Concerts

data-filter="[2020 08|][livestream-link|][August|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Join us from home for the Houston Symphony’s Live from Jones Hall livestream concert series! Your purchase helps support the Symphony. You’ll receive a private online link to view live concerts by Houston Symphony musicians performing at Jones Hall on Saturdays at 8 p.m. central. In this livestream performance, hear the eloquent, deeply powerful Lyric for Strings by groundbreaking composer George Walker, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Plus, Principal Oboe Jonathan Fischer performs Mozart’s lyrical Oboe Quartet in F major alongside members of the Houston Symphony string section. The concert also highlights members of the Symphony’s horn and cello sections. How to View the Concert Livestream Video On the day before the concert, you will receive a new email with a link to the video. If you purchase a ticket after Friday evening, the link will be in your confirmation email. We recommend you access the link at least 10 minutes before the concert begins. A recording will be available to you at the same link for 24 hours following the concert. If you did not purchase a ticket before the concert, you can still buy a ticket to access the recording until 7 p.m. central on the Sunday after the performance. Livestream FAQs Estimated running time: 1 hour {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yue Bao|,|bio|:|Conductor Yue Bao serves as conducting fellow of the Houston Symphony. In May 2019, she completed a two-year tenure as the Rita E. Hauser Conducting Fellow at the Curtis Institute of Music, closely working with Maestro N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin during her studies in Philadelphia. At Curtis, she was active as both a conductor and assistant, working with Michael Tilson Thomas, Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4, Gilbert Varga, Giancarlo Guerrero, and Miguel Harth-Bedoya.\nYue was the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Conducting Fellow at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in 2019. In 2018, she served as the David Effron Conducting Fellow at the Chautauqua Music Festival, where her concerts with the Festival Orchestra received major accolades from audiences and musicians. Prior to her time at Curtis, in 2015, she served as a conducting fellow at the Eastern Music Festival under Gerard Schwarz.\nShe has worked extensively in the United States and abroad. She served as an assistant for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under JoAnn Falletta and David Lockington (2015-17), making her conducting debut with Buffalo in 2016. Yue has also assisted V\u00e4nsk\u00e4 at the Minnesota Orchestra and Varga at the St. Louis Symphony. Recent appearances include the Shanghai Opera Symphony Orchestra, the Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra, and the New Symphony Orchestra. Equally at home with both symphonic and operatic repertoire, her credits include Tchaikovsky\u2019s\u00a0Eugene Onegin, Bizet\u2019s\u00a0Carmen, Kurt Weill\u2019s\u00a0Mahagonny: Ein Songspiel, and Gian Carlo Menotti\u2019s\u00a0The Medium. She is also active as a pianist, recently playing for a production of\u00a0Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann\u00a0by Jacques Offenbach at the National Centre for the Performing Arts.\nAlong with her Artist Diploma from The Curtis Institute of Music, she holds Bachelor of Music degrees in orchestral conducting and collaborative piano from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, and a Master of Music degree in orchestral conducting from the Mannes School of Music.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Sophia Silivos|,|bio|:|Sophia Silivos, violin, has been a member of the Houston Symphony since 1992. Silivos began her career as first violinist of the Dakota quartet and then was named principal second violinist of the New Mexico Symphony. She has performed as soloist with the Houston Symphony and served as Associate Concertmaster for the 2005\u201306 season.\nAn ardent proponent of chamber music, Silivos has appeared with ensembles throughout the United States and has performed live for public radio stations in Chicago, Houston, and Minneapolis. Here in Texas, she appears regularly with the Greenbriar Consortium and the Foundation for Modern Music; she is a featured violinist for the St. Cecilia concert series. She has served on the faculties of the University of Houston and Augustana college, teaches privately, and gives master classes.\nIn the summer of 2007, Silivos was an invited participant in a three-week tour of China, giving master classes and performing recitals and solos with orchestra.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Joan DerHovsepian|,|bio|:|Joan DerHovsepian, viola, became a member of the Houston Symphony in 1999 after serving two seasons as Principal Viola of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina. She is an instructor at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music and was a member of the prize-winning Everest String Quartet, which performed throughout the United States and Canada. She performs each summer at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and at the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin.\n|,|title|:|Acting Principal Viola|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Brinton Averil Smith|,|bio|:|Cellist Brinton Averil Smith continues to win rave reviews for virtuosic performances with musical ideals rooted in the golden age of string playing. His debut recording of Mikl\u00f3s R\u00f3zsa\u2019s Cello Concerto with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra won widespread international critical acclaim, with Gramophone praising Smith as a \u201chugely eloquent, impassioned soloist,\u201d and his recording of the chamber music of Faur\u00e9 with Gil Shaham was chosen by numerous critics as one of the year\u2019s best albums. A passionate advocate of compelling unfamiliar repertoire, Smith recently gave the North American premieres of rediscovered works of Jean Sibelius and Alexander Zemlinsky. Smith\u2019s performances, hailed as \u201cstunningly beautiful\u201d by the American Record Guide, have been broadcast on CBS\u2019s Sunday Morning and on the radio throughout the United States, including American Public Media\u2019s Performance Today and SymphonyCast.\nSmith has appeared regularly as a soloist with the Houston Symphony since joining the orchestra as Principal Cellist in 2005. Prior to this appointment, he was the first musician chosen by Lorin Maazel to join the New York Philharmonic and was Principal Cellist of the San Diego and Fort Worth Symphonies. As a chamber musician, Smith has collaborated with artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham, Cho-Liang Lin, James Ehnes, Lynn Harrell, Sarah Chang, Dawn Upshaw, and members of the Beaux Arts Trio and the Guarneri, Emerson, Juilliard, Cleveland, and Berg quartets. Smith is also a faculty member of the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and Aspen Music Festival.\nThe son of a mathematician and a pianist, Smith was admitted to Arizona State University at age 10, where he took courses in mathematics, music, and German. At age 17, Smith completed a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. He then became a student of Eleonore Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California, where he was also a teaching assistant in the mathematics department, and completed work for a Master of Arts in Mathematics at age 19. He subsequently studied with the renowned cellist Zara Nelsova at The Juilliard School, where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts, disserting on the playing of Emanuel Feuermann. Smith resides in Houston with his wife, pianist Evelyn Chen, their daughter, Calista, and two slightly evil, but kind-hearted dogs. For further information, please visit www.brintonaverilsmith.com\n|,|title|:|Principal Cello|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Christopher French|,|bio|:|Christopher French is the associate principal cellist of the Houston Symphony. Before joining the orchestra in 1986, he held titled positions in both the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra and the Honolulu Symphony. French is the seventh of a full octave of musical siblings. He enjoys performing with the Bad Boys of Cello, the alter ego of the Houston Symphony cello section. The Bad Boys have played in homeless shelters and elementary schools in an effort to eliminate the classist misconceptions about classical music.\nFrench is a graduate of North Park University in Chicago, where he won the Performance Award. In addition to three concerto performances with the Houston Symphony, he has appeared on the Chamber Players series, and with Da Camera of Houston and the Greenbriar Consortium. He participates in the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, Music in the Mountains in Durango, Colorado, and the Grand Teton Music Festival in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.\nFrench teaches orchestral repertoire at Rice University.\n|,|title|:|Associate Principal Cello|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Charles Seo|,|bio|:|Cellist Charles Seo was appointed cellist of the Houston Symphony in the summer of 2018 at age 22. Previously, he served as principal cellist in the Colburn Orchestra. Charles, who made his solo orchestral debut at age 10, has performed as guest soloist with the Houston Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and San Jos\u00e9 Chamber Orchestra.\nHe is silver medalist of the 2014 Irving M. Klein International String Competition and bronze medalist of the 2014 Stulberg International String Competition. In 2013, he was the gold medalist of the Houston Symphony League Concerto Competition, the Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition, the Schmidbauer International Competition, and the 30th\u00a0Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition. Charles performed Sarasate\u2019s Zigeunerweisen with Christopher O\u2019Riley on NPR\u2019s\u00a0From the Top.\nCharles has collaborated with cellists Lynn Harrell, Robert deMaine, Clive Greensmith, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, David Geringas, Steven Isserlis, Jian Wang, Myung-wha Chung, Llu\u00eds Claret, Li-Wei Qin, Bion Tsang, and Laurence Lesser. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Colburn School, where he studied with Ronald Leonard and Greensmith.\n|,|title|:|cello|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jonathan Fischer|,|bio|:|Jonathan Fischer joined the Houston Symphony as principal oboe in September 2012 and was invited to join the faculty of the University of Houston in September 2014. Prior to his appointment with the Houston Symphony, Fischer served as associate principal oboe with the San Francisco Symphony for nine seasons. He has also held positions with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Savannah Symphony, and the New World Symphony. Fischer has performed as a guest principal with many of the nation\u2019s leading orchestras including the Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Louis and Atlanta Symphonies, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, New World Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony.\nFischer currently teaches at the University of Houston\u2019s Moores School of Music and Texas Music Festival. He has taught and performed at the Aspen Music Festival and the Oberlin Conservatory. He has given masterclasses at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the San Francisco Conservatory, Rice University, and University of Michigan, and has been a coach at the New World Symphony. He holds a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Woodhams.\nA native of South Carolina, Fischer now enjoys living in the Heights with his dog, a Louisiana Catahoula mix.\n|,|title|:|Principal Oboe|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|William VerMeulen|,|bio|:|Hailed as \u201cone of today\u2019s superstars of the international brass scene,\u201d William VerMeulen leads a varied musical life of soloist, orchestral principal, chamber musician, master teacher, and music publisher. VerMeulen has been principal horn of the Houston Symphony since 1990 and has performed as a guest principal horn with the Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Prior to joining the Houston Symphony, he was employed with the orchestras of Columbus, Honolulu, and Kansas City.\nVerMeulen has been an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and participates as a performer and on faculty with the finest music festivals and chamber music presenters, among which include the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Aspen Music Festival, Music@Menlo, Banff Centre, Da Camera of Houston, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Joshua Bell and Friends, Tanglewood, Sarasota Music Festival, Strings Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival, New World Symphony, Domaine Forget, Chamber Music Northwest, and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony where he also serves as principal horn.\nVerMeulen has performed to critical acclaim on four continents as a soloist and chamber musician and is a popular artist at International Horn Society Symposiums where he was a member of the advisory council. He serves as a board member of the International Horn Competition of America. Along with the dozens of orchestral recordings in his discography are numerous solo and chamber recordings, including the complete Mozart Horn Concerti with Christoph Eschenbach and the Houston Symphony,\u00a0Texas Horns\u00a0featuring the Dallas and Houston horn sections, and \u201cThe Christmas Horn\u201d which features VerMeulen combined with his students from Rice University, conducted by Dale Clevenger. He has recorded live the Brahms Trio op. 40, Mozart Quintet K. 407, Beethoven Septet, Ravel Tombeau de Couperin for wind quintet, Schubert Octet, Spohr Nonet, Ligeti Bagatelles, and the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1. A champion of new music, VerMeulen has had numerous pieces written for him including concerti by esteemed American composers Samuel Adler, Pierre Jalbert, Tony DiLorenzo, and the horn cantata \u201cCanticum Sacrum\u201d by Robert Bradshaw. He recorded the Canto XI by Samuel Adler for a CD called\u00a0First Chairs. Among his awards and honors, VerMeulen received first prize at the 1980 International Horn Society Soloist Competition and the Shapiro Award for Most Outstanding Brass Player at the Tanglewood Festival.\nRegarded as one of the most influential horn teachers of all time, VerMeulen is a professor of horn at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University and brass artist-in-residence at the Royal Conservatory of Music\u2019s Glenn Gould School. His students perform in numerous major orchestras throughout the world including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, Canadian Brass, Cleveland Orchestra, and the San Francisco, Cincinnati, Montreal, St. Louis, Toronto, Detroit, Dallas, and Houston Symphonies. Over 250 positions of employment have been offered to his students. In 1985, he was invited to the White House to receive a Distinguished Teacher of America Certificate of Excellence from President Reagan and the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.\nVerMeulen received his training from Dale Clevenger at Northwestern University and the Interlochen Arts Academy and is founder and president of VerMeulen Music, L.L.C., which offers music and products for horn players worldwide at www.vermeulenmusic.com\nVerMeulen is married to Houston Opera and Ballet violinist Sylvia VerMeulen, and they have two lovely children, Michael and Nicole. In his rare free time, he enjoys having good friends over to share in his passion for fine cooking and wine.\n|,|title|:|Principal Horn|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Brian Thomas|,|bio|:|Second horn of the Houston Symphony since 1995, Brian Thomas is a native of Minneapolis and was influenced by his musical family and the rich artistic environment of his hometown. Both of his parents were cellists, and his father played with the Minnesota Orchestra for 50 seasons before his recent retirement.\nBrian took up the horn at an early age and was guided by mentor Dave Kamminga to Northwestern University, where he studied with Chicago Symphony hornists Norman Schweikert and Dale Clevenger. He proceeded on to positions in the orchestras of Louisville, Columbus, and Syracuse before assuming his current position in Houston.\nThomas has performed with the orchestras of Minnesota, Cincinnati, and San Diego and played for many years in both the Colorado Music Festival in Boulder and the Skaneateles Festival in upstate New York. He has been second horn in the prestigious Sun Valley Summer Symphony since 1999 and is a frequent guest artist at Rice\u2019s Shepherd School of Music. Thomas was recently an artist-in-residence at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. He has also performed with the Scottish band The Rogues and recorded a CD and a live DVD with the group.\nBrian is an avid road cyclist, enjoys the artistic and technical aspects of high-end audiophile equipment, and nourishes his soul with Celtic music. He shares his home in the suburbs of Houston with his lovely wife, Victoria, and six grateful rescue cats.\n|,|title|:|horn|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nancy Goodearl|,|bio|:|Nancy Goodearl, a member of the Houston Symphony since 1981, received a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music in Performance from Northwestern University. Since 1987, she has been a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has performed with many orchestras, including the Houston Ballet Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho.\nGoodearl has performed extensively in recitals and chamber music ensembles throughout the Houston area, including brass and woodwind quintets from the Houston Symphony and faculty brass and woodwind quintets from the University of Houston. She also performs with the Monarch Brass Ensemble, a large brass ensemble of women from around the country affiliated with the International Women\u2019s Brass Conference.\nIn addition to performing, she enjoys coaching high school horn sections and teaching privately. She is a former faculty member of the University of Houston Moores School of Music, the Texas Music Festival, and the American Festival of the Arts.\n|,|title|:|horn|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ian Mayton|,|bio|:|Ian Mayton, a native of Durham, North Carolina, was appointed fourth horn of the Houston Symphony by Music Director Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada in November 2014. Mayton has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony. After completing his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mayton spent a year in the Master of Music program at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music studying with William VerMeulen.\n|,|title|:|horn|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} HANDEL/L. SHAW “Blessing and Honour” from Messiah, for Four Horns MOZART Ave verum corpus, for Four Horns L. SHAW Frippery No. 17, for Four Horns William VerMeulen, horn Brian Thomas, horn Nancy Goodearl, horn Ian Mayton, horn GLIÈRE Ten Duos for Two Cellos, No. 7 WIENIAWSKI/B.A. SMITH – Y. LEONOVICH Etudes-Caprices for Two Violins, arranged for Two Cellos: No. 1, No. 4 PAGANINI/W. THOMAS-MIFUNE Mosé-Fantasia for Two Cellos DELIBES/G.M. BRANDIS “Sous le dôme épais” (“Flower Duet”) from Lakmé, for Two Cellos Charles Seo, cello Brinton Averil Smith, cello WALKER Lyric for Strings Yue Bao, conductor MOZART Quartet for Oboe and Strings Jonathan Fischer, oboe Sophia Silivos, violin Joan DerHovsepian, viola Christopher French, cello

