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Icon: The Voices that Changed Music

About This Concert Celebrate the greatest voices of all time—including Elvis, Prince, and Whitney Houston—live in Houston April 24–26, 2026 at Jones Hall. Elvis. Prince. Michael Jackson. Diana Ross. Whitney Houston. Stevie Wonder. Celebrate the greatest voices of all time in this powerhouse concert. Houston favorites Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw join forces with the … Continued

Disney’s Fantasia In Concert

About This Concert Disney’s Fantasia in Concert will be performed live in Houston April 3–4, 2026 by the Houston Symphony at Jones Hall. This Easter weekend in Houston, treat the entire family to the classic that’s captivated generations—Disney’s Fantasia in Concert. Stunning animation fills the giant screen at Jones Hall as the Houston Symphony performs … Continued

Lang Lang in Recital

About This Concert Pianist Lang Lang performs live in Houston April 1, 2026 at Jones Hall. “The hottest artist on the classical music planet” (The New York Times). Superstar pianist Lang Lang performs an unmissable, one-night-only solo recital at Jones Hall, featuring a hand-picked program of beloved piano works, including Chopin’s dazzling Polonaise in F-sharp minor, delightful … Continued

Grieg’s Peer Gynt

About This Concert The Houston Symphony performs Grieg’s Peer Gynt live in Houston March 27–29, 2026 at Jones Hall. Featuring the ethereal “Morning Mood” and the hair-raising “In the Hall of the Mountain King”—both pop-culture staples you’ll recognize instantly—Grieg’s Peer Gynt is one of classical music’s most enduringly popular works. In this special performance, actors from the … Continued

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony + Timpani World Premiere

About This Concert The Houston Symphony performs Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony live in Houston March 20–22, 2026 at Jones Hall. The most famous four notes in history launch a towering masterpiece for the ages in Beethoven’s legendary Fifth Symphony. Award-winning composer Andy Akiho is known for bold, immersive music that shatters preconceptions, and you do not … Continued

Mozart + Elgar’s Enigma Variations

About This Concert The Houston Symphony performs Mozart and Elgar’s Enigma Variations live in Houston March 13–15, 2026 at Jones Hall. Mozart’s genius is on full display in his elegant and high-spirited Piano Concerto No. 9, and in the hands of Jan Lisiecki—recognized as one of today’s most astounding young talents—it promises pure magic. In … Continued

Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet

About This Concert Hear Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet performed live in Houston February 20–22, 2026 by the Houston Symphony at Jones Hall. Instantly recognizable thanks to its use throughout pop culture, Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet soars with tender poetry and heart-on-sleeve passion. Blazing with originality and raw intensity, Sofia Gubaidulina’s In Tempus Praesens (“For the … Continued

Symphonie espagnole + Symphonie fantastique

About This Concert Filled with sultry tango melodies, infectious Spanish dance rhythms, and dizzying displays of virtuosity, Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole will sizzle in the hands of Clara-Jumi Kang. Then, buckle up for classical music’s ultimate thrill ride: with its wild story of a lovelorn artist who overdoses on opium, plunges into a hallucinogenic nightmare, and … Continued

Piano Man: The Music of Billy Joel


About This Concert Join us for the ultimate celebration of music’s one-and-only “Piano Man.” With his silky-smooth voice and amazing piano skills, Tony DeSare will have you in a “New York State of Mind” with pitch-perfect recreations of signature Billy Joel hits like “Just the Way You Are,” “Movin’ Out,” “Vienna,” and “Piano Man.”

A Nat King Cole New Year

About This Concert Enjoy an “Unforgettable” start to 2026 as Byron Stripling, Denzal Sinclaire, and the Houston Symphony Big Band perform the timeless hits of Nat King Cole, along with well-known songs by other jazz legends. Hear the songs you know and L-O-V-E, including “Mona Lisa,” “Nature Boy,” “When I Fall in Love,” “Just One … Continued

Very Merry POPS

About This Concert Houston’s biggest holiday spectacle returns! Cozy up with friends and family and celebrate the best time of the year with Ali Stroker, the Houston Symphony, and a merry chorus. Featuring sparkling decorations, your favorite carols, and a special visit from Santa, this concert delivers instant holiday cheer.

Handel’s Messiah

About This Concert Hallelujah! Jones Hall will be filled with exultant arias and joyous refrains—including the iconic “Hallelujah” Chorus—in this powerful presentation of the greatest story ever told.

Thanksgiving Weekend: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1

About This Concert You’ll know it from the first note! Tchaikovsky’s famous Piano Concerto No. 1 has everything you could want in a piano concerto: jaw-dropping virtuosity, finger-flying fireworks, and impassioned melodies you’ll be humming on the way home. Strauss’s Ein Heldenleben serves up epic battle scenes, tender love scenes, and gripping drama, portrayed through … Continued

Journey to Light: Valčuha Conducts Shostakovich 10

About This Concert Under Joseph Stalin’s brutal regime, being an artist meant extreme censorship, unimaginable pressure, and life-or-death stakes. No composer of the era embodied this more than Dmitri Shostakovich, and in his Symphony No. 10—the first of his symphonies to be composed after Stalin’s death—his newfound artistic freedom unleashed an explosive torrent of earth-shaking … Continued

Shall We Dance?

About This Concert The virtuosity of the Houston Symphony will be on full display with dazzling delights guaranteed to get your blood pumping and your toes tapping! Ginastera’s Variaciones Concertantes crackles with Argentinian rhythms, while Enescu’s Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 unfurls an exhilarating whirlwind of folk-dance flavor. In Gabriela Ortiz’s showstopping Antrópolis, joyful percussion grooves … Continued

From Stage to Screen: Broadway Meets Hollywood


About This Concert Broadway stars Hugh Panaro and Elizabeth Stanley join Steven Reineke and the Houston Symphony for an extravaganza of showstoppers from your favorite stage and movie musicals, including selections from West Side Story, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Fiddler on the Roof, and more.

Gershwin & Grimaud: Jazz Meets Symphony

About This Concert Filled with hummable themes and sultry jazz tones, Gershwin’s crowd-pleasing Concerto in F will glisten and glow in the hands of Hélène Grimaud. Like Gershwin, Kurt Weill’s talents ranged from symphonies to Broadway and popular music (most notably, the jazz standard “Mack the Knife”), and his irresistible Symphony No. 2 showcases his … Continued

Jean-Yves Thibaudet + The Three-Cornered Hat

About This Concert Composed during a vacation in Cairo, Saint-Saëns’s crowd-pleasing Piano Concerto No. 5, Egyptian runs the gamut from delicate grace to powerhouse virtuosity. Beloved for his captivating mix of dramatic flair and tour-de-force brilliance, Jean-Yves Thibaudet will leave you spellbound. And, castanets click, fiery flamenco rhythms blaze, and sensuous sonic colors saturate the … Continued

King for a Day: The Music of Elvis

About This Concert Get ready to rock—we’re celebrating the King! Known for his dynamic vocal range and high-octane performances, electrifying 5x Las Vegas Headliner of the Year Frankie Moreno brings Elvis’s signature swagger to hit after iconic hit: “Burning Love,” “Suspicious Minds,” “Always on My Mind,” “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and so many more.