Concerts

data-filter="[2024 11|2024 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Members of the Houston Symphony shine in smaller-ensemble works by three of music’s most enduringly popular composers, Bach, Mozart, and Brahms. Marvel at the dazzling invention of Bach’s Violin Concerto No. 1, performed by Concertmaster Yoonshin Song. Then, bask in the glorious melodies and effervescent charm of sparkling serenades by Mozart and Brahms. https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/onyxlhdx7d What to Expect: Enjoy glorious, inspiring works by three of history’s best-loved composers This concert is a rare opportunity to hear members of the Houston Symphony shine, up close and personal, in works written for small groups of musicians Perfect for first-time attendees, or those looking for a special date night! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yoonshin Song|,|bio|:|Yoonshin Song was appointed as Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony in August 2019. Prior to that she has held the same position with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons. In Europe, Yoonshin has served as guest concertmaster of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iv\u00e1n Fischer for several years, and she has led the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under numerous top-tiered conductors, such as Sir Simon Rattle, Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4, Daniel Harding, Mikhail Pletnev, and Antonio Pappano. She also served as guest concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the KBS Symphony Orchestra.\nBeyond her first chair duties, Yoonshin has performed as a soloist with many orchestras around the world, including the Houston Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and the KBS Symphony Orchestra, among many others.\nShe has also participated as a soloist and a chamber musician in various roles in leading music festivals, including the ones in Verbier, Lucerne, Samos and Bayreuth in Europe, the Marlboro, Great Lakes, and Deer Valley in the United States.\nYoonshin has earned many prestigious prizes throughout her career, including top prize awards in the Lipizer International Violin Competition, the Lipinski and Wieniawski International Violin Competition, the Henry Marteau International Violin Competition, and first prize at the Stradivarius International Competition in the United States.\nShe studied under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory and with Robert Mann, Glenn Dicterow, and Lisa Kim at the Manhattan School of Music.\n|,|title|:|violin and leader|,|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|:|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|:|Christian Schubert|,|bio|:|Christian Schubert has been the second clarinet of the Houston Symphony since 1996 when he was appointed by former Music Director Christoph Eschenbach. A native of Burbank, California, he studied at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in music performance. His principal teachers have been Kalman Bloch, Robert Marcellus, and Larry Combs.\nPrior to arriving in Houston, Schubert played with numerous Chicago-area ensembles, including the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra, Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Ravinia Festival Orchestra, and The Chicago Ensemble. As a teacher, he has served on the music faculties of North Park University in Chicago and the University of Houston\u2019s Moores School of Music. Currently, he maintains a private teaching studio in Pearland.\nIn his time away from teaching and performing, Schubert owns and operates a recording engineering company, Schubert Recording Services, specializing in the quality digital recording of classical music. In his time away from work, he is the devoted father of two daughters.\n|,|title|:|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 Third Space Music, 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|:|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|:|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, Texas Horns featuring 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 First 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|:|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 |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Mark Nuccio|,|bio|:|Critics have praised clarinetist Mark Nuccio for his solo and chamber appearances, describing him as \u201cthe evening\u2019s highlight,\u201d full of \u201cmystery and insight,\u201d and \u201cshaping his phrases beautifully with a rich, expressive tone.\u201d (New York Times)\nMark was named Principal Clarinet of the Houston Symphony in 2016. Prior to that, he was a member of the New York Philharmonic for 17 years and held positions in Pittsburgh, Denver, Savannah, and Florida. He has performed concerti multiple times with Houston and the NYP, among others; and while in New York, he was a regular performer at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the 92nd Street Y.\nTeaching is his proudest work. He has served as a faculty member, currently at the Frost School of Music (University of Miami), and previously at Northwestern University, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College, and Duquesne University. During the summers, he performs and teaches at music festivals in Brevard, North Carolina, and Sarasota. Florida, among others.\nMark Nuccio is a performing artist\/clinician for Buffet Music Group and an advising artist and clinician for D\u2019Addario.\nVisit his website at www.marknuccio.com.\n|,|title|:|clarinet|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} J.S. BACH  Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor MOZART  Serenade No. 12 for Winds in C minor, K. 388, Nachtmusik BRAHMS  Serenade No. 1 in D major