data-filter="[2020 08|][livestream-link|][August|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Join us from home for the Houston Symphony’s Live from Jones Hall livestream concert series! Your purchase helps support the Symphony. You’ll receive a private online link to view live concerts by Houston Symphony musicians performing at Jones Hall on Saturdays at 8 p.m. central. One of the greatest composers in history meets one of the most heralded musical voices of today in in an evening of music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and “Brooklyn’s post-millennial Mozart,” Missy Mazzoli. Taking its cue from Milton’s Paradise Lost, Mazzoli’s soaring concerto for bass (Dark with Excessive Bright) spins Baroque idioms into a hypnotic fusion of styles and sounds as Robin Kesselman, principal bass, takes center stage. Mozart’s grand and elegant Symphony No. 38, Prague, concludes this livestream event. How to View the Concert Livestream Video On the day before the concert, you will receive a new email with a link to the video. If you purchase a ticket after Friday evening, the link will be in your confirmation email. We recommend you access the link at least 10 minutes before the concert begins. A recording will be available to you at the same link for 24 hours following the concert. If you did not purchase a ticket before the concert, you can still buy a ticket to access the recording until 7 p.m. central on the Sunday after the performance. Livestream FAQs Estimated running time: 1 hour {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Kensho Watanabe|,|bio|:|Emerging onto the international stage over the past two years, Kensho Watanabe is fast becoming one of the most exciting and versatile young conductors to come out of the United States. Most recently, Kensho was recognized as a recipient of a Career Assistance Award by the Solti Foundation U.S. He held the position of Assistant Conductor of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2016 to 2019 and during this time made his critically acclaimed subscription debut with the Orchestra and pianist, Daniil Trifonov, taking over from his mentor Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin. He would continue on to conduct four subscription concerts with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2019, in addition to debuts at the Bravo! Vail Festival and numerous concerts at the Mann and Saratoga Performing Arts Centres. Watanabe has previously been an inaugural conducting fellow of the Curtis Institute of Music from 2013 to 2015, under the mentorship of N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin.\nRecent highlights have included his debuts with the Houston Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, as well as his Japanese debut at the Seiji Ozawa Matsumoto Festival. Recent returns include the Orchestre Metropolitain in Montreal. Highlights of the 2019-20 season include his debuts with the London Philharmonic and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, San Antonio Symphony Orchestra as well as his Finnish debut with the Jyv\u00e4skyl\u00e4 Sinfonia.\nEqually at home in both symphonic and operatic repertoire, Mr. Watanabe has led numerous operas with the Curtis Opera Theatre, most recently Puccini\u2019s La Rondine in 2017 and La boh\u00e8me in 2015. Additionally, he served as assistant conductor to Mr. N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin on a new production of Strauss\u2019s Elektra at Montreal Opera. This season Watanabe will conduct Strauss\u2019 Die Fledermaus at the Ozawa Juku Festival.\nAn accomplished violinist, Mr. Watanabe received his Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and served as a substitute violinist in The Philadelphia Orchestra from 2012 to 2016. Cognizant of the importance of the training and development of young musicians, he has served on the staff of the Greenwood Music Camp since 2007, currently serving as the Orchestra conductor.\nMr. Watanabe is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with distinguished conducting pedagogue Otto-Werner Mueller. Additionally he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale College, where he studied molecular, cellular, and developmental biology.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Robin Kesselman|,|bio|:|Robin Kesselman was appointed Principal Bass of the Houston Symphony by Music Director Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada in 2014. He has performed as Guest Principal Bass with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic, travelled internationally with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and appeared with the National, Atlanta, and Baltimore Symphonies.\nKesselman frequently performs as a soloist and chamber musician and presents recital programs and masterclasses at various universities across the country. He has appeared as soloist with the Houston Symphony in subscription performances of the Koussevitzky Concerto for Double Bass, and he was featured in Krzysztof Penderecki\u2019s Duo Concertante during the composer\u2019s Carnegie Hall residency in collaboration with the Curtis Institute. Recent festival engagements include leading the bass sections of the Grand Teton, Mainly Mozart, and Arizona Musicfest festival orchestras. He has also served as faculty for the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, Curtis Institute\u2019s Summerfest, the Richard Davis Bass Conference, and the summer residency of the Filarm\u00f3nica Joven de Colombia.\nKesselman holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California and an Artist Diploma from the Curtis Institute of Music. His primary teachers have included David Allen Moore, Harold Robinson, Edgar Meyer, Paul Ellison, Chris Hanulik, and Virginia Dixon.\n|,|title|:|Principal Double Bass|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jonathan Fischer|,|bio|:|Jonathan Fischer joined the Houston Symphony as principal oboe in September 2012 and was invited to join the faculty of the University of Houston in September 2014. Prior to his appointment with the Houston Symphony, Fischer served as associate principal oboe with the San Francisco Symphony for nine seasons. He has also held positions with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Orchestra, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Savannah Symphony, and the New World Symphony. Fischer has performed as a guest principal with many of the nation\u2019s leading orchestras including the Boston, Chicago, and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the St. Louis and Atlanta Symphonies, and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. He has performed as a soloist with the Houston Symphony, Grant Park Symphony, New World Symphony, and the San Francisco Symphony.\nFischer currently teaches at the University of Houston\u2019s Moores School of Music and Texas Music Festival. He has taught and performed at the Aspen Music Festival and the Oberlin Conservatory. He has given masterclasses at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, the San Francisco Conservatory, Rice University, and University of Michigan, and has been a coach at the New World Symphony. He holds a degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studied with Richard Woodhams.\nA native of South Carolina, Fischer now enjoys living in the Heights with his dog, a Louisiana Catahoula mix.\n|,|title|:|Principal Oboe|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Colin Gatwood|,|bio|:|Colin Gatwood was born in Cleveland, Ohio but grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where his father was principal oboist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and his mother, a violinist, was a freelance musician and teacher. He began his musical studies on the piano at age 5, but by the time he was nine, he had begun taking oboe lessons from his father.\nGatwood is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. His first orchestra job was with the Pittsburgh Symphony, playing second oboe for four years. From there, he went on to join the Guadalajara Symphony Orchestra in Mexico, and in 1991, he won the position of second oboe with the Houston Symphony.\n|,|title|:|oboe|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Thomas LeGrand|,|bio|:|Thomas LeGrand is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before coming to Houston, he was a member of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and taught at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He joined the Houston Symphony in 1986 as associate principal clarinet and has appeared as soloist with the orchestra on several occasions.\nAn active chamber performer, LeGrand is a member of the Greenbriar Consortium and has performed with the Da Camera Society, Texas Music Festival, and the Linton Series. He is an associate professor of clarinet at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music. LeGrand spends his summers at the Grand Teton Music Festival, where he and his wife, Carol, an elementary music teacher, find time to pursue their interests in distance running, hiking, and camping.\n|,|title|:|Associate Principal Clarinet and E-flat Clarinet|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Alexander Potiomkin|,|bio|:|Alexander Potiomkin joined the Houston Symphony as Bass Clarinet\/Utility in October 2012. A native of Ukraine, he moved with his family to Israel in 1991, where he attended the Rubin Jerusalem Academy of Music, while appearing as a regular substitute clarinetist with Israel Philharmonic. He came to Houston in 1995 to study at Rice University, where he earned his Master of Music Degree in 1997.\nHe has appeared as substitute Principal Clarinet of the Alabama Symphony on their Carnegie Hall tour in spring 2012. He has also performed as guest principal clarinet with the Kansas City Symphony and as a soloist with the Tel Aviv Symphony and the Brooklyn Philharmonic. He has participated in the Mozart, Bellingham, Blossom, and Tanglewood music festivals.\nEqually committed to teaching, he maintains a large, private studio. His main teachers include David Peck and David Weber, with additional studies with Michael Wayne and Mark Nuccio on clarinet and Chester Rowell and Ben Freimuth on Bass Clarinet.\n|,|title|:|Bass Clarinet and Clarinet|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Isaac Schultz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Principal Bassoon|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Elise Wagner|,|bio|:|Elise Wagner has been a member of the Houston Symphony bassoon section since September 2008. She also performs with the Strings Music Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She has performed with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, Wheeling Symphony, Sarasota Opera Orchestra, and Lake Tahoe Music Festival. She was also awarded fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Center and the Aspen Music Festival.\nWhen performing outside of the orchestra, Wagner is an advocate for modern music and a chamber musician. Wagner was part of the world premiere of \u201cWho am I?\u201d, a composition commissioned by the Foundation for Modern Music in March 2013. Following the premiere performance in Houston, she also performed the work at La Mama Theater in New York City in February 2014. As an active chamber musician, Wagner performs regularly with the Greenbriar Consortium and the St. Cecelia Chamber Music Series.\nIn addition to her performance schedule, Wagner is a faculty member at the University of Houston, the Texas Music Festival, and the American Festival for the Arts. When not playing bassoon, she can be found biking, running, on the golf course, or making reeds.\nA native of Monroe, Wisconsin, Wagner earned her master\u2019s degree at Carnegie Mellon University where she studied with Nancy Goeres, principal bassoon of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She earned her bachelor\u2019s degree at Temple University under the instruction of Daniel Matsukawa, principal bassoon of the Philadelphia Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|bassoon|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nancy Goodearl|,|bio|:|Nancy Goodearl, a member of the Houston Symphony since 1981, received a Bachelor of Music in Performance from the Eastman School of Music, and a Master of Music in Performance from Northwestern University. Since 1987, she has been a member of the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She has performed with many orchestras, including the Houston Ballet Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, and the Sun Valley Summer Symphony in Idaho.\nGoodearl has performed extensively in recitals and chamber music ensembles throughout the Houston area, including brass and woodwind quintets from the Houston Symphony and faculty brass and woodwind quintets from the University of Houston. She also performs with the Monarch Brass Ensemble, a large brass ensemble of women from around the country affiliated with the International Women\u2019s Brass Conference.\nIn addition to performing, she enjoys coaching high school horn sections and teaching privately. She is a former faculty member of the University of Houston Moores School of Music, the Texas Music Festival, and the American Festival of the Arts.\n|,|title|:|horn|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ian Mayton|,|bio|:|Ian Mayton, a native of Durham, North Carolina, was appointed fourth horn of the Houston Symphony by Music Director Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada in November 2014. Mayton has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony. After completing his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Mayton spent a year in the Master of Music program at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music studying with William VerMeulen.\n|,|title|:|horn|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} MOZART/J. N. WENDT  Suite for Winds from Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) 7. Voi che sapete che cosa è amor 6. Porgi amor 5. Non più andrai farfallone amoroso Jonathan Fischer, oboe Colin Gatwood, oboe Thomas Legrand, clarinet Alexander Potiomkin, clarinet Isaac Schultz, bassoon Elise Wagner, bassoon Nancy Goodearl, horn Ian Mayton, horn MISSY MAZZOLI  Dark with Excessive Bright Robin Kesselman, double bass MOZART Symphony No. 38, Prague

