born conductor who led the San Francisco Symphony from 1915-1930. He conducted the Symphony’s first recordings and radio broadcasts on the Standard Hour, and his bequest funded Hertz Hall on the UC Berkeley campus.
Portrait of Alfred Hertz. From the collection of the Museum of Performance + Design
Alfred Hertz conducting the San Francisco Symphony at Exposition Auditorium (now the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium) on December 20, 1928 for the world premiere of Ernest Bloch’s “America.” Photograph by Gabriel Moulin. From the collection of the Museum of Performance + Design.
