BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday appointed Mark C. Hanson, the former head of the San Francisco Orchestra and a leader one musician described as “a giant in the industry,” as its next president and CEO.
Hanson, 48, who already has led two orchestras larger than the BSO, will begin his new job April 21. He succeeds Peter Kjome, who announced his resignation as the BSO’s president and CEO in the spring of 2021. His contract expired at the end of January.
“Mark is known as someone who has overseen remarkable turnarounds of the orchestras that he has headed,” said Brian Prechtl, a percussionist with the orchestra, head of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Players Committee and a member of the search committee.