data-filter="[2020 08|][livestream-link|][August|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Join us from home for the Houston Symphony’s Live from Jones Hall livestream concert series! Your purchase helps support the Symphony. You’ll receive a private online link to view live concerts by Houston Symphony musicians performing at Jones Hall on Saturdays at 8 p.m. central. Seven Houston Symphony musicians perform the suite from Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, which recounts a devilish fable of a violinist who sells his soul, told through a vibrant and virtuosic musical language that pushes its performers to the limit. It’s paired with a selection from Wynton Marsalis’s Fiddler’s Tale, which responds to Stravinsky’s work from the perspective of later twentieth century music. This livestream performance concludes with Schubert’s effervescent Symphony No. 2. How to View the Concert Livestream Video On the day before the concert, you will receive a new email with a link to the video. If you purchase a ticket after Friday evening, the link will be in your confirmation email. We recommend you access the link at least 10 minutes before the concert begins. A recording will be available to you at the same link for 24 hours following the concert. If you did not purchase a ticket before the concert, you can still buy a ticket to access the recording until 7 p.m. central on the Sunday after the performance. Livestream FAQs Estimated running time: 1 hour {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Giancarlo Guerrero|,|bio|:|Giancarlo Guerrero is a six-time GRAMMY Award-winning conductor and Music Director of the Nashville Symphony. Guerrero is also Music Director of the Wroc\u0142aw Philharmonic at the National Forum of Music in Poland and Principal Guest Conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal. Guerrero has been praised for his \u201ccharismatic conducting and attention to detail\u201d (Seattle Times) in \u201cviscerally powerful performances\u201d (Boston Globe) that are \u201cat once vigorous, passionate, and nuanced\u201d (BachTrack).\nThrough commissions, recordings, and world premieres, Guerrero and the Nashville Symphony have championed the works of American composers who are defining today\u2019s musical landscape, making Nashville a destination for contemporary orchestral music. Guerrero has presented eleven world-premieres with the Nashville Symphony, including the GRAMMY-winning performance of Michael Daugherty\u2019s Tales of Hemingway and Terry Riley\u2019s Palmian Chord Ryddle.\nGuerrero\u2019s rich discography with the Nashville Symphony numbers nineteen, including most recently Aaron Jay Kernis\u2019 Color Wheel paired with his Symphony No. 4, \u201cChromelodeon\u201d; and Christopher Rouse\u2019s Symphony No. 5 and Concerto for Orchestra, both released on the Naxos label in summer 2020. 2019 saw the Naxos release of world premiere recordings of works by Jonathan Leshnoff, with the composer\u2019s Symphony No. 4 \u201cHeichalos.\u201d The symphony was commissioned by the Nashville Symphony for the Violins of Hope, a collection of restored instruments that survived the Holocaust. This recording marks the first time the instruments have been heard on a commercially available album.\nOther recent albums have been dedicated to the music of composers as diverse as Terry Riley, Richard Danielpour, Joan Tower, John Harbison, and B\u00e9la Fleck. As part of his commitment to fostering contemporary music, Giancarlo Guerrero, together with composer Aaron Jay Kernis, guided the creation of Nashville Symphony\u2019s bi-annual Composer Lab & Workshop for young and emerging composers.\nMaestro Guerrero has appeared with prominent North American orchestras, including those of Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Montr\u00e9al, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, and the National Symphony Orchestra. He has developed a strong international guest-conducting profile and has worked in recent seasons with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Deutsches Radio Philharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Netherlands Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest, NDR in Hannover, Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Galicia and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the Queensland Symphony and Sydney Symphony in Australia. He also enjoys a regular and ongoing relationship with the Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica do Estado de S\u00e3o Paulo, where he returns every year. In January 2020, Guerrero led the Wroc\u0142aw Philharmonic on a thirteen-city coast-to-coast North American tour.\nGuerrero made his debut with Houston Grand Opera in 2015 conducting Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Early in his career, he worked regularly with the Costa Rican Lyric Opera and has conducted new productions of Carmen, La boh\u00e8me, and Rigoletto. In 2008 he gave the Australian premiere of Osvaldo Golijov’s one-act opera Ainadamar at the Adelaide Festival.\nGuerrero previously held posts as the Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra Miami (2011-2016), Music Director of the Eugene Symphony (2002-2009), and Associate Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra (1999-2004). He was honored as the keynote speaker at the 2019 League of American Orchestras conference, where his address on transforming \u201cinspiration and innovation into meaningful action\u201d was met with a unified standing ovation.\nBorn in Nicaragua, Guerrero immigrated during his childhood to Costa Rica, where he joined the local youth symphony. As a promising young student, he came to the United States to study percussion and conducting at Baylor University in Texas; he earned his master\u2019s degree in conducting at Northwestern, where he studied with Victor Yampolsky. Given his beginnings in civic youth orchestras, Guerrero is particularly engaged with conducting training orchestras and works regularly with the Curtis School of Music, Colburn School in Los Angeles, and Yale Philharmonia, as well as with the Nashville Symphony\u2019s Accelerando program, which provides music education to promising young students from underrepresented ethnic communities. In recent years, he has developed a relationship with the National Youth Orchestra (NYO2) in New York, created and operated by the Weill Institute of Music at Carnegie Hall.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Eric Halen|,|bio|:|Recognized by the\u00a0Houston Chronicle\u00a0as a Houston favorite, Houston Symphony Co-Concertmaster Eric Halen\u2019s violin playing has been described by critics as \u201csterling\u201d and \u201ctenderly expressive and dramatic.\u201d A review in the\u00a0Chicago Sun-Times\u00a0of the Houston Symphony Chamber Players Ravinia Festival performance of Messiaen\u2019s \u201cQuartet for the End of Time\u201d states, \u201c\u2026as the final, sustained tone of Eric Halen\u2019s violin faded to close\u2026 there was no doubt that the evening had offered the best kind of virtuosity.\u201d\nHalen joined the Houston Symphony as Assistant Concertmaster in 1987. In 1997, he assumed the position of Associate Concertmaster and served as Acting Concertmaster for the 2005\u201306, 2008\u201309, and 2009\u201310 seasons. Halen grew up in a family of violinists. His parents were both professionals, and his brother David is Concertmaster of the Saint Louis Symphony.\nAfter earning his bachelor\u2019s degree at Central Missouri State University where he studied violin with his father, Dr. Walter Halen, he received his master\u2019s degree at the age of 20 from the University of Illinois, while studying with Sergiu Luca. At age 23, he became artist-teacher of violin at Texas Christian University.\nHalen has performed in solo and chamber music programs in the U.S. and abroad, including solo appearances with the St. Louis and Houston Symphonies. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with many pre-eminent artists including violinist Sergiu Luca, violist Lawrence Dutton, cellists Gary Hoffman and Ralph Kirschbaum, and pianists Christoph Eschenbach and John Kimura Parker.\nHalen has made frequent guest appearances with DA CAMERA of Houston, MUSIC IN CONTEXT, and performed at summer music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan and Cascade Head Festival in Oregon. As a member of the Houston Symphony Chamber Players with Christoph Eschenbach, he has toured the U.S., Japan, and Europe and made recordings for Koch International, including Messiaen\u2019s \u201cQuartet for the end of Time\u201d and Alban Berg\u2019s Adagio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano from the Chamber Concerto.\nHalen has performed as soloist many times with the Houston Symphony on Classical Subscription concerts, including a performance of Prokofiev\u2019s Concerto in G minor with Christoph Eschenbach conducting, and the Mozart Duet Aria \u201cNon Temer Amato Bene\u201d with soprano Barbara Bonney and Hans Graf conducting at New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall. He has also performed as soloist on the \u201cInteract\u201a\u201d \u201cMozart and More\u201a\u201d and the \u201cExxon Pops\u201a\u201d series.\nIn September 2006, Halen was invited by the Nashville Symphony and their Music Advisor Leonard Slatkin to join them as guest concertmaster to open their new symphony hall, the Schermerhorn Center. The opening night concert was broadcast nationally several times on PBS and PBS HD, as a special titled \u201cOne Symphony Place.\u201d\nHalen plays a violin made in 1616 by Antonio and Hieronymus Amati.\n|,|title|:|Co-Concertmaster|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Timothy Dilenschneider|,|bio|:|Timothy Dilenschneider was appointed associate principal double bass of the Houston Symphony in January of 2019. Prior to joining the Houston Symphony, Dilenschneider was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of music director Marin Alsop. During the summers, he is the double bass faculty for the Blackburn Music Academy in California and an active performer in prestigious music festivals including Festival Napa Valley, Arizona Music Fest, and Classical Tahoe where he is the recipient of an endowed chair. He is an alumnus of the New World Symphony and a 2014 graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music.\nAn avid lover of travel, Dilenschneider\u2019s orchestral performances have taken him around the world. He has been invited to participate in international tours across Europe, Asia, and Africa with distinguished orchestras such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and the Florida Orchestra. He has performed in some of the world\u2019s most notable halls including Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw, Musikverein, Suntory Hall, Theatre des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, and most recently Royal Albert Hall in London for the 2018 BBC Proms.\nIn addition to his orchestral work, Dilenschneider has performed in numerous recitals and chamber music programs including the Candlelight Chamber Series in Baltimore, Napa Valley Chamber Festival in California, and Marin Alsop\u2019s New Music Festival. In 2018 he was invited on a chamber orchestra tour with musicians from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra to Marrakech, Morocco to perform in the desert of Agafay.\nDilenschneider is on faculty for the Blackburn Music Academy and his passion for music education has led him to work with students at the Peabody Institute of Music, Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra, and Philadelphia Youth Orchestra. He has been featured in magazines such as the\u00a0<em>ISB Bass World<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Next Level Bassist.\u00a0<\/em>He is also recorded on the Grammy Award winning CD \u201cEast Coast 2\u00d74\u201d.\nDilenschneider began playing the double bass at age 8 and studied with \u201cTime for Three\u201d bassist Ranaan Meyer, prior to his studies with Harold Robinson and Edgar Meyer at the Curtis Institute of Music.\n|,|title|:|Associate Principal Double Bass|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Mark Nuccio|,|bio|:|Mark Nuccio began his position as principal clarinet with the Houston Symphony in the 2016\u201317 season after 17 years with the New York Philharmonic. He also serves as clarinet faculties at both Northwestern University in Chicago and the University of Houston\u2019s Moores School of Music. Nuccio joined the New York Philharmonic in 1999 as Associate Principal and Solo E-flat Clarinetist and served as Acting principal Clarinet with the New York Philharmonic from 2009 to 2013. Prior to his tenure in New York, he held positions with orchestras in Pittsburgh, Denver, Savannah, and Florida, working with distinguished conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Mariss Jansons, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Bernard Haitink, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Andr\u00e9 Previn, Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi, and Gustavo Dudamel. A Colorado native, Nuccio was recently awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from his alma mater, the University of Northern Colorado. He also holds a master\u2019s degree from Northwestern University where he studied with renowned pedagogue Robert Marcellus.\n|,|title|:|Principal Clarinet|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rian Craypo|,|bio|:|Principal bassoonist Rian Craypo has been with the Houston Symphony since 2007. Born in Virginia, she moved to Texas at 10 months of age and grew up east of Austin in a small intentional community.\nAfter studying at the University of Texas at Austin with Kristin Wolfe Jensen, she attended Rice University, where she received her master\u2019s degree under former Houston Symphony Principal Bassoon Benjamin Kamins.\nIn 2001, she was awarded a Federation of German\/American Clubs Scholarship, which led to a year of study and performances in Germany and was a finalist in the Gillet-Fox International Bassoon Competition in both 2004 and 2006. Rian serves on the board of MOTHS (Musicians of the Houston Symphony) which presents Houston Symphony musicians several times a year in intimate and engaging chamber settings. Rian is also the author of a book about bassoon reed making, published in 2017. She and her husband Sean have three children.\n|,|title|:|Principal Bassoon|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Mark Hughes|,|bio|:|Mark Hughes \u201cknows how to spin out a long line with the eloquence of a gifted singer,\u201d says Derrick Henry of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Hughes developed his abilities at Northwestern University where he studied with the late Vincent Cichowicz of the Chicago Symphony. After graduation, he joined the Civic Orchestra of Chicago as a scholarship student of Adolph Herseth, the legendary Principal Trumpet of the Chicago Symphony.\nHughes then began touring with Richard Morris as the popular organ and trumpet duo, \u201cToccatas and Flourishes,\u201d performing throughout the United States and Canada. His appointment as Associate Principal Trumpet with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra followed, which he held for 12 years. During his time with the ASO, he appeared as soloist with the orchestra on numerous occasions, performed on dozens of recordings, and was an active studio musician.\nHughes is currently Principal Trumpet of the Houston Symphony, a position he has held since 2006. He has appeared as soloist with the orchestra on several occasions, including the performance of the Shostakovich Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Trumpet with Jon Kimura Parker, a performance heard nationally on American Public Radio\u2019s SymphonyCast. Since his arrival in Houston, Hughes has performed and recorded with the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras and continues to be in demand as a soloist with orchestras and in recital. In addition, he serves on the faculties of the Brevard Music Center and the Texas Music Festival each summer. Hughes lives in Bellaire with his wife, Marilyn, and their two children, Thomas and Caroline.\n|,|title|:|Principal Trumpet|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Allen Barnhill|,|bio|:|Principal Trombonist Allen Barnhill joined the Houston Symphony in 1977 and has appeared with the orchestra as a soloist on numerous occasions. Winner of the Swiss Prize at the 1979 Geneva International Solo Competition, he was also featured in the 2008 world premiere of Cindy McTee\u2019s Solstice for Trombone and Orchestra.\nAs an ensemble collaborator, Barnhill has appeared in concert and on recordings with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Houston and San Antonio Symphonies, Chicago\u2019s Music of the Baroque, and the Houston Symphony Chamber Players.\nCurrently Associate Professor of Trombone at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music, he has also held faculty positions at The University of Texas, University of Houston, Sam Houston State University, and the University of St. Thomas.\nA native of Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Barnhill graduated from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Donald Knaub. He enjoys water skiing, snow skiing, and golf.\n|,|title|:|Principal Trombone|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Brian Del Signore|,|bio|:|Brian Del Signore joined the Houston Symphony as Principal Percussionist in 1986. Prior to his Houston Symphony appointment, he held a one-year position as Principal Percussionist of the Grand Rapids Symphony in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and performed with the Kalamazoo and Lansing Symphony Orchestras while there. Before moving to Michigan, Brian performed in many orchestras in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, including the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Philadelphia Orchestra.\nBorn in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Brian Del Signore earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in 1981, where he studied with the Pittsburgh Symphony percussionists. In 1984, Del Signore earned a Master of Music from Temple University, where he studied with Alan Abel of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Del Signore began piano lessons at age six and drums at age eleven. His first drum teacher in the late 1960\u2019s was Lou Carto, pop star Bobby Vinton\u2019s drummer and bandleader at that time.\nBesides keeping a very busy schedule with Houston Symphony performances, Brian maintains an active education and outreach schedule, where he presents educational percussion programs in elementary schools and percussion clinics in high schools across the Houston area. \u201cDigital Recording Tools for the Performing Musician\u201d is a clinic and master class for college-aged percussionists and musicians which explores the use of recording technology to critique and improve performance ability. Del Signore has presented the clinic and master class at various music schools around the United States including Baylor University, Texas A&M- Commerce, Sam Houston State University, New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, Yale University, The Julliard School, Manhattan School of Music, New York University, Curtis Institute of Music, Temple University, Peabody Conservatory, Carnegie Mellon University, Cleveland Institute of Music, The Colburn School in Los Angeles, and San Francisco Conservatory.\nBrian Del Signore endorses manufacturers of high-quality percussion instruments and accessories. These companies\u2014Remo Corporation, Sabian Cymbals, Pearl\/Adams Percussion, ProMark Sticks, and Black Swamp Percussion\u2014as well as The Houston Symphony League Bay Area support Del Signore\u2019s educational and outreach programs. For more information on these educational programs please visit www.briandelsignore.com.\nBrian and his wife Leah have three college aged children, Damian, Dominique and Dione.\n|,|title|:|Principal Percussion|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} WYNTON MARSALIS “The Fiddler’s March” from The Fiddler’s Tale Suite Mark Nuccio, clarinet Rian Craypo, bassoon Mark Hughes, trumpet Allen Barnhill, trombone Eric Halen, violin Timothy Dilenschneider, double bass Brian Del Signore, percussion STRAVINSKY The Soldier’s Tale Suite Mark Nuccio, clarinet Rian Craypo, bassoon Mark Hughes, trumpet Allen Barnhill, trombone Eric Halen, violin Timothy Dilenschneider, double bass Brian Del Signore, percussion SCHUBERT Symphony No. 2