data-filter="[2024 11|2024 11|2024 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|December|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Massive in scale and visionary in scope, Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto redefined what a piano concerto could be, reaching dazzling new heights unsurpassed to this day. The extraordinary Yefim Bronfman performs this powerful and uplifting masterpiece on Thanksgiving weekend in a program also featuring Schubert’s ever-popular Unfinished Symphony. https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/pdxtpia7tc What to Expect: Savor a three-course feast for the senses as we share popular works of Beethoven and more! Piano powerhouse Yefim Bronfman tackles Beethoven’s awe-inspiring Emperor Concerto Escape the Black Friday-weekend stress and share beautiful music with your family and friends {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yefim Bronfman|,|bio|:|Internationally recognized as one of today’s most acclaimed and admired pianists, Yefim Bronfman stands among a handful of artists regularly sought by festivals, orchestras, conductors, and recital series. His commanding technique, power, and exceptional lyrical gifts are consistently acknowledged by the press and audiences alike.\nA frequent touring partner with the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, the 2024-25 Season begins with the Pittsburgh and NDR Hamburg symphonies on tour in Europe followed by China and Japan with the Vienna Philharmonic. With orchestras in the United States, he returns to Houston, Cleveland, New York, Portland, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Miami, Sarasota, and Pittsburgh; in Europe, he returns to Hamburg, Helsinki, Berlin, Lyon, and Vienna. In advance of a spring Carnegie Hall recital, his program can be heard in Austin, St. Louis, Stillwater, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Washington, D.C., Amsterdam, Rome, Lisbon, and Spain. Two special projects are scheduled in this season\u2014duos with flutist Emmanuel Pahud in Europe in the fall and trios with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Pablo Ferrandez in the United States in spring.\nBorn in Tashkent in the Soviet Union, Yefim Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at The Juilliard School, Marlboro School of Music, and the Curtis Institute of Music, under Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher, and Rudolf Serkin. A recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, in 2010 he was further honored as the recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University and in 2015 with an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SCHUBERT  Symphony No. 8, Unfinished BERG  Three Pieces for Orchestra BEETHOVEN  Piano Concerto No. 5, Emperor

data-filter="[2024 12|][jones-hall|][December|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Members of the Houston Symphony share an evening of delightful chamber music by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Presented in the Janice H. Barrow Piano Tier at Jones Hall, this one-night-only performance allows for a unique, up-close perspective. Enjoy a pre-concert cocktail hour at the Round Bar.   Chamber Series Pass Get access to all Chamber Series Concerts for $187! Learn More about Chamber Series Pass or Buy Chamber Series Pass {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Annie Kuan-Yu Chen|,|bio|:|A native of Taiwan, Annie Chen began her musical studies at age 6 on piano and at age 8 on violin. At age 14, she moved to the United States to continue her music education at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts and the New England Conservatory Preparatory Program in Boston.\nChen has been a participant of numerous summer music festivals including the Heifetz International Music Institute, the Music Academy of the West, where she was a winner of the 2011 concerto competition, and the Tanglewood Music Center. She has toured with the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and was a regular member of Discovery Ensemble, a Boston-based chamber orchestra that provides outreach concerts to inner-city schools with no music programs. She has also been featured as a soloist with the Dorchester Symphony Orchestra.\nChen holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the New England Conservatory in Boston and a master\u2019s degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where she held the Shepherd School Distinguished Fellowship in Violin. Her principal teachers have included Lynn Chang, James Buswell, and Kathleen Winkler.\n|,|title|:|violin (Haydn, Mozart)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yank\u0131 Karata\u015f|,|bio|:|A native of Istanbul, Turkey, Yank\u0131 Karata\u015f joined the Houston Symphony in April 2024. Prior to her appointment, she was a violin fellow at the New World Symphony and performed with many orchestras including the San Diego Symphony, Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic, and Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.\nShe moved to the United States in 2014 and received her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at Stony Brook University studying with Hagai Shaham, Philip Setzer, and Arnaud Sussmann. