Jessica Bejarano

Jessica Bejarano
Beethoven 9 (Oct 26)

Jessica Bejarano is the Founder and Music Director of the San Francisco Philharmonic, Cover Conductor with San Francisco Symphony, Scholar In Residence with San Francisco Opera and serves as board member of the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO).   Jessica was featured on NBC’s The Today Show with Natalie Morales as the “Woman Breaking Barriers as a Trailblazing Symphony Conductor”.  PBS NewsHour Weekend also featured Jessica as an emerging female conductor and KQED named Jessica 1 of 10 artists to watch in KQED Arts’ Bay Brilliant Top 10 Artists of 2018. In 2022, Jessica was featured on ABC’s hit show, To Tell the Truth.  Lil’ Libros (book company) is excited to announce that they will publish Jessica’s first bilingual children’s book and recently, March of 2023, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) named Jessica 1 of 100 Honorees for 2023 for her contribution to the Arts in the Bay Area.

Jessica was the first woman in history to guest conduct the American Youth Symphony in Los Angeles. She was also the featured guest conductor and clinician at San Diego State University and was 1 of 12 female conductors selected from around the world to conduct at the International Women’s Conference in New York City.   Jessica has guest conducted in Russia, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Spain, Venezuela and throughout the United States.

Details Pre-Opera Talk coming soon.