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data-filter="[2020 09|][jones-hall|][September|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:16,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Be part of the glamour and excitement of the Houston Symphony’s Opening Night! false

data-filter="[2020 09|2020 09|2020 09|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][September|September|September|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Strauss’s larger-than-life tone poem depicts scenes of passionate romance and daring adventure while showing off the prowess of every section of the orchestra. Embark on a heroic journey as Andrés and the Houston Symphony launch a new season with this thrilling and action-packed masterpiece. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|}],|without|:[]} PROGRAM TO INCLUDE: SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1 STRAUSS A Hero’s Life

data-filter="[2020 09|][jones-hall|][September|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:16,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Superstar pianist Lang Lang (“the hottest artist on the classical music planet” —The New York Times) joins Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony for Beethoven’s rollicking Piano Concerto No. 2. Plus, Andrés conducts Beethoven’s lively and joyful Symphony No. 4. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lang Lang|,|bio|:|Lang Lang is a leading figure in classical music today\u2014as a pianist, educator, and philanthropist, he has become one of the world\u2019s most influential and committed ambassadors for the arts in the 21st century. Equally happy playing for billions of viewers at the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing or for a few hundred children in the public schools, he is a master of communicating through music.\nHeralded by The New York Times as \u201cthe hottest artist on the classical music planet,\u201d Lang Lang plays sold-out concerts all over the world. He has formed ongoing collaborations with conductors, including Sir Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Daniel Barenboim, and Christoph Eschenbach and performs with all the world\u2019s top orchestras. Lang Lang is known for thinking outside the box and frequently steps into different musical worlds. His performances at the Grammy Awards with Metallica, Pharrell Williams, or jazz legend Herbie Hancock were watched by millions of viewers.\nFor about a decade, Lang Lang has contributed to musical education worldwide. In 2008, he founded the Lang Lang International Music Foundation aimed at cultivating tomorrow\u2019s top pianists, championing music education at the forefront of technology, and building a young audience through live music experiences. In 2013, he was designated by the Secretary General of the United Nations as a Messenger of Peace focusing on global education.\nLang Lang started playing the piano at age 3, and gave his first public recital before age 5. He entered Beijing\u2019s Central Music Conservatory at 9, and won First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at 13. He subsequently went to Philadelphia to study with legendary pianist Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music. He was 17 when his big break came, substituting for Andr\u00e9 Watts at the Gala of the Century, playing Tchaikovsky\u2019s First Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach. He became an overnight sensation and the invitations started to pour in.\nLang Lang\u2019s boundless drive to attract new audiences to classical music has brought him tremendous recognition: he was presented with the 2010 Crystal Award in Davos and was picked as one of the 250 Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. He is also the recipient of honorary doctorates from the Royal College of Music, the Manhattan School of Music, and New York University. In December 2011, he was honored with the highest prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the People\u2019s Republic of China and received the highest civilian honors in Germany (Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) and France (Medal of the Order of Arts and Letters). In 2016, Lang Lang was invited to the Vatican to perform for Pope Francis. He has also performed for numerous other international dignitaries, including four U.S. presidents and monarchs from many nations.\nVisit www.langlang.com \/ www.langlangfoundation.org for more information.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4 BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2

data-filter="[2020 09|2020 09|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][September|September|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" A spectacle to behold. A concert experience to leave you changed. Massive forces converge in a sonic lightning bolt of earth-shattering force in Franz Schmidt’s towering oratorio, which recounts the book of Revelation and its apocalyptic vision of the world’s final destruction. From vivid depictions of the breaking of the seals, the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and the seven trumpets to the final, exultant “Hallelujah,” to hear this work live is to feel its awe-inspiring power. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Christian Elsner|,|bio|:||,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nicholas Brownlee|,|bio|:||,|title|:|bass-baritone|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Meghan Kasanders|,|bio|:||,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Kelley O\u2019Connor|,|bio|:||,|title|:| mezzo-soprano |,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Maximilian Schmitt|,|bio|:||,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jan Martin\u00edk|,|bio|:||,|title|:|bass|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SCHMIDT The Book with Seven Seals

data-filter="[2020 10|2020 10|2020 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|October|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Jaws will drop and fingers will fly when International Tchaikovsky Competition silver medalist George Li’s “staggering technical prowess” (The Washington Post) meets Prokofiev’s sizzling, fiendishly difficult concerto. In Dvořák’s genial Symphony No. 8, sunlit melodies burst forth with cheerful zest and folk-flavored charm. Led by acclaimed conductor Xian Zhang, the concerts begin with a powerful, deeply felt elegy by “dazzlingly inventive” (The New York Times) British composer Anna Clyne. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Xian Zhang|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|George Li|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} ANNA CLYNE Within Her Arms PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

data-filter="[2020 10|2020 10|2020 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|October|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" With effervescent grace, melodic appeal, and tenderness that speaks straight to the heart, it’s little wonder Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto ranks among the best loved in the repertoire. Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä emanates “abundant spirit, sensitivity, and imagination” (Chicago Tribune), and fellow Finn Jukka-Pekka Saraste leads one of the great late-Romantic symphonies, known for a soaringly majestic theme inspired by swans in flight, and a striking ending in which silence speaks as profoundly as sound. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jukka-Pekka Saraste|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Elina V\u00e4h\u00e4l\u00e4|,|bio|:||,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} NIELSEN  Helios Overture MENDELSSOHN  Violin Concerto SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 5

data-filter="[2020 10|2020 10|2020 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|October|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" No composer plumbs the depths of the human experience more fearlessly or wholeheartedly than Tchaikovsky, and his Fifth Symphony surges with unbridled passion, candid emotion, and balletic grace on its journey from darkness to light. Plus, fearless and dynamic violinist Carolin Widmann makes her Houston Symphony debut with Prokofiev’s lively and lyrical concerto. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Enrique Mazzola|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Carolin Widmann|,|bio|:||,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} PUCCINI Preludio sinfonico PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5

data-filter="[2020 10|2020 10|2020 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|November|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Classic rock’s biggest hits come alive in this symphonic tribute to the anthemic songs of The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Styx, and more. From “Listen to the Music” and “Black Water” to “Come Sail Away” and “Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow),” these are the songs you know by heart, and the songs you’ll be singing all the way home! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Krajewski|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Shem von Schroeck|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Micah Wilshire|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lori Zabka|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 10|2020 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family Series|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:8,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Before the trick or treating starts, head to Jones Hall for an all-ages Halloween party full of frightful fun and boo-tiful music! The Houston Symphony shares a basketful of musical goodies, including “In the Hall of the Mountain King” and music from Rocky Horror Picture Show. Your little ghosts and goblins are encouraged to take part in an onstage costume parade as well as trick or treating throughout Jones Hall. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 11|2020 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" As long as there have been humans there has been art, and as long as there has been art, it has confronted the mysteries and exalted the splendors that lie at the heart of what it means to be human itself. No composer did this more profoundly than Mahler, and no Mahler symphony reaches the emotional depths of his final completed work, Symphony No. 9. Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads this moving meditation on life and death, which ends with a breathtaking descent into rapt silence. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|}],|without|:[]} MAHLER Symphony No. 9

data-filter="[2020 11|2020 11|2020 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|November|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Following her acclaimed 2018 European tour with Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony, the extraordinary Hilary Hahn returns with the lyrical beauty and lively Czech rhythms of Dvořák’s spirited concerto. Fearing repercussions from Stalin’s brutal regime, Shostakovich withdrew his Fourth Symphony before its planned 1936 premiere. When the symphony at last premiered in 1961, it was a universal triumph. Intense, immense, emotionally charged, and undeniably powerful, it stands today as one of the towering achievements of the 20th century. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Hilary Hahn|,|bio|:|Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn is renowned for her clear and brilliant musicality, expansive interpretations of an incredibly varied repertoire, and organic connections with her audience. Her creative approach to music-making and her commitment to sharing her experiences with a global community have made her a fan favorite. She recently created the Instagram project #100DaysOfPractice for which she posted videos of herself practicing for 100 days straight, openly sharing her behind-the-scenes work with her fans to break down perceived barriers around the creative process.\nHilary devoted much of the 2018-19 season to a thread that has bound her entire musical career. In October, she released Bach\u2019s Partita No. 1 and Sonatas 1 and 2, after two decades of anticipation from fans and critics who followed her first album,\u00a0Hilary Hahn plays Bach, released when she was 17. Throughout the fall and spring, she performed solo Bach recitals in Vienna, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Toronto, Tokyo, Seoul, Berlin, London, and Munich. Also in 2018-19, she was artist-in-residence at the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, with whom she performed Sibelius in Austria, Germany, France, and Spain and premiered the final violin concerto of Einojuhani Rautavaara, written for Hahn and completed posthumously by Kalevi Aho. She took Mozart\u2019s fifth concerto to Japan and Korea with Paavo J\u00e4rvi and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, performed Prokofiev\u2019s first concerto with J\u00e4rvi and the Philharmonia Orchestra in Germany, and returned to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Sibelius.\nBach has been a part of Hilary\u2019s life from the beginning of her musical studies, including with her first teacher, Klara Berkovich. At 10, she was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia to study with Jascha Brodsky, a former pupil of Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe and Efrem Zimbalist, who dedicated part of nearly every lesson to solo Bach. She often incorporates movements of the partitas and sonatas into her free\u2014and sometimes surprise\u2014concerts for knitting circles, community dance workshops, yoga groups, art students, and parents with their babies. She developed these mini concerts as part of recent residencies in Vienna, Seattle, Lyon, and Philadelphia, and will continue to do so, encouraging music lovers to combine live performance with their interests outside the concert hall and providing opportunities for parents to enjoy live music with their infants.\nIn addition to honoring the traditional violin literature, Hilary constantly delves into the unexpected.\u00a0Her latest commission, her first for solo violin and her first of a set of works from a single composer, is six partitas by Ant\u00f3n Garc\u00eda Abril, which she premiered\u00a0in the United States, Europe, and Japan.\u00a0Garc\u00eda Abril was also one of the composers for\u00a0In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores, her multi-year commissioning project intended to revitalize the duo encore genre. Her album of those encores won a Grammy for Best Chamber Music\/Small Ensemble Performance in 2015, and the print edition of the complete sheet music will be released by Boosey & Hawkes. Complete with Hahn\u2019s fingerings, bowings, and performance notes, the sheet music will ensure the encores become part of the active violin repertoire.\nHilary\u2019s curiosity extends beyond music. After having completed her university requirements at the Curtis Institute at 16 and having already made her solo debuts with the Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Utah, and Bavarian Radio symphony orchestras; the Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Budapest Festival orchestras; and the New York Philharmonic, among others, she chose to continue her studies for three more years, delving into languages, literature, and writing. She spent four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival and another four in the total-immersion German, French, and Japanese programs at Middlebury College. She holds honorary doctorates from Middlebury College and Ball State University, where there are three scholarships in her name.\nHilary has released 18 albums on the Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, and Sony labels, in addition to three DVDs, an Oscar-nominated movie soundtrack, an award-winning recording for children, and various compilations. Her first Grammy came in 2003 for her Brahms and Stravinsky concerto album. A pairing of the Schoenberg and Sibelius concerti spent 23 weeks on the charts and earned her second Grammy. Jennifer Higdon\u2019s Violin Concerto, which was written for Hilary and which Hilary recorded along with the Tchaikovsky concerto, went on to win the Pulitzer Prize. In 2012, Hilary launched\u00a0Silfra\u00a0with experimental prepared-pianist Hauschka. The album was produced by Valgeir Sigur\u00f0sson and was entirely improvised by Hilary and Hauschka following an intensive period of development. In 2017 she released a retrospective collection that also contained new live material and art from her fans, in keeping with a decades-long tradition of collecting fan art at concerts.\nHilary Hahn is known for her natural ability to connect with fans, from their art projects and her YouTube interview series (youtube.com\/hilaryhahnvideos), to her violin case\u2019s comments on life with a concert violinist on Twitter and Instagram (@violincase). She was an early blogger, sending her fans \u201cpostcards from the road\u201d on her website,\u00a0hilaryhahn.com, and publishing articles in mainstream media. In 2001, she was named America\u2019s Best Young Classical Musician by\u00a0Time\u00a0magazine, and in 2010, she appeared on\u00a0The Tonight Show\u00a0with Conan O\u2019Brien. Hilary was featured in the Oscar-nominated soundtrack to\u00a0The Village\u00a0and has participated in a number of non-classical productions, collaborating on two records by the alt-rock band \u2026.And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, on the album\u00a0Grand Forks\u00a0by Tom Brosseau, and on tour with folk-rock singer-songwriter Josh Ritter.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 4 DVOŘÁK  Violin Concerto