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Istanbul Conservatory, studying with Pelin Halkaci Akin and graduating with the highest honors.\nAn avid chamber musician, Yank\u0131 studied under the Emerson String Quartet Intensive program and won the Lauren V. Ackerman Chamber Music Prize performing Ligeti\u2019s Horn Trio. Additionally, she\u2019s had the privilege of performing alongside artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Lawrence Dutton, Paul Watkins, Colin Carr, and Arnaud Sussmann during her studies. As a soloist, Yank\u0131 played various concertos with the Mersin University Academic Chamber Orchestra, Mimar Sinan Symphony, and Stony Brook Symphony.\nOutside of performing, Yank\u0131 has maintained and enjoyed her private teaching studio for many years and plans to keep teaching an integral part of her life.\n \n|,|title|:|violin (Mozart)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Samuel Pedersen|,|bio|:|Samuel Pedersen was appointed to the Houston Symphony viola section in April 2022. Prior to joining, he was a member of the New World Symphony and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Other engagements have been with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Music Festival, Houston Grand Opera, and New York Philharmonic as a Global Academy fellow.\nIn addition to spending one summer as an orchestral fellow, Pedersen was a member of the New Fromm Players for two years at the Tanglewood Music Center. It was there that he dedicated time to the preparation and performance of contemporary repertoire, working alongside leading composers in the field. Highlights include the U.S. Premiere of Julian Anderson\u2019s Third String Quartet as well as the World Premiere of Augusta Read Thomas\u2019 Magic Box, for String Quartet and Percussion Quartet. His chamber music studies include mentors such as Norman Fischer, Andrew Jennings, Dawn Upshaw, and members of the Juilliard, Brentano and Pacifica quartets. Previous summers have been spent performing at the Madeline Island, National Repertory Orchestra, and Bowdoin music festivals.\nPedersen was raised in Batavia, IL. He holds a master\u2019s degree from Rice University and a bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University. Principal teachers include Ivo van der Werff and Rami Solomonow, with additional instruction from Lawrence Neuman and Joan DerHovsepian.\nOutside of the orchestra, Pedersen enjoys cycling, frisbee, and spending time with his brother, Andrew, member of the Houston Symphony double bass section.\n|,|title|:|viola (Haydn, Mozart)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jeremy Kreutz|,|bio|:|Originally from Loveland, Colorado, Jeremy Kreutz was appointed a member of the Houston Symphony in 2020 by Music Director Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada. Prior to joining the orchestra, he worked under conductors such as Marin Alsop, Christoph Eschenbach, David Robertson, Robert Spano, Larry Rachleff, and Valery Gergiev. His primary studies were completed with Darrett Adkins at the Oberlin Conservatory, and Desmond Hoebig at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School.\nKreutz has performed both domestically and abroad as an orchestral and chamber musician, including engagements with the Aspen Music Festival, Round Top Institute, National Youth Orchestra of the USA, and the Pacific Music Festival in Japan. An avid chamber musician, he has studied with members of the Juilliard, Borromeo, Mir\u00f3, Verona, and Cleveland Quartets, and was a two time fellow at the Kneisel Hall Festival in Maine. In the summer of 2017, he was invited to perform alongside members of the International Contemporary Ensemble as part of the Ojai Festival, premiering works by Vijay Iyer and Courtney Bryan. While at Oberlin, he was featured in the premiere of Jesse Jones\u2019 Snippet Variations, recorded for the Oberlin Music label.\nKreutz began learning the cello at age 11 in his local public school system, where his father taught the orchestral program for 30 years. He continued his studies in high school with cellist Katherine Azari. He considers community engagement an incredibly important aspect of his life, and has worked with public schools in Colorado, Ohio, Texas, and Illinois, as well as Colorado\u2019s El Sistema program. Outside of music, he enjoys exploring Houston\u2019s vibrant food culture and marathons of competition reality shows.\n|,|title|:|cello (Haydn, Mozart)|,|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|:|oboe (Mozart)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Anne Leek|,|bio|:|Anne Leek was educated at Juilliard where she received her bachelor of music, master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees. During her time in New York, she performed on a recital in Carnegie Hall sponsored by the Artists International Contest, which she won. During the 1980s, Leek was Solo Principal Oboe of the Mannheim Orchestra in Germany.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony, she played a two year position as principal oboe in the Pittsburgh Symphony, under the baton of Lorin Maazel. Along with her career as an orchestral musician, Leek has taught at Indiana University, Arizona State University and has taught at the University of Houston. As a recital soloist and chamber musician, she has appeared in numerous major cities across the world.