HOUSTON (May 6, 2019) – Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the Houston Symphony, a cast of stellar, young vocal soloists and the Houston Symphony Chorus bring to Jones Hall the piece Sergei Rachmaninoff regarded as his greatest work to life in Rachmaninoff’s The Bells; the orchestra’s penultimate classical subscription program of the 2018–19 season. Rising young … Continued

HOUSTON (May 2, 2019) – The Houston Symphony and Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López Bellido partner with the Rice Shepherd School, the University of Houston (UH) Moores School of Music, and Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston to celebrate the determination and hope of Houston’s refugee communities in a project called Resilient Sounds. Six young composers from the … Continued

HOUSTON (April 26, 2019) – Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads Beethoven’s Eroica, the first of three exceptional classical subscription concerts that close out the 2018−2019 season. This concert pairs Beethoven’s groundbreaking Third Symphony with the world-premiere of Aurora, a violin concerto by Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López Bellido that was commissioned by the Houston Symphony, … Continued

HOUSTON (April 23, 2019) – Following an extensive search spanning more than three years, the Houston Symphony and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada announce the appointment of Yoonshin Song as its concertmaster and holder of the Max Levine Chair beginning in the 2019−2020 Season. She succeeds Frank Huang in this position, who left the Houston Symphony … Continued

HOUSTON (April 16, 2019) – The Houston Symphony closes out the 2018–2019 BBVA Compass Family Series with the enchanting Once Upon a Time 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. April 27, with special guests: the student dancers from the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. Under the direction of Associate Conductor Robert Franz, … Continued

HOUSTON (April 12, 2019) – The Houston Symphony welcomes back former Principal POPS Conductor Michael Krajewski to Jones Hall in the gravity-defying program Cirque de la Symphonie at 8 p.m. April 26–27 and 2:30 p.m. April 28. The program features the orchestra on stage performing some of the best known and loved works by Tchaikovsky, … Continued

HOUSTON (April 10, 2019) – The Houston Symphony celebrates the 50th anniversary of the iconic English rock band in the one-night-only program the Music of Led Zeppelin at 7:30 p.m. April 19 at Jones Hall. Guest conductor Brent Havens returns to Houston to lead the electrifying program with vocalist Randy Jackson, lead singer and guitarist … Continued

(April 3, 2019 – HOUSTON, TX) – The Harry Potter Film Concert Series returns to Jones Hall with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in Concert, the fifth film in the Harry Potter series. On July 18–20, Keitaro Harada will conduct the Houston Symphony in performing the magical score live from Harry Potter … Continued

HOUSTON (March 27, 2019) – Grammy Award-winning duo Indigo Girls joins the Houston Symphony for a one-night-only performance of their greatest hits at 7:30 p.m. April 10, 2019. Known for their folk-rock music, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, the two halves of the dynamic duo, bring their energetic and captivating music to Jones Hall. Houston … Continued

HOUSTON (March 26, 2019) – Carmina Burana, Carl Orff’s monumental oratorio depicting life, love and lust in medieval times, takes the Jones Hall stage March 29–31 with an all-star cast of soloists, the Houston Symphony Chorus, and rising young conductor Yaniv Dinur─recipient of the prestigious 2019 Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award. One of the most … Continued

HOUSTON (March 20, 2019) – The Houston Symphony announced today the 2019–2020 Bank of America Summer Sounds lineup at Jones Hall with tickets now on sale. This year’s Series melds together symphony music with captivating concert experiences, animated feature films and orchestral arrangements of music by iconic artists. The lineup includes Virtual Reality in Concert: … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 26, 2019) – The Houston Symphony announces today that violin star Jennifer Koh is stepping in to perform Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto with the Houston Symphony under the baton of former music director Christoph Eschenbach this weekend: 8 p.m., Feb. 28 & March 2, and 2:30 p.m. March 3 at Jones Hall. Koh … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 22, 2019) – Texas native Susan Graham returns to the Houston Symphony to perform a song cycle that has become a signature work for the operatic superstar as part of the all-French program Debussy’s La mer + Susan Graham at 8 p.m. March 8 & 9, and 2:30 p.m. March 10. Each concert … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 14, 2019) – Former Houston Symphony Music Director Christoph Eschenbach returns to Houston to lead the orchestra and guest violinist Leila Josefowicz in a work written expressly for her, as well as a towering romantic work by Austrian composer Anton Brucker in the program Eschenbach and Josefowicz at 8 p.m., Feb. 28 & … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 12, 2019) – Just in time for the start of Houston’s rodeo season, the Houston Symphony saddles up with the Western-inspired family program Wild, Wild West at 10am and 11:30am on Saturday, Feb. 16 at Jones Hall, featuring students from the Theatre Under the Stars’ (TUTS) Humphreys School of Musical Theatre and from … Continued

HOUSTON (Feb. 1, 2019) – What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend than with romantic songs sung in the indelible style of the “First Lady of American Song” Ella Fitzgerald?! Houston Symphony Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke and the Houston Symphony provide the passionate, musical answer to that question with the program The Ella … Continued

HOUSTON (Jan. 30, 2019) – The Houston Symphony and Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada announced today details of the 2019−2020 season, which marks Orozco-Estrada’s sixth year as music director. This season is characterized by in-depth explorations of the works of some of the greatest composers with the superb musicians of the Houston Symphony, crowned by a … Continued

HOUSTON (Jan. 15, 2019) – Houston Symphony Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the orchestra in Ravel’s La valse Jan. 24 and 26 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Jones Hall. Written by the composer of the famed Boléro, La valse is Ravel’s tribute to a bygone Vienna, opening with a musical … Continued

HOUSTON (Dec. 27, 2018) – You don’t need a Walkman or a mixtape to relive your favorite ’80s tunes. You can hear them live performed by your Houston Symphony under the direction of Columbus Symphony Pops Conductor Stuart Chafetz with special guests Nicole Parker and Aaron Finley in the Pops Series program Totally ’80s Jan. … Continued

HOUSTON (Dec. 21, 2018) – The Houston Symphony welcomes back American piano star and conductor Jeffrey Kahane for a program of jazz-inspired works, capped by one of George Gershwin’s seminal and most popular compositions, Rhapsody in Blue. 1983 Grand Prize Winner of the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition and former music director of the Los … Continued