data-filter="[2020 11|2020 11|2020 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|November|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" The battle between good and evil rages on in the final chapter of the original Star Wars trilogy. Rejoin Luke, Leia, Han, and the whole Rebel Alliance as they seek to destroy the Death Star and face a final showdown with Darth Vader and the Emperor. You’ll feel the full splendor and Force of John Williams’s incredible score—from 20th Century Fox fanfare to closing credits—as the Houston Symphony accompanies the movie, live. © 2020 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ® DISNEY {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 12|2020 12|2020 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:16,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Feel the power of Handel’s Messiah like never before when the Houston Symphony and Houston Symphony Chorus present a unique and extravagant production arranged for massive musical forces. Jones Hall will resound with inspiring and exultant refrains, including the stirring “Hallelujah” Chorus. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rossen Milanov|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Angela Meade|,|bio|:||,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|J\u2019Nai Bridges|,|bio|:||,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Chad Shelton|,|bio|:||,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Morris Robinson|,|bio|:||,|title|:|bass|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} HANDEL Messiah

data-filter="[2020 12|2020 12|2020 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Gather with loved ones in a warm and cozy winter wonderland for a sleigh-full of holly, jolly musical cheer! Broadway’s Rodney Ingram (The Phantom of the Opera) joins the Houston Symphony and Chorus for heartwarming favorites and treasured carols. Complete with sparkling decorations and a visit from Santa himself, there’s no better way to get in the holiday spirit! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Krajewski|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rodney Ingram|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 12|2020 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family Series|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:8,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" “I must stop this Christmas from coming! But how?” Will mean old Mr. Grinch succeed in canceling Christmas, or will he discover the wonder and joy of the season? Cozy up for a medley of music from the iconic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! TV special, plus other merry favorites sure to put everyone in the holiday spirit! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lucas Waldin|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 01|2021 01|2021 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" With his unmistakable gravelly voice, expressive scat singing, and virtuosic trumpet sound, Louis Armstrong changed music forever and made the whole world smile. Travel back to the golden age of jazz as the incomparable Byron Stripling brings Satchmo to life with stunning recreations of his most memorable hits—“What a Wonderful World,” “Basin Street Blues,” “Mack the Knife,” “Hello Dolly,” and more. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Byron Stripling|,|bio|:||,|title|:|trumpet and vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 01|2021 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family Series|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:8,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Hop like a kangaroo, sing like a whale, run like a cheetah, and play like a kitten in this musical adventure through the animal kingdom! Composed by Dan Brown, author of the worldwide phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Wild Symphony pairs engaging music with delightful illustrations from Brown’s debut children’s picture book of the same name, projected on a giant screen. Take a walk on the wild side with this fun-filled concert for kids of all ages! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 01|2021 01|2021 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Violin legend Midori performs Tchaikovsky’s mega-popular concerto, adored by generations for its ravishing beauty and superhuman virtuoso demands. A child prodigy and world-renowned organist, César Franck turned to composition only in the final years of his life. His richly melodic and colorful Symphony in D minor stands as a shining jewel in his brief but remarkable catalog—an inspired fusion of French and German traditions, and a must-hear for all Romantic music enthusiasts. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Bertrand de Billy|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Midori|,|bio|:|Midori is a visionary artist, activist, and educator whose unique career has transcended traditional boundaries through her relentless drive to explore and build connections between music and the human experience. Never at rest, Midori brings the same dynamic innovation and expressive insight that has made her a prominent concert violinist to her other roles as a noted global cultural ambassador and a dedicated music educator.\nA leading concert violinist for more than 35 years, Midori regularly transfixes audiences around the world, bringing together graceful precision and intimate expression that allows the listening public to not just hear music but to be personally moved by it. She has performed with, among many others, the London, Chicago, Boston, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, the Berlin, Vienna, New York, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg and Czech philharmonics, the Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. She has collaborated with such outstanding musicians as Claudio Abbado, Leonard Bernstein, Emanuel Ax, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Christoph Eschenbach, Mariss Jansons, Paavo J\u00e4rvi, Antonello Manacorda, Constantinos Carydis, Yo-Yo Ma, Susanna M\u00e4lkki, and Menahem Pressler.\nMidori\u2019s recent and upcoming global engagements highlight her versatility through performances of orchestral and chamber works by Bernstein, Bach, Respighi, Beethoven, Schumann, Faur\u00e9, Debussy, Enescu, Prokofiev, and Brahms. Her tour schedule has included Europe with the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Japan with the Estonian Festival Orchestra and Paavo J\u00e4rvi, and it takes her in the 2019-20 season to Asia with Festival Strings Lucerne. She also undertakes a worldwide recital tour with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet. She makes guest appearances with the Vienna Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo, and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester.\nAn advocate for music and composers of her time, Midori will present compositions by living female composers as part of a project dedicated to promoting contemporary music. She will also premiere a new violin concerto by Detlev Glanert in Hamburg in May 2020, during the Beethoven anniversary year. Midori previously inspired Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s to compose the violin concerto DoReMi, which she then recorded with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France conducted by the composer. Other commissions and world premieres have included works by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Brett Dean, and Johannes Staud.\nMidori\u2019s diverse discography includes sonatas by Bloch, Jan\u00e1\u010dek, and Shostakovich performed with pianist \u00d6zg\u00fcr Aydin, and a 2013 Grammy Award-winning recording of Hindemith\u2019s violin concerto with Christoph Eschenbach conducting the NDR Symphony Orchestra. The two-CD set of her highly acclaimed interpretation of J.S. Bach\u2019s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin was released in 2015, followed in 2017 by a DVD of the same repertoire, filmed at K\u00f6then Castle, where Bach served as Kapellmeister. Earlier recordings on the Sony Classical label feature works by Mozart, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Bart\u00f3k, Poulenc, and Sibelius, among others.\n \nIn her quest to explore and expand how music is essential to people everywhere, Midori goes beyond the concert hall and recording studio to areas where music access is most needed. In 2017, Midori celebrated the 25th anniversary of the activities of two of her non-profit organizations: Midori & Friends, which brings high-quality music education to New York City youth, and MUSIC SHARING, a Japan-based program that provides access to both western classical and Japanese music traditions through innovative events, activities, instruction, and presentations in local schools, institutions, and hospitals. Her Partners In Performance organization, now in its 16th year, promotes interest in classical music outside of major urban centers across the United States, while her Orchestral Residencies Program, founded in 2004, encourages young musicians in the United States and beyond to develop a life-long and multifaceted engagement with the performing arts, helping to ensure the classical scene will continue vibrantly for years to come.\nMidori also brings her activism to a global level. MUSIC SHARING\u2019s International Community Engagement Program (ICEP) promotes intercultural exchange by enabling young musicians from around the world to come together and present community performances for audiences with limited exposure to classical music. The program\u2019s ensembles have performed in Myanmar, Bangladesh, Laos, Mongolia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal, Vietnam (twice), and India with follow-up appearances each season in Japan. The 2019-20, ICEP takes place for the second time in Cambodia.\nA persuasive advocate of cultural diplomacy, Midori has been invited to speak at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., among other places. She has been honored for her international activism: in 2007, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named Midori a Messenger of Peace, and in 2012, she received the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum in Davos. In 2019, she was invited to attend the annual meeting of the United Nation’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, where she performed for and addressed Pope Francis and other world leaders, calling on them to believe in the transformative power of women and girls in underserved remote communities. The same year, the Carnegie Corporation of New York honored Midori, a naturalized American citizen, with its Great Immigrant award in recognition of her work as a global cultural ambassador.\nThe same vision that motivates Midori\u2019s activism also guides her educational approach. Since fall 2018, she has been part of the renowned violin faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music, bringing her musical expertise as an active top-level performer to her studio and her experience as an activist to the school\u2019s community engagement programs. In October 2019, she was appointed to the school\u2019s Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies.\nUntil May 2018, Midori held the Jascha Heifetz Chair as a Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California\u2019s Thornton School of Music, where she taught for 14 years. She continues her involvement at USC in a visiting artist role as Judge Widney Professor of Music. She is also a distinguished visiting artist and violin faculty member at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University.\nMidori is an honorary professor at Beijing\u2019s Central Conservatory of Music and a guest professor at both Soai University in Osaka and the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In addition, she teaches regularly at Ravinia\u2019s Steans Music Institute and the Weimar Meisterkurse. Her own degrees in gender studies and psychology from New York University (BA 2000, MA 2005) strongly inform her holistic teaching philosophy: \u201cIn our studio, the tenets of Honesty, Health, and Dignity guide us through the times of trial, self-doubt, self-questioning, and growth.\u201d\nMidori was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1971 and began her violin studies with her mother, Setsu Goto, after displaying a strong aptitude for music at an early age. In 1982, conductor Zubin Mehta invited the then 11-year-old Midori to perform with the New York Philharmonic in the orchestra\u2019s annual New Year\u2019s Eve concert. The standing ovation that followed her debut spurred Midori to pursue a major musical career at the highest level.\nMidori plays the 1734 Guarnerius del Ges\u00f9 \u201cex-Huberman.\u201d She uses four bows\u2014two by Dominique Peccatte, one by Fran\u00e7ois Peccatte, and one by Paul Siefried.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} FAURÉ Masques et bergamasques TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto FRANCK Symphony in D minor

data-filter="[2021 01|2021 01|2021 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" “For never was a story of more woe…” No rendition of Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy captures the passion and depth of feeling—or the chasm between wide-eyed love and searing hate—more powerfully than Prokofiev’s. Korngold practically invented the lush, Hollywood sound we know and love, and his Cello Concerto began as on-screen music for the 1946 film Deception. Houston Symphony Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith draws out every ounce of its tender, opulent warmth, and shares music of French composer Darius Milhaud. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Paolo Bortolameolli|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Brinton Averil Smith|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/brinton-averil-smith\/|}],|without|:[]} MENDELSSOHN Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream KORNGOLD Cello Concerto MILHAUD Cello Concerto No. 1 PROKOFIEV Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet

data-filter="[2021 02|2021 02|2021 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|February|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Indulge in a feast of sumptuous French delights! “Stunning” (Chicago Tribune) violinist Simone Lamsma performs a feat of dazzling virtuoso strength with three tour de force showpieces: Ravel’s smoldering, gypsy-inspired whirlwind, Chausson’s dreamy reverie, and Dutilleux’s lyrical Sur le même accord (“on the same chord”). In Debussy’s La mer, fleeting moments of singular beauty—the iridescent glint of light on water, the foamy splash of waves—dissolve into a shimmering impression of the sea and all its mystical allure. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Fabien Gabel|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Simone Lamsma|,|bio|:||,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SCHMITT  La Tragédie de Salomé CHAUSSON  Poème RAVEL  Tzigane DUTILLEUX  Sur le même accord DEBUSSY  La mer