\n|,|title|:|oboe (Beethoven)|,|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 (Beethoven)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Isaac Schultz|,|bio|:|Associate principal bassoonist Isaac Schultz, a native of Exeter, New Hampshire, earned his bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, where he studied with Benjamin Kamins. While at Rice, Isaac was a fellow at the Music Academy of the West and the Aspen Music School. In 2015, he was a prize winner at the Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition and a finalist at the Coleman Competition. Away from music, he\u00a0enjoys rock climbing and other outdoor activities.\n|,|title|:|bassoon (Beethoven)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nathan Cloeter|,|bio|:|Nathan Cloeter, a native of Lake Jackson, Texas, was appointed as Assistant Principal\/Utility Horn of the Houston Symphony in 2023 by Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha. He has previously performed with the Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, and the Naples Philharmonic, and he has spent summers as a fellow of the Tanglewood Music Center. While a fellow at Tanglewood, he earned many plaudits for a performance as the solo horn of Mahler\u2019s Fifth Symphony conducted by Andris Nelsons. Cloeter holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music where he studied with William VerMeulen.\n|,|title|:|horn (Beethoven)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Brian Mangrum|,|bio|:|Brian Mangrum joined the Houston Symphony as third horn in 2023. He previously served as principal horn with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for five seasons. He has also performed with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and as guest principal horn with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Brian was awarded first prize of the brass category in the 2017 Montreal Symphony’s Manuvie Competition.\nIn the summers, Brian has played at the Rockport Music Festival, the Sun Valley Music Festival, and is an alum of the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and the Aspen Music Festival and School, where he was a New Horizons Fellow.\nBrian grew up in Montreal, Quebec, where he studied with Denys Der\u00f4me, John Milner, and John Zirbel. He received his bachelor’s degree from Rice University in 2018, where he was a student of William VerMeulen. In his time off, Brian enjoys being outdoors and cooking for friends.\n|,|title|:|horn (Beethoven)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} HAYDN String Quartet No. 30 in E-flat major, Opus 33, No. 2 (The Joke) MOZART Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K.370 BEETHOVEN/HESS Quintet in E-flat major for Oboe, Bassoon and Three Horns

data-filter="[2024 12|][jones-hall|][December|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Swing into the holidays as Houston Jazz Orchestra and vocal trio SASS put a jazzy twist on all your festive favorites, including “Deck the Halls,” “Jingle Bells,” “Joy To The World,” “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” “The Little Drummer Boy,” and many more! What to Expect: The perfect kickoff to the holidays Get in the spirit of the season with jazzy takes on your favorite holiday songs Sparkling decorations adorn Jones Hall, including a Christmas tree—ideal for capturing the perfect selfies! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|SASS, vocalists|,|bio|:|SASS is a Houston supergroup of female vocalists who have each, for decades, sung here and around the world. Although individually known for their signature styles (Becky is a rockin\u2019 blues mama, Gigi is a pop diva, and Sharon\u2019s a swingin\u2019 jazz gal) their love of vocal harmony brought them together in this wildly fun collaboration. Their signature shows feature only tunes originally done by men \u2013 and only songs they REALLY love, which guarantees a high energy good time! See and hear them on their Facebook page: SASS Sings.\n|,|title|:|ensemble|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rich DeRosa|,|bio|:|Grammy-nominated composer Richard DeRosa is currently the director of jazz composition and arranging at the University of North Texas (UNT) and the artistic director for American Jazz Venues (AJV). Since 2012, he has conducted and arranged for the prestigious WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and served as the band\u2019s chief conductor, 2014-2016. Since 2001, he has arranged and conducted projects for Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center.\nThroughout his career, Rich\u2019s compositions and arrangements have encompassed a vast variety of writing styles, which have been heard on stages and in venues around the world, on television and in film, on and off Broadway, in videos, audio books, and numerous CD recordings. Neil, his original work for big band garnered a 2015 Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition and is featured on Lab 2015 recorded by the UNT One O\u2019Clock Lab Band. In addition to his commissioned work writing and conducting and teaching at University of North Texas, he is a publishing author and remains active as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest lecturer.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jim McLaughlin|,|bio|:|Jim McLaughlin has been a professional trombone player for more than 50 years. He has a bachelor of music degree in jazz from the University of North Texas and an MBA in business management from the University of Dallas. Following graduation from North Texas, he performed with numerous house orchestras in Las Vegas until relocating to Houston in 1982, where he continued to play with various local big bands and the Houston Symphony POPS.