Xavier Foley is redefining what is possible on the double bass as a trailblazing soloist, composer, collaborative artist, and recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant. His compositions include Soul Bass, a concerto commissioned and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony under Jonathan Hayward, and For Justice and Peace, a genre-blending work for violin, double bass, and string orchestra, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall, the Sphinx Organization, and New World Symphony. Other concertos include Galaxy Concertante for two double basses; Victory for double bass and string orchestra; and Resurrection of Titan for violin, double bass, and orchestra, commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival in association with Mahler Foundation. These works have been performed by ensembles across the United States including the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony, Sphinx Virtuosi, Kansas City Symphony, New West Symphony, Orchestra Lumos, Nashville Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra.

Foley has captivated audiences with critically acclaimed recital appearances at major venues and festivals including the Kennedy Center, Kaufman Music Center, Shriver Hall, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Rockport Music, Morgan Library, National Gallery of Art, Harriman-Jewell Series, La Jolla Music Society, Marlboro Music Festival, Tippet Rise Art Center, Bridgehampton Festival, New Asia Chamber Music Society, South Mountain Concerts, and Wolf Trap.

Originally from Marietta, Georgia, Foley is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Edgar Meyer and Hal Robinson. He won the 2016 Young Concert International Auditions, is an alumnus of the Perlman Music Program, and performs on a custom double bass made by Rumano Solano. He makes his debut at the San Francisco Symphony with this Recital.