data-filter="[2021 02|2021 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" What happens when music, dance, and technology meet? The result is something unexpected—and something you have to see (and hear!) to believe. Take your listening experience to the next level in this groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind event featuring Google’s amazing virtual reality technology. As the Houston Symphony performs favorites like Clair de Lune and Ride of the Valkyries, artist Topher Sipes dreams up mesmerizing life-sized art that responds to the music in real time and takes on a life of its own. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ming Luke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Topher Sipes|,|bio|:||,|title|:|artist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 02|][jones-hall|][February|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:16,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, the Houston Symphony Artistic Partner, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music. In this special recital performance, Perlman performs alongside his pianist and longtime collaborator, Rohan De Silva. Learn more about the Houston Symphony’s Artistic Partner. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Itzhak Perlman|,|bio|:|Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music.\nHaving performed with every major orchestra and at venerable concert halls around the globe, Itzhak was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, in November 2015 by President Obama for his meritorious contributions to cultural endeavors of the United States and for being a powerful advocate for people of disabilities. In 2016, he received the Genesis Prize in recognition for his exceptional contributions as a musician, teacher, advocate for individuals with special needs, and dedication to Jewish values. In 2003, he was granted a Kennedy Center Honor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in celebration of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the cultural and educational life of the United States. President Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and President Reagan honored him with a Medal of Liberty in 1986.\nItzhak has performed multiple times at the White House, most recently in 2012, at the invitation of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama, for Israeli President and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Shimon Peres; and at a State Dinner in 2007, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush, for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. In 2009, he was honored to take part in the Inauguration of President Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion by John Williams alongside cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Gabriela Montero, for an audience of nearly 40 million television viewers in the United States and millions more throughout the world.\nBorn in Israel in 1945, Itzhak completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. An early recipient of an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship, he came to New York and soon was propelled to national recognition with an appearance on the\u00a0Ed Sullivan\u00a0Show in 1958. Following his studies at The Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, he won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career.\u00a0Since then, Itzhak Perlman has established himself as a cultural icon and household name in classical music.\nIn June 2019, Masterclass.com, the premier online education company that enables access to the world\u2019s most brilliant minds, including Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Helen Mirren, Jodie Foster, and Serena Williams, premiered its first-ever classical-music class taught by Itzhak. Available exclusively at www.masterclass.com\/ip, his class offers students an intimate and inspirational approach to the world of violin where he covers fundamental techniques, practice strategies, and ways to build a richer sound.\nItzhak has further delighted audiences through his frequent appearances on the conductor\u2019s podium.\u00a0He has performed as conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Montreal, and Toronto, as well as at the Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals. He was music advisor of the St. Louis Symphony from 2002 to 2004, where he made regular conducting appearances, and he was principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2001 to 2005. Internationally, he has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic.\nIn the 2019-20 season, Itzhak embarked on a debut tour of a new program entitled \u201cAn Evening with Itzhak Perlman\u201d which captures highlights of his career through narrative and multi-media elements, intertwined with performance. The tour goes to Penn State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, McCallum Theatre Palm Desert, Mesa Arts Center, Artis-Naples, and the State Theatre New Jersey. On the orchestral front, Perlman makes appearances with the Israel Philharmonic in Zubin Mehta\u2019s final appearances as music director and performs with the Baltimore Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Toledo Symphony, and Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Throughout the season, he plays recitals with his longtime collaborator, Rohan De Silva, across North America in Northridge (Los Angeles), Costa Mesa, Rohnert Park (Sonoma County), Seattle, Spokane, Greenville, Knoxville, a Florida tour, and the NYC region. During the summer, he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an all-Tchaikovsky program at the Ravinia Festival.\n2018 marked the 60th anniversary of Itzhak Perlman\u2019s U.S. debut and appearance on the\u00a0Ed Sullivan\u00a0Show, which took place on November 2, 1958. This milestone was celebrated with a return to the Ed Sullivan Theater on November 2, 2018, in a special guest appearance on\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\nFurther to his engagements as violinist and conductor, Itzhak is increasingly making more appearances as a speaker. Recent speaking engagements include appearances in Texas at Lamar University, South Dakota with the John Vucurevich Foundation, Washington, D.C. for the Marriott Foundation and New York, in conversations with Alan Alda at the 92nd Street Y and Alec Baldwin at New York University.\nA recent award-winning documentary, titled Itzhak, premiered in October 2017 as the opening film of the 25th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in more than 100 cinemas nationwide in March 2018, with international releases that followed in Summer 2018. Directed by filmmaker Alison Chernick, the enchanting documentary details the virtuoso\u2019s own struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish \u00e9migr\u00e9 and is a reminder why art is vital to life. Visit\u00a0www.itzhakthefilm.com for more information. In October 2018, the film made its debut on PBS\u2019\u00a0American Masters\u00a0in a broadcast throughout the United States.\nItzhak\u2019s recordings have garnered 16 Grammy Awards and regularly appear on the best-seller charts. In 2008, he was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in the recording arts.\nHis most recent album features him in a special collaboration with Martha Argerich. Released in 2016 by Warner Classics, it marked an historic first studio album for this legendary duo exploring masterpieces by Bach, Schumann, and Brahms. It had been 18 years since their first album, a live recital from the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. On that momentous occasion in 1998, in addition to recording the material for their initial disc, the pair recorded Schumann\u2019s Violin Sonata No. 1. The Schumann Sonata at long last was released in 2016 alongside new material, making the album a fascinating \u201cthen and now\u201d portrait of how two living legends have evolved musically.\nItzhak recorded a bonus track for the original cast recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof, released on Broadway Records in March 2016. The cast recording features him on a track titled \u201cExcerpts from Fiddler on the Roof,\u201d arranged by John Williams.\nThe year 2015 brought three record releases in celebration of his 70th birthday: a new Deutsche Grammophon album with pianist Emanuel Ax performing Faur\u00e9 and Strauss Sonatas, a 25-disc box set of his complete Deutsche Grammophon and Decca discography, and a 77-disc box set of his complete EMI\/Teldec discography titled\u00a0Itzhak Perlman: The Complete Warner Recordings.\nIn 2012, Sony released Eternal Echoes: Songs & Dances for the Soul, featuring a collaboration with acclaimed cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot in liturgical and traditional Jewish arrangements for chamber orchestra and klezmer musicians, and in 2010, Sony released a recording of Mendelssohn Piano Trios with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax. Highlights of albums over the last two decades have included a Deutsche Grammophon album with Itzhak conducting the Israel Philharmonic, a live recording with Martha Argerich performing Beethoven and Franck Sonatas (EMI);\u00a0Cinema Serenade\u00a0featuring popular hits from movies with John Williams conducting (Sony);\u00a0A la Carte, a recording of short violin pieces with orchestra (EMI), and\u00a0In the Fiddler\u2019s House, a celebration of klezmer music (EMI) that formed the basis of the PBS television special. In 2004, EMI released\u00a0The Perlman Edition, a limited-edition 15-CD box set featuring many of his finest EMI recordings as well as newly compiled material, and RCA Red Seal released a CD titled\u00a0Perlman reDiscovered, which includes material recorded in 1965 by a young Itzhak Perlman.\nOther recordings reveal his devotion to education, including\u00a0Concertos from my Childhood\u00a0with the Juilliard Orchestra under Lawrence Foster (EMI) and\u00a0Marita and her Heart\u2019s Desire, composed and conducted by Bruce Adolphe (Telarc).\nA major presence in the performing arts on television, Itzhak Perlman has been honored with four Emmy Awards, most recently for the PBS documentary\u00a0Fiddling for the Future, a film about his work as a teacher and conductor for the Perlman Music Program. In 2004, PBS aired a special entitled Perlman in Shanghai that chronicled an historic and unforgettable visit of the Perlman Music Program to China, featuring interaction between American and Chinese students and culminating in a concert at the Shanghai Grand Theater and a performance with 1,000 young violinists, led by Itzhak and broadcast throughout China. His third Emmy Award recognized his dedication to klezmer music, as profiled in the 1995 PBS television special\u00a0In the Fiddler\u2019s House, which was filmed in Poland and featured him performing with four of the world\u2019s finest klezmer bands.\nHe has entertained and enlightened millions of TV viewers of all ages on popular shows as diverse as\u00a0The Late Show\u00a0with David Letterman,\u00a0Sesame Street,\u00a0The Frugal Gourmet,\u00a0The Tonight Show,\u00a0and various Grammy Awards telecasts.\u00a0His PBS appearances have included\u00a0A Musical Toast\u00a0and\u00a0Mozart by the Masters, as well as numerous\u00a0Live from Lincoln Center\u00a0broadcasts such as\u00a0The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years.\u00a0In 2008, he joined renowned chef Jacques P\u00e9pin on\u00a0Artist\u2019s Table\u00a0to discuss the relationship between the culinary and musical arts, and lent his voice as the narrator of\u00a0Visions of Israel\u00a0for PBS\u2019s acclaimed\u00a0Visions\u00a0series.\u00a0Itzhak hosted the 1994 U.S. broadcast of the\u00a0Three Tenors, Encore! live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.\u00a0During the 78th Annual Academy Awards in 2006, he performed a live medley from the five film scores nominated in the category of Best Original Score for a worldwide audience in the hundreds of millions.\u00a0One of his proudest achievements is his collaboration with film composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg\u2019s Academy Award-winning film\u00a0Schindler\u2019s List, in which he performed the violin solos.\u00a0He can also be heard as the violin soloist on the soundtrack of Zhang Yimou\u2019s film\u00a0Hero\u00a0(music by Tan Dun) and Rob Marshall\u2019s\u00a0Memoirs of a Geisha\u00a0(music by John Williams).\nItzhak has a long association with the Israel Philharmonic and has participated in many groundbreaking tours with this orchestra from his homeland.\u00a0In 1987, he joined the IPO for history-making concerts in Warsaw and Budapest, representing the first performances by this orchestra and soloist in Eastern bloc countries.\u00a0He again made history as he joined the orchestra for its first visit to the Soviet Union in 1990, and was cheered by audiences in Moscow and Leningrad who thronged to hear his recital and orchestral performances. This visit was captured on a PBS documentary entitled Perlman in Russia, which won an Emmy.\u00a0In 1994, he joined the Israel Philharmonic for their first visits to China and India.\nOver the past two decades, Itzhak has become actively involved in music education, using this opportunity to encourage gifted young string players.\u00a0Alongside his wife, Toby, his close involvement in the Perlman Music Program has been a particularly rewarding experience, and he has taught full-time at the Program each summer since its founding in 1993.\u00a0He currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at The Juilliard School.\nNumerous publications and institutions have paid tribute to Itzhak Perlman for the unique place he occupies in the artistic and humanitarian fabric of our times.\u00a0Harvard, Yale, Brandeis, Roosevelt, Yeshiva, and Hebrew universities are among the institutions that have awarded him honorary degrees. He was awarded an honorary doctorate and a centennial medal on the occasion of Juilliard\u2019s 100th commencement ceremony in 2005.\u00a0Itzhak Perlman\u2019s presence on stage, on camera, and in personal appearances of all kinds speaks eloquently on behalf of the disabled, and his devotion to their cause is an integral part of his life.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rohan De Silva|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 02|2021 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Bruckner’s reverent, deeply personal symphonies exalt the magnitude of each moment and reach vast, cosmic heights imagined by no composer before or since. Former Houston Symphony Music Director Christoph Eschenbach is one of the world’s great Bruckner interpreters, and in his Houston return, he draws out the sweeping grandeur and gradually unfolding majesty of Bruckner’s Seventh. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Christoph Eschenbach|,|bio|:|Christoph Eschenbach is a phenomenon among the top league of international conductors. Universally acclaimed as both a conductor and pianist, he belongs firmly to the German intellectual line of tradition, yet he combines this with a rare emotional intensity, producing performances revered by concert-goers worldwide. Renowned for the breadth of his repertoire and the depth of his interpretations, he has held directorships with many leading orchestras, including the Houston Symphony, and gained the highest musical honors.\nIn exploring the conditions that led to the emergence of such a charismatic talent, we can look to his early years\u2014born at the heart of a tempestuous, war-torn Europe in 1940, his early childhood was scarred by a succession of personal tragedies. It can truly be said that music was his savior, and his life began to change when he learned the piano. Now, at age 78, his keen artistic curiosity is undiminished, and he still thoroughly enjoys working with the finest international orchestras. He is also well-known as a tireless supporter of young talent\u2014this is his greatest passion, and he values his contribution to mentoring up-and-coming talent over and above his own distinguished career. Moved by the energy and the drive of young people\u2014”Those one hundred percent artists,\u201d as he calls them\u2014he has a personal mission to pass the torch to the next generation. His discoveries to date include pianist Lang Lang, violinist Julia Fischer, and cellists Leonard Elschenbroich and Daniel M\u00fcller-Schott.\nChristoph Eschenbach continues to explore new horizons, and since September 2019, he is the music director of the Konzerthausorchester, Berlin.\nChristoph Eschenbach\u2014his career at a glance\nChristoph Eschenbach (born February 20, 1940 in Wroclaw) was a war orphan, raised in Schleswig-Holstein and Aachen by his mother\u2019s cousin, the pianist Wallydore Eschenbach. Her lessons laid the foundation of his illustrious musical career. Following his studies with Eliza Hansen (piano) and Wilhelm Br\u00fcckner-R\u00fcggeberg (conducting), he won notable piano awards\u2014such as the ARD Competition Munich 1962 and the Concours Clara Haskil 1965\u2014that helped pave the way for his growing international fame.\nSupported by mentors such as George Szell and Herbert von Karajan, the focus of Christoph\u2019s career increasingly moved to conducting: he was principal conductor and artistic director of the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zurich (1982 to 1986), music director of the Houston Symphony (1988 to 1999), artistic director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (1999 to 2002), and music director of the NDR Symphony Orchestra (1998 to 2004), the Philadelphia Orchestra (2003 to 2008) and the Orchestre de Paris (2000 to 2010). From 2010 to 2017, he held the position of music director of Washington\u2019s National Symphony Orchestra. Alongside his prestigious appointments, Christoph has always attached great importance to his extensive activities as a guest conductor, working with orchestras such as the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the New York Philharmonic, Scala Milano, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo.\nOver the course of five decades, Christoph Eschenbach has built an impressive discography, both as a conductor and a pianist, with a repertoire ranging from J.S. Bach to contemporary music. Many of his recordings have gained benchmark status and have received numerous awards, including the German Record Critics\u2019 Prize, the MIDEM Classical Award and a Grammy Award. For many years, Eschenbach\u2019s preferred Lied partner has been the baritone Matthias Goerne. In recordings and in live performances, e.g. at the Salzburg Festival, the two perfectly matched artists have explored the rich treasures of the German Romantic period, from Schubert to Brahms.\nChristoph Eschenbach has been awarded the Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019Honneur, and is a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres; he holds of the German Federal Cross of Merit and won the Leonard Bernstein Award. In 2015, he received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, known as \u201cThe Nobel Prize of music,\u201d for his achievements as conductor and pianist.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} PROGRAM TO INCLUDE: BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

