About This Concert Joshua Bell returns to Houston May 7, 9 & 10, 2026 for The Elements in Concert with the Houston Symphony at Jones Hall. Grammy Award-winning violin icon Joshua Bell unleashes cosmic grandeur and world-shaking virtuosity in The Elements, a stunning sound-plus-video experience which summons the elemental power of Earth, Water, Fire, Air, … Continued
About This Concert John Adams conducts Appalachian Spring live in Houston April 18–19, 2026 with the Houston Symphony at Jones Hall. Piano concertos don’t get any more fun than John Adams’s Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?, a showstopping whirlwind filled with funky grooves, propulsive rhythmic drive, and pop music influences from bebop to … Continued
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
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
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
About This Concert Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde will be performed live in Houston February 28–March 1, 2026 by the Houston Symphony at Jones Hall. In Wagner’s groundbreaking opera Tristan and Isolde, a romance for the ages plays out through some of the most revelatory and transcendent music ever written. Act II of this masterpiece has … Continued
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
About This Concert Showcasing the artistry of Jasmine Choi (“the goddess of flute” –The Korea Times) and Houston Symphony Principal Harp Allegra Lilly, Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp positively sparkles with delightful melodies and effervescent charm. From Mozart’s delicate grace, Christoph Eschenbach leads a foray into the vast, expansive sound-world of Bruckner’s stunning and … Continued
About This Concert Inspired by the legend of The Firebird—a magical glowing bird from Slavic folklore—Stravinsky’s Firebird dazzles from first note to heart-pounding finale. It’s the music that made Stravinsky an overnight star, putting the world on notice that a genius had arrived. Soprano Angel Blue makes her Houston Symphony debut in Florent Schmitt’s beyond-epic … Continued
About This Concert The Houston Symphony performs Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 live in Houston May 22–24, 2026. For the grand finale to our classical season, Music Director Juraj Valčuha leads Mahler’s final completed work, the extraordinary Symphony No. 9. To hear one of Mahler’s symphonies live is to feel why it’s an experience unlike anything … Continued
About This Concert Conducting legend Marin Alsop unlocks the luminous jewel case that is Brahms’s Symphony No. 2: overflowing with gorgeous melodies that melt the heart, it ends with a triumphant burst of pure joy. Love is the unifying thread in Bernstein’s Serenade (After Plato’s “Symposium”), performed with dazzling virtuosity by Concertmaster Yoonshin Song. An … Continued
Dec. 20, 21 & 22 Handel’s Messiah Jones Hall will be filled with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the iconic “Hallelujah” Chorus, in this powerful presentation of the greatest story ever told. About Tickets Artists Program Extras Visitor Info About This Concert Jones Hall will be filled with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including … Continued
Dec. 9 Yo-Yo Ma in Concert The extraordinary 19-time Grammy Award-winner joins the Houston Symphony for Dvořák’s heart-achingly beautiful Cello Concerto in this one-night-only event at Jones Hall. About Tickets Artists Program Extras Visitor Info Tickets Monday, Dec. 9 7:30 P.M. at Jones Hall No Tickets Available Subscribe and Save up to 15% Add 2+ … Continued
Dec. 22 Joyful Fanfares: Holiday Brass Spectacular This festive spotlight on members of the Symphony’s brass section is packed with plenty of holiday cheer for the whole family. About Tickets Artists Program Extras Visitor Info About This Concert Members of the Houston Symphony brass section welcome you for a concert brimming with holiday cheer! Featuring … Continued