\nIn addition to being a professional musician, Jim worked for more than 40 years in commercial real estate development and consulting to Fortune 500 corporations and is now retired from corporate life.\n|,|title|:|lead trombone|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Jazz Orchestra|,|bio|:|The Houston Jazz Orchestra (HJO) was started and organized as a Texas non-profit corporation in 1989. It has been in continuous existence during the past 35 years, with occasional periods of inactivity. In October 2016, the HJO qualified for exemption as a 501(c)(3) organization.\nThe HJO vision is to be accessible to students who are studying and learning to play jazz music by filling the void left by the demise of the legacy professional touring orchestras. In the decades of the 1970s and 80s, many professional big band orchestras regularly tour and performed. The orchestras of leaders Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Buddy Rich, and Maynard Ferguson had touring schedules with heavy emphasis on performing at colleges and high schools, in addition to the traditional venues of clubs, theaters, and jazz festivals. These performances fostered the burgeoning jazz education movement by targeting young audiences with performances and masterclasses in high schools and colleges. Moreover, these orchestras recruited talented musicians form colleges with jazz programs most notably University of North Texas, Berklee College of Music, Eastman School of Music, and University of Miami.\nWith the deaths of Kenton, Herman, and Rich in the 1980s and the subsequent death of Ferguson in 2006, few professional jazz orchestras performed publicly, although jazz education is now more prolific than ever in school systems and colleges. There are few opportunities for students to hear, see, and interact with a professional orchestra performing the music they study in school. By performing regularly at a public venue and scheduling clinics through our educational outreach program at area schools, the HJO fills this void.\nHouston\u2019s top professional jazz musicians make up the 17-piece orchestra. The HJO performed monthly at the House of Blues form 2015 through 2023. Starting in 2024, the HJO performs monthly in The Woodlands at the Dosey Doe Big Barn.\n|,|title|:|ensemble|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2024 12|2024 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Waltz your way into the holidays with glittering musical delights by Johann and Josef Strauss! From sprightly polkas to the iconic “Blue Danube” Waltz, this concert is guaranteed to have you dancing in your seat. https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/6xsjv6gn44 What to Expect: Ring in the holiday season with delightful Viennese waltzes, including the famous “Blue Danube” Waltz Each waltz is approximately 8–10 minutes long, making this concert a great option for families, or those looking to try a classical concert for the first time! Sparkling decorations adorn Jones Hall, including a 25-foot Christmas tree—ideal for capturing the perfect selfies! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Kaiser-Walzer Bauern-Polka Egyptischer Marsch JOSEF STRAUSS Die Libelle Moulinet-Polka JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Perpetuum Mobile JOSEF STRAUSS Feuerfest! JOHANN STRAUSS JR. Die Fledermaus Overture Der Zigeunerbaron Overture Im Krapfenwald’l Éljen a Magyar! Persischer Marsch Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka Unter Donner und Blitz JOSEF STRAUSS Jockey-Polka JOHANN STRAUSS JR. An der schönen blauen Donau

data-filter="[2024 12|][jones-hall|][December|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" It’s hard to think of an artist more universally beloved than Yo-Yo Ma. The extraordinary 19-time Grammy Award-winner joins the Houston Symphony for Dvořák’s heart-achingly beautiful Cello Concerto in this one-night-only event at Jones Hall. Please note that tickets for this concert will be delivered via mail only. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yo-Yo Ma|,|bio|:|Yo-Yo Ma\u2019s multi-faceted career is testament to his belief in culture\u2019s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works for cello, bringing communities together to explore culture\u2019s role in society, or engaging unexpected musical forms, Yo-Yo strives to foster connections that stimulate the imagination and reinforce our humanity.\nMost recently, Yo-Yo began Our Common Nature, a cultural journey to celebrate the ways that nature can reunite us in pursuit of a shared future. Our Common Nature follows the Bach Project, a 36-community, six-continent tour of J. S. Bach\u2019s cello suites paired with local cultural programming. Both endeavors reflect Yo-Yo\u2019s lifelong commitment to stretching the boundaries of genre and tradition to understand how music helps us to imagine and build a stronger society.\nYo-Yo is an advocate for a future guided by humanity, trust, and understanding. Among his many roles, Yo-Yo is a United Nations Messenger of Peace, the first artist ever appointed to the World Economic Forum\u2019s board of trustees, a member of the board of Nia Tero, the US-based nonprofit working in solidarity with Indigenous peoples and movements worldwide, and the founder of the global music collective Silkroad.