HOUSTON (May 2, 2017) – The Houston Symphony is teaming up with dozens of students from Crespo Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School Dance Department and Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School Dance Ensemble for a modern-day staging of the 1911 ballet Petrushka, to be premiered at 8 p.m. May 11 and 13 and 2:30 … Continued

HOUSTON (April 27, 2017) – The Houston Symphony announced today it will perform Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert July 21-22 as part of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series. The concert will feature the live orchestra performing, to picture, every note from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Audiences will be able … Continued

HOUSTON (April 20, 2017) – The Houston Symphony will perform the world premiere of Conquest Requiem from Composer-in-Residence Gabriela Lena Frank at 8 p.m. May 5-6 and 2:30 p.m. May 7 at Jones Hall. Considered Frank’s most ambitious project to date, the requiem is the composer’s musical interpretation of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec … Continued

HOUSTON (April 13, 2017) – In celebration of the film franchise that has spanned more than half a century, the Houston Symphony will present the best of James Bond music with Bond & Beyond at 8 p.m. April 28-29 and 7:30 p.m. April 30 at Jones Hall. In his second-to-last concert as Principal POPS Conductor, … Continued

HOUSTON (April 6, 2017) – Acclaimed Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä will make her Houston Symphony debut at 8 p.m. April 20 and 22 and 2:30 p.m. April 23 in a program of works by Verdi, Respighi and celebrated American living composer John Corigliano. Led by guest conductor Vasily Petrenko, the program begins with Verdi’s Overture … Continued

HOUSTON (April 5, 2017) – The Houston Symphony and National Geographic Live present Exploring Mars: The Next Generation, the third event in a dynamic four-part speaker series featuring some of the world’s most fascinating explorers, scientists, filmmakers and adventurers. Featured speaker Kobie Boykins, a dynamic young engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, will recount the … Continued

HOUSTON (March 23, 2017) – The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada announced today the extension of Orozco-Estrada’s contract as music director for another three seasons beyond his current five-year contract that began with the 2014-15 season. In the middle of his third season as music director, Orozco-Estrada will now continue to lead one … Continued

HOUSTON (March 10, 2017) – Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada will lead the Houston Symphony in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 7 at 8 p.m. March 24-25 and 2:30 p.m. March 26 at Jones Hall. The program marks the completion of the orchestra’s three-season Beethoven symphony cycle. Inspired by his love of nature, Beethoven’s … Continued

HOUSTON (March 9, 2017) – The Houston Symphony announced today that Tony Award winner and three-time Emmy Award nominee Phylicia Rashad will join the cast of its new semi-staged, concert version of Beethoven’s Fidelio, the composer’s only opera, March 31 and April 2. Houston-native Rashad joins the orchestra and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada as a … Continued

HOUSTON (March 6, 2017) – Pink Martini, the internationally-celebrated “little orchestra” that blurs the barriers between classical, Latin, jazz and classic pop music, returns to the Houston Symphony with special guest Ari Shapiro, co-host of National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, at 8 p.m. March 17-18 and 7:30 p.m. March 19. Led by Principal POPS … Continued

HOUSTON (March 2, 2017) – Multiplatinum-selling singer, songwriter and producer Ben Folds will join the Houston Symphony in a one-night-only performance of his acclaimed Piano Concerto and alternative-pop hits at 7:30 p.m. March 16, 2017. Folds’ one-night event features a performance of his three-movement Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, which draws on many recognizable classical … Continued

HOUSTON (March 1, 2017) – The Houston Symphony, in collaboration with Dutch music label Pentatone, announced today the international release of its most recent recording, which features Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) and select Slavonic Dances. The recording is the third and final in a mini-series highlighting Dvorák’s last four symphonies. Dvorak’s … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 24, 2017) – Fabien Gabel, music director of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, will lead the Houston Symphony and Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter during Tchaikovsky’s Pathétique at 8 p.m. March 9 and 11 and 2:30 p.m. March 12. The program will include Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides and Piano Concerto No. 1 and will conclude with … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 17, 2017) – Former Houston Symphony Music Director, Christoph Eschenbach, returns to Houston to conduct a spiritually-uplifting program of works by Austrian composer Anton Bruckner at 8 p.m. March 3-4, and 2:30 p.m. March 5. Eschenbach is best known by Houston audiences for heightening the orchestra’s national and international reputation in addition to … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 13, 2017) – The Houston Symphony joins musicians and orchestras around the world in the continued celebration of American composer John Adams’ 70th birthday with a performance of Adams’ Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra featuring world-renowned saxophonist Timothy McAllister at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 and 25 and 2:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at Jones … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 6, 2017) – The Houston Symphony will celebrate more than 50 years of soul influence Feb. 17-19 with a brand-new show featuring the best of Motown legends as well as today’s hottest R&B entertainers. R&B Mixtape will take audiences on a trip down memory lane with nostalgic hits that iconic artists like Aretha … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 3, 2017) – The Houston Symphony will celebrate Mardi Gras family-style with performances of Mardi Gras Menagerie! at 10 and 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, at Jones Hall. The jazzy, fun-filled celebration will be led by Associate Conductor Robert Franz. The program will include Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, including elephants, kangaroos and … Continued

HOUSTON (Jan. 30, 2017) – Mongolian violinist Angelo Xiang Yu joins the Houston Symphony to revel in the vibrant musical traditions of Houston’s Asian communities for Celebrate Asia at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 11, 2017, at Houston Baptist University’s Morris Cultural Arts Center. Led by Taiwanese-American guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen, the hourlong concert features east Asian … Continued

HOUSTON (Jan. 26, 2017) – The Houston Symphony will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, 2017, with a screening of the iconic film complete with John Williams’ Academy Award-winning score performed live by the orchestra. The Houston Symphony, led by guest conductor Constantine Kitsopoulos, will perform … Continued

HOUSTON (Jan. 24, 2017) – The Houston Symphony announced today the addition of onstage seating for the sold-out, one-night-only concert featuring superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Led by Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the program includes Dvorák’s Cello Concerto, a masterpiece written during the time the composer spent in America, … Continued