data-filter="[2021 03|][jones-hall|][March|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:16,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" “When Leif Ove Andsnes sits in front of the keyboard, extraordinary things happen.” —The New York Times Renowned Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performs the beloved Piano Concerto of his country’s greatest composer, Edvard Grieg. And, the most famous four notes in history herald a monumental masterpiece for the ages in Beethoven’s Fifth. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Fabien Gabel|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Leif Ove Andsnes|,|bio|:|The\u00a0New York Times\u00a0calls Leif Ove Andsnes \u201ca pianist of magisterial elegance, power, and insight,\u201d and the\u00a0Wall Street Journal\u00a0names him \u201cone of the most gifted musicians of his generation.\u201d With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, the celebrated Norwegian pianist has won acclaim worldwide, playing concertos and recitals in the world\u2019s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras, while building an esteemed and extensive discography. An avid chamber musician, he is the founding director of the Rosendal Chamber Music Festival, was co-artistic director of the Ris\u00f8r Festival of Chamber Music for nearly two decades, and served as music director of California\u2019s Ojai Music Festival in 2012. He was inducted into the Gramophone Hall of Fame in July 2013, and received honorary doctorates from New York\u2019s The Juilliard School and Norway\u2019s University of Bergen in 2016 and 2017, respectively.\nFollowing the success of their \u201cBeethoven Journey\u201d collaboration, Leif and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra have joined forces once again for \u201cMozart Momentum 1785\/86,\u201d another major multi-season project that sees them explore one of the most creative and seminal periods of the composer\u2019s career. This season, besides touring a program of Mozart\u2019s chamber music to Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, and London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, they head into the studio to record the composer\u2019s Piano Concertos Nos. 20-22 for future release by Sony Classical. Leif also performs No. 22 with both the Berlin Philharmonic under Herbert Blomstedt and the San Francisco Symphony under Manfred Honeck; Nos. 21 & 22 with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Nos. 20 & 21 with the Oslo Philharmonic; and all three concertos with Sweden\u2019s Gothenburg Symphony, where he serves as 2019-20 artist-in-residence.\nAnother highlight of the multi-faceted Gothenburg residency is Grieg\u2019s Piano Concerto, which Leif reprises with Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony; Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony, both in Boston and at New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall; Alan Gilbert and Hamburg\u2019s NDR Elbphilharmonie at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival; Yuri Temirkanov and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic; Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic, on tour in South Korea and China; and Vasily Petrenko and the Oslo Philharmonic, on a European tour that culminates at London\u2019s Barbican Hall. In recital, besides joining his regular partner, bass-baritone Matthias Goerne, for an all-Schumann lieder evening at Milan\u2019s La Scala, the pianist performs a colorful solo program of Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Bart\u00f3k, and Schumann at the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Wigmore Hall, and other destinations in Europe.\nLeif bookended his 2018-19 season with performances of Britten\u2019s Piano Concerto, first in season-opening concerts with the Bergen Philharmonic and then with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London\u2019s BBC Proms. Another key focus of the season was Brahms\u2019s First Piano Concerto, which he performed with London\u2019s Philharmonia Orchestra and toured with the Staatskapelle Dresden in Germany and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB) in Asia. He rejoined the RSB for Mozart, whose concertos were also the vehicle for his returns to the Munich Philharmonic and Budapest Festival Orchestra. Besides joining Goerne for Schubert lieder in Paris, Essen, and Barcelona, Leif debuted a solo program of Schumann, Bart\u00f3k, and Jan\u00e1\u010dek in recitals in Paris, Oslo, and Frankfurt. His summer engagements included a residency at his own Rosendal festival in Norway, where guest artists included Andrei Bondarenko, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin, Igor Levit, Anthony McGill, Tabea Zimmermann, and the Quatuor Danel.\nPerhaps the pianist\u2019s most ambitious achievement to date is \u201cThe Beethoven Journey,\u201d his epic four-season focus on the master composer\u2019s music for piano and orchestra, which took him to 108 cities in 27 countries for more than 230 performances. He led the Mahler Chamber Orchestra from the keyboard in complete Beethoven concerto cycles at high-profile residencies in Bonn, Hamburg, Lucerne, Vienna, Paris, New York, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bod\u00f8,\u00a0and London, besides collaborating with such leading international ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, London Philharmonic, and Munich Philharmonic. The project was chronicled in the documentary\u00a0Concerto \u2013 A Beethoven Journey\u00a0(2016), and Leif\u2019s partnership with the MCO was captured on the hit Sony Classical three-volume series\u00a0The Beethoven Journey. The first volume was named iTunes\u2019 Best Instrumental Album of 2012 and awarded Belgium\u2019s Prix Caecilia, the second recognized with\u00a0BBC Music\u2019s coveted 2015 Recording of the Year Award, and the complete series chosen as one of the Best of 2014 by the\u00a0New York Times.\nLeif now records exclusively for Sony Classical. His previous discography comprises more than 30 discs for EMI Classics \u2013 solo, chamber, and concerto releases, many of them bestsellers \u2013 spanning repertoire from the time of Bach to the present day. He has been nominated for eight Grammys and awarded many international prizes, including six Gramophone Awards. His recordings of the music of his compatriot Edvard Grieg have been especially celebrated: the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0named his 2004 recording of Grieg\u2019s Piano Concerto with Mariss Jansons and the Berlin Philharmonic a Best CD of the Year; the\u00a0Penguin Guide\u00a0awarded it a coveted Rosette; and both that album and his disc of Grieg\u2019s\u00a0Lyric Pieces\u00a0won Gramophone Awards. His recording of Mozart\u2019s Piano Concertos Nos. 9 and 18 was another\u00a0New York Times\u00a0Best of the Year and\u00a0Penguin Guide\u00a0Rosette honoree. He won yet another Gramophone Award for Rachmaninov\u2019s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with Antonio Pappano and the Berlin Philharmonic. A series of recordings of Schubert\u2019s late sonatas, paired with lieder sung by Ian Bostridge, inspired lavish praise, as did the pianist\u2019s world-premiere recordings of Marc-Andr\u00e9 Dalbavie\u2019s Piano Concerto and Bent S\u00f8rensen\u2019s\u00a0The Shadows of Silence, both of which were written for him. As well as\u00a0Chopin: Ballades & Nocturnes\u00a0and the Billboard best-selling\u00a0Sibelius, both recorded for Sony, his recent releases include\u00a0Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring & other works for two pianos four hands, recorded with Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin for Hyperion, and\u00a0Schumann: Liederkreis & Kernerlieder, recorded with Matthias Goerne for Harmonia Mundi.\nLeif has received Norway\u2019s distinguished honor, Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, and in 2007, he received the prestigious Peer Gynt Prize, awarded by members of parliament to honor prominent Norwegians for their achievements in politics, sports, and culture. In 2004-05, he became the youngest musician (and first Scandinavian) to curate Carnegie Hall\u2019s Perspectives series; in 2015-16 he was the subject of the London Symphony Orchestra\u2019s Artist Portrait Series; and in 2017-18 he served as artist-in-residence of the New York Philharmonic. He is the recipient of the Royal Philharmonic Society\u2019s Instrumentalist Award and the Gilmore Artist Award, and, saluting his many achievements,\u00a0Vanity Fair\u00a0named him one of the Best of the Best in 2005.\nLeif Ove Andsnes was born in Karm\u00f8y, Norway, in 1970, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory under the renowned Czech professor Jir\u00ed Hlinka. He has also received invaluable advice from the Belgian piano teacher Jacques de Ti\u00e8ge who, like Hlinka, has greatly influenced his style and philosophy of playing. He is currently an artistic adviser for the Prof. Jir\u00ed Hlinka Piano Academy in Bergen where he gives an annual masterclass to participating students. Leif lives in Bergen with his partner and their three children.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} GRIEG Piano Concerto BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5

data-filter="[2021 03|2021 03|2021 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Nature provided endless joy, fascination, and inspiration for Beethoven, and his charming Pastoral Symphony throws open the gates to green meadows, murmuring brooks, shepherds, a tumultuous thunderstorm, and merry peasant dances. Premiered on the same concert in 1808, with Beethoven himself as soloist, Piano Concerto No. 4 took the art form to sublime new heights of poetic expression. Captivating Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu joins the Houston Symphony. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Fabien Gabel|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Alexandra Dariescu|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} THUILLE Romantic Overture BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

data-filter="[2021 03|2021 03|2021 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Sibelius’s bracing Violin Concerto runs the gamut from hushed landscapes of icy, ethereal beauty to an invigorating, hot-blooded “polonaise for polar bears.” Multifaceted virtuoso Viktoria Mullova, who captured the world’s attention after winning both the International Tchaikovsky and Sibelius Competitions, joins the Houston Symphony. Nostalgic reveries soar on wings of effortless melody and opulent beauty in Rachmaninoff’s extraordinary final work. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Viktoria Mullova|,|bio|:||,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} GLAZUNOV Concert Waltz No. 1 SIBELIUS Violin Concerto RACHMANINOFF  Symphonic Dances

data-filter="[2021 03|2021 03|2021 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Brimming with “fizzy spirit and breezy sophistication” (Chicago Sun-Times), Pink Martini is a glamorous, global, genre-bending phenomenon. Say oui to an exhilarating mix of Brazilian samba, Parisian café music, cabaret, and vintage jazz as this wildly popular “little orchestra” and Houston audience favorite returns. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Pink Martini|,|bio|:||,|title|:||,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 04|2021 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Celebrate Easter with two glorious expressions of faith by J.S. Bach—first, the festive Easter Oratorio, which joyously recounts the moments after Christ’s resurrection through the eyes of Mary Magdalene, John the Apostle, St. Peter, and Mary Jacobe, then, the brilliantly uplifting Magnificat. Filled with rousing choral refrains and intricately embroidered solo passages that show off each singer’s vocal mastery, this is music to revitalize the mind and restore the spirit. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jane Glover|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yulia Van Doren|,|bio|:||,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Elizabeth DeShong|,|bio|:||,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jonas Hacker|,|bio|:||,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Hadleigh Adams|,|bio|:||,|title|:|baritone|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BACH Easter Oratorio BACH Magnificat

data-filter="[2021 04|2021 04|2021 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Lose yourself in the magical world of The Arabian Nights when the Houston Symphony performs Rimsky-Korsakov’s shimmering showpiece—one of classical music’s most expressive, exciting, and popular works! Featuring sensational French pianist Lise de la Salle, Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 bespeaks its young composer’s innermost thoughts: unable to express his love for conservatory classmate Konstancja Gladkowska in words, he poured it into this tender and exquisite music. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lionel Bringuier|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lise de la Salle|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BONIS “The Song of Cleopatra” from Three Legendary Women CHOPIN  Piano Concerto No. 2 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

data-filter="[2021 04|2021 04|2021 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Relive the iconic, sing-along hits of rock piano legend Billy Joel—”Uptown Girl,” “New York State of Mind,” “Just the Way You Are,” and so many more—performed by Broadway’s Piano Man, Michael Cavanaugh. Handpicked by Joel himself to star in the hit musical Movin’ Out, Cavanaugh received both Tony and Grammy nominations for his performance, and delivers the songs you love with charisma and showstopping flair. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Cavanaugh|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist and piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 04|2021 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family Series|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:8,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Jump in your spaceship and blast off to a galaxy far, far away as the adventure of Star Wars comes to life with highlights from John Williams’s groundbreaking score. Hear the iconic main theme, Darth Vader’s “Imperial March,” and much more in this out-of-this-world concert—perfect for Jedis of all ages! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2021 04|2021 05|2021 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" Witness a world premiere from one of today’s most revered musical voices, Jennifer Higdon, an action-packed display of percussion mastery spotlighting the Houston Symphony’s Matthew Strauss alongside Svet Stoyanov. Widely regarded as the “Great American Symphony,” Copland’s monumental Symphony No. 3 ends in some of the most exhilarating and empowering music ever written in the iconic rallying cry for humankind, “Fanfare for the Common Man.” {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Robert Spano|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Matthew Strauss|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Principal |,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/matthew-strauss-associate-principal\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Svet Stoyanov|,|bio|:||,|title|:|percussion|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} C. THEOFANIDIS  Rainbow Body J. HIGDON  Double Percussion Concerto (World Premiere) COPLAND  Symphony No. 3

