In This Program
The Concert
Friday, January 9, 2026, at 7:30pm
Saturday, January 10, 2026, at 2:00pm
Julian Pellicano conducting
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Hans Zimmer’s Complete Score Performed Live to Film
Directed by
Gore Verbinski
Screenplay by
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
Screen Story by
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio
and
Stuart Beattie
and
Jay Wolpert
Based on Walt Disney’s
Pirates of the Caribbean
Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer
Executive Producers
Mike Stenson
Chad Oman
Bruce Hendricks
Paul Deason
Director of Photography
Dariusz Wolski, A.S.C.
Music by
Klaus Badelt
There will be one intermission.
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack available on Walt Disney Records
Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts © All rights reserved
About the Artists
Julian Pellicano
Julian Pellicano is the newly appointed music director of the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, a conductor on the staff of the National Ballet of Canada, and music director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. He previously served as associate conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony, and has appeared with the Vancouver Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Edmonton Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Florida Orchestra, Vermont Symphony, Hong Kong Ballet, and Valencia Orchestra, among others.
Highly experienced with live-to-film performances, Pellicano’s film project credits encompass more than 35 titles including Miloš Forman’s Amadeus, many legendary films scored by John Williams, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with its original 1927 score, as well as recent blockbusters and classic Hollywood films. He makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with these performances.
Pellicano studied conducting at the Yale School of Music and percussion at the Peabody Conservatory and Royal College of Music in Stockholm. He also holds a degree in philosophy from Johns Hopkins University.