data-filter="[2021 05|2021 05|2021 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" We’re shining the spotlight on the brilliant musicians that make up the Houston Symphony! Members of the woodwind, string, and brass sections step out for dazzlingly inventive works by Mozart, Bach, and Gabrieli, including one of Bach’s iconic Brandenburg Concertos. This concert weekend also offers a chance to celebrate Concertmaster Yoonshin Song as she makes her Houston solo debut with Shostakovich’s explosive Violin Concerto No. 1. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Yoonshin Song|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Concertmaster|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/yoonshin-song\/|},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Jonathan Fischer|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/jonathan-fischer\/|},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Mark Nuccio|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/mark-nuccio\/|},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Rian Craypo|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/rian-craypo\/|},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|William VerMeulen|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/william-vermeulen\/|}],|without|:[]} MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds (Fri/Sun) MARTINŮ Sinfonia Concertante for Two Orchestras (Fri/Sat) SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 1 (Sat/Sun) BACH Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (Fri/Sun) GABRIELI Brass Music Selections (Fri/Sat)

data-filter="[2021 05|2021 05|2021 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:64,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" “From the heart: may it reach the heart.” This was Beethoven’s inscription at the start of his towering mass, Missa Solemnis. For its composer, it was a labor of love he considered one of his supreme achievements, working painstakingly over four years, pouring his own profound spirituality into the score, and concluding with an impassioned appeal for peace. One of the most technically demanding works in the repertoire, it pushes the limits for both orchestra and vocalists. Simply put, experiencing it live is a once-in-a-lifetime, truly unforgettable experience. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BEETHOVEN Missa solemnis

data-filter="[2021 05|2021 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:16,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1983,|name|:|2020\u201321|,|slug|:|2021|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1983,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:57,|filter|:|raw|}]" The Houston Symphony’s Artistic Partner, Itzhak Perlman, leads the Houston Symphony and Chorus in the most iconic symphony of all time, building to a dramatic and exhilarating conclusion with the inspiring anthem for humanity, “Ode to Joy.” Learn more about the Houston Symphony’s Artistic Partner. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Itzhak Perlman|,|bio|:|Undeniably the reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved for his charm and humanity as well as his talent, he is treasured by audiences throughout the world who respond not only to his remarkable artistry, but also to his irrepressible joy for making music.\nHaving performed with every major orchestra and at venerable concert halls around the globe, Itzhak was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation\u2019s highest civilian honor, in November 2015 by President Obama for his meritorious contributions to cultural endeavors of the United States and for being a powerful advocate for people of disabilities. In 2016, he received the Genesis Prize in recognition for his exceptional contributions as a musician, teacher, advocate for individuals with special needs, and dedication to Jewish values. In 2003, he was granted a Kennedy Center Honor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in celebration of his distinguished achievements and contributions to the cultural and educational life of the United States. President Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts in 2000, and President Reagan honored him with a Medal of Liberty in 1986.\nItzhak has performed multiple times at the White House, most recently in 2012, at the invitation of President Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama, for Israeli President and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Shimon Peres; and at a State Dinner in 2007, hosted by President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush, for Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. In 2009, he was honored to take part in the Inauguration of President Obama, premiering a piece written for the occasion by John Williams alongside cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and pianist Gabriela Montero, for an audience of nearly 40 million television viewers in the United States and millions more throughout the world.\nBorn in Israel in 1945, Itzhak completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. An early recipient of an America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship, he came to New York and soon was propelled to national recognition with an appearance on the\u00a0Ed Sullivan\u00a0Show in 1958. Following his studies at The Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, he won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a burgeoning worldwide career.\u00a0Since then, Itzhak Perlman has established himself as a cultural icon and household name in classical music.\nIn June 2019, Masterclass.com, the premier online education company that enables access to the world\u2019s most brilliant minds, including Gordon Ramsay, Wolfgang Puck, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Helen Mirren, Jodie Foster, and Serena Williams, premiered its first-ever classical-music class taught by Itzhak. Available exclusively at www.masterclass.com\/ip, his class offers students an intimate and inspirational approach to the world of violin where he covers fundamental techniques, practice strategies, and ways to build a richer sound.\nItzhak has further delighted audiences through his frequent appearances on the conductor\u2019s podium.\u00a0He has performed as conductor with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Boston Symphony, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Houston, Dallas, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Montreal, and Toronto, as well as at the Ravinia and Tanglewood festivals. He was music advisor of the St. Louis Symphony from 2002 to 2004, where he made regular conducting appearances, and he was principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony from 2001 to 2005. Internationally, he has conducted the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic.\nIn the 2019-20 season, Itzhak embarked on a debut tour of a new program entitled \u201cAn Evening with Itzhak Perlman\u201d which captures highlights of his career through narrative and multi-media elements, intertwined with performance. The tour goes to Penn State, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, McCallum Theatre Palm Desert, Mesa Arts Center, Artis-Naples, and the State Theatre New Jersey. On the orchestral front, Perlman makes appearances with the Israel Philharmonic in Zubin Mehta\u2019s final appearances as music director and performs with the Baltimore Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony, Toledo Symphony, and Colorado Springs Philharmonic. Throughout the season, he plays recitals with his longtime collaborator, Rohan De Silva, across North America in Northridge (Los Angeles), Costa Mesa, Rohnert Park (Sonoma County), Seattle, Spokane, Greenville, Knoxville, a Florida tour, and the NYC region. During the summer, he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in an all-Tchaikovsky program at the Ravinia Festival.\n2018 marked the 60th anniversary of Itzhak Perlman\u2019s U.S. debut and appearance on the\u00a0Ed Sullivan\u00a0Show, which took place on November 2, 1958. This milestone was celebrated with a return to the Ed Sullivan Theater on November 2, 2018, in a special guest appearance on\u00a0The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\nFurther to his engagements as violinist and conductor, Itzhak is increasingly making more appearances as a speaker. Recent speaking engagements include appearances in Texas at Lamar University, South Dakota with the John Vucurevich Foundation, Washington, D.C. for the Marriott Foundation and New York, in conversations with Alan Alda at the 92nd Street Y and Alec Baldwin at New York University.\nA recent award-winning documentary, titled Itzhak, premiered in October 2017 as the opening film of the 25th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in more than 100 cinemas nationwide in March 2018, with international releases that followed in Summer 2018. Directed by filmmaker Alison Chernick, the enchanting documentary details the virtuoso\u2019s own struggles as a polio survivor and Jewish \u00e9migr\u00e9 and is a reminder why art is vital to life. Visit\u00a0www.itzhakthefilm.com for more information. In October 2018, the film made its debut on PBS\u2019\u00a0American Masters\u00a0in a broadcast throughout the United States.\nItzhak\u2019s recordings have garnered 16 Grammy Awards and regularly appear on the best-seller charts. In 2008, he was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in the recording arts.\nHis most recent album features him in a special collaboration with Martha Argerich. Released in 2016 by Warner Classics, it marked an historic first studio album for this legendary duo exploring masterpieces by Bach, Schumann, and Brahms. It had been 18 years since their first album, a live recital from the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. On that momentous occasion in 1998, in addition to recording the material for their initial disc, the pair recorded Schumann\u2019s Violin Sonata No. 1. The Schumann Sonata at long last was released in 2016 alongside new material, making the album a fascinating \u201cthen and now\u201d portrait of how two living legends have evolved musically.\nItzhak recorded a bonus track for the original cast recording of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of\u00a0Fiddler on the Roof, released on Broadway Records in March 2016. The cast recording features him on a track titled \u201cExcerpts from Fiddler on the Roof,\u201d arranged by John Williams.\nThe year 2015 brought three record releases in celebration of his 70th birthday: a new Deutsche Grammophon album with pianist Emanuel Ax performing Faur\u00e9 and Strauss Sonatas, a 25-disc box set of his complete Deutsche Grammophon and Decca discography, and a 77-disc box set of his complete EMI\/Teldec discography titled\u00a0Itzhak Perlman: The Complete Warner Recordings.\nIn 2012, Sony released Eternal Echoes: Songs & Dances for the Soul, featuring a collaboration with acclaimed cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot in liturgical and traditional Jewish arrangements for chamber orchestra and klezmer musicians, and in 2010, Sony released a recording of Mendelssohn Piano Trios with cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Emanuel Ax. Highlights of albums over the last two decades have included a Deutsche Grammophon album with Itzhak conducting the Israel Philharmonic, a live recording with Martha Argerich performing Beethoven and Franck Sonatas (EMI);\u00a0Cinema Serenade\u00a0featuring popular hits from movies with John Williams conducting (Sony);\u00a0A la Carte, a recording of short violin pieces with orchestra (EMI), and\u00a0In the Fiddler\u2019s House, a celebration of klezmer music (EMI) that formed the basis of the PBS television special. In 2004, EMI released\u00a0The Perlman Edition, a limited-edition 15-CD box set featuring many of his finest EMI recordings as well as newly compiled material, and RCA Red Seal released a CD titled\u00a0Perlman reDiscovered, which includes material recorded in 1965 by a young Itzhak Perlman.\nOther recordings reveal his devotion to education, including\u00a0Concertos from my Childhood\u00a0with the Juilliard Orchestra under Lawrence Foster (EMI) and\u00a0Marita and her Heart\u2019s Desire, composed and conducted by Bruce Adolphe (Telarc).\nA major presence in the performing arts on television, Itzhak Perlman has been honored with four Emmy Awards, most recently for the PBS documentary\u00a0Fiddling for the Future, a film about his work as a teacher and conductor for the Perlman Music Program. In 2004, PBS aired a special entitled Perlman in Shanghai that chronicled an historic and unforgettable visit of the Perlman Music Program to China, featuring interaction between American and Chinese students and culminating in a concert at the Shanghai Grand Theater and a performance with 1,000 young violinists, led by Itzhak and broadcast throughout China. His third Emmy Award recognized his dedication to klezmer music, as profiled in the 1995 PBS television special\u00a0In the Fiddler\u2019s House, which was filmed in Poland and featured him performing with four of the world\u2019s finest klezmer bands.\nHe has entertained and enlightened millions of TV viewers of all ages on popular shows as diverse as\u00a0The Late Show\u00a0with David Letterman,\u00a0Sesame Street,\u00a0The Frugal Gourmet,\u00a0The Tonight Show,\u00a0and various Grammy Awards telecasts.\u00a0His PBS appearances have included\u00a0A Musical Toast\u00a0and\u00a0Mozart by the Masters, as well as numerous\u00a0Live from Lincoln Center\u00a0broadcasts such as\u00a0The Juilliard School: Celebrating 100 Years.\u00a0In 2008, he joined renowned chef Jacques P\u00e9pin on\u00a0Artist\u2019s Table\u00a0to discuss the relationship between the culinary and musical arts, and lent his voice as the narrator of\u00a0Visions of Israel\u00a0for PBS\u2019s acclaimed\u00a0Visions\u00a0series.\u00a0Itzhak hosted the 1994 U.S. broadcast of the\u00a0Three Tenors, Encore! live from Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.\u00a0During the 78th Annual Academy Awards in 2006, he performed a live medley from the five film scores nominated in the category of Best Original Score for a worldwide audience in the hundreds of millions.\u00a0One of his proudest achievements is his collaboration with film composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg\u2019s Academy Award-winning film\u00a0Schindler\u2019s List, in which he performed the violin solos.\u00a0He can also be heard as the violin soloist on the soundtrack of Zhang Yimou\u2019s film\u00a0Hero\u00a0(music by Tan Dun) and Rob Marshall\u2019s\u00a0Memoirs of a Geisha\u00a0(music by John Williams).\nItzhak has a long association with the Israel Philharmonic and has participated in many groundbreaking tours with this orchestra from his homeland.\u00a0In 1987, he joined the IPO for history-making concerts in Warsaw and Budapest, representing the first performances by this orchestra and soloist in Eastern bloc countries.\u00a0He again made history as he joined the orchestra for its first visit to the Soviet Union in 1990, and was cheered by audiences in Moscow and Leningrad who thronged to hear his recital and orchestral performances. This visit was captured on a PBS documentary entitled Perlman in Russia, which won an Emmy.\u00a0In 1994, he joined the Israel Philharmonic for their first visits to China and India.\nOver the past two decades, Itzhak has become actively involved in music education, using this opportunity to encourage gifted young string players.\u00a0Alongside his wife, Toby, his close involvement in the Perlman Music Program has been a particularly rewarding experience, and he has taught full-time at the Program each summer since its founding in 1993.\u00a0He currently holds the Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair at The Juilliard School.\nNumerous publications and institutions have paid tribute to Itzhak Perlman for the unique place he occupies in the artistic and humanitarian fabric of our times.\u00a0Harvard, Yale, Brandeis, Roosevelt, Yeshiva, and Hebrew universities are among the institutions that have awarded him honorary degrees. He was awarded an honorary doctorate and a centennial medal on the occasion of Juilliard\u2019s 100th commencement ceremony in 2005.\u00a0Itzhak Perlman\u2019s presence on stage, on camera, and in personal appearances of all kinds speaks eloquently on behalf of the disabled, and his devotion to their cause is an integral part of his life.\n|,|title|:|conductor and violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9

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