\nHis discography of more than 120 albums (including 19 Grammy Award winners) ranges from iconic renditions of the Western classical canon to recordings that defy categorization, such as \u201cHush\u201d with Bobby McFerrin and the \u201cGoat Rodeo Sessions\u201d with Stuart Duncan, Edgar Meyer, and Chris Thile. Yo-Yo\u2019s recent releases include \u201cSix Evolutions,\u201d his third recording of Bach\u2019s cello suites, and \u201cSongs of Comfort and Hope,\u201d created and recorded with pianist Kathryn Stott in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yo-Yo\u2019s latest album, \u201cBeethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 \u2018Archduke,\u2019\u201d is the third in a new series of Beethoven recordings with pianist Emanuel Ax and violinist Leonidas Kavakos.\nYo-Yo was born in 1955 to Chinese parents living in Paris. He began to study the cello with his father at age four and three years later moved with his family to New York City, where he continued his cello studies at the Juilliard School before pursuing a liberal arts education at Harvard. He has received numerous awards, including the Avery Fisher Prize (1978), the National Medal of the Arts (2001), the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2010), Kennedy Center Honors (2011), the Polar Music Prize (2012), and the Birgit Nilsson Prize (2022). He has performed for nine American presidents, most recently on the occasion of President Biden\u2019s inauguration.\nYo-Yo and his wife have two children. He plays three instruments: a 2003 instrument made by Moes & Moes, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice, and the 1712 Davidoff Stradivarius.\n|,|title|:|cello|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} J. STRAUSS  Die Fledermaus Overture DVOŘÁK  Cello Concerto

data-filter="[2024 12|2024 12|2024 12|2024 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Houston’s favorite holiday-music tradition! Gather with loved ones for a concert guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit quicker than you can sing “Jingle Bells.” Tony-nominated Broadway star Betsy Wolfe joins the Symphony and Chorus for favorite carols and holiday songs (and, you may even see a special visitor from the North Pole…) https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/vnw6aqofda What to Expect: Revel in the holiday spirit with your favorite carols and holiday tunes, brought to vibrant life by a merry chorus, a Broadway vocal soloist, and full orchestra Sparkling decorations adorn Jones Hall, including a festive Christmas tree—ideal for capturing the perfect selfies! Here Comes Santa Claus! This festive, family-friendly performance includes a visit from a very special visitor from the North Pole. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th\u00a0anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Betsy Wolfe|,|bio|:|Betsy Wolfe can be seen in the new hit musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway where her performance was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Previously, Wolfe starred in the Tony nominated musical Waitress, where she gave a multi-faceted performance as Jenna. Prior to that, she played Cordelia, one of the lovable \u201clesbians from next door,\u201d in the Broadway revival of Falsettos, which aires frequently on PBS. She is perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years.\nWolfe most recently starred in the holiday film Esetella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol With A Twist. She can be seen in the indie feature First One In (on all streaming platforms) and had a guest starring role on the CBS series Instinct. Wolfe performed her one woman cabaret show All Bets Are Off to sold out crowds at Feinstein\u2019s\/54 Below in NYC, Las Vegas, San Francisco, New Orleans, and more.\nOriginally from California, Betsy received her BFA in musical theatre from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. At age 20\u2014she made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under Maestro Erich Kunzel. After receiving her BFA, Betsy quickly moved on to star as Rona Lisa Peretti in the San Francisco and Boston companies of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Soon after, she made her Broadway debut in the revival of 110 in the Shade. Betsy gained attention for her next role in both the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Sherie Rene Scott\u2019s Everyday Rapture, where she played one of the two Mennonettes.\nBetsy\u2019s other Broadway credits include Ellen in the 2014 production of Bullets Over Broadway, directed by Susan Stroman, and Rosa Bud in the revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.\nOther notable productions include Beth in the City Center Encores! production of Sondheim\u2019s, Merrily We Roll Along, aworld premiere production of Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez\u2019s musical Up Here, and Mary Ann Singleton in ACT’s world premiere of Tales of the City.\nBetsy made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Die Fledermaus (Ida). She has been a guest artist for over 50 symphony, pops, and philharmonic orchestras across the U.S. and internationally, including the New York Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with The New York Pops and played to sold-out crowds at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center with their Broadway Today and Women of Notes concerts.\nRecordings include & Juliet, Falsettos, Bullets over Broadway, The Last Five Years, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Everyday Rapture, Stage Door Canteen, 35MM, and Merrily We Roll Along. She can also be seen in the film adaptation of The Last Five Years.\nIn 2018 Wolfe founded BroadwayEvolved, a groundbreaking musical theatre training program for students which has been named (five years in a row) as one of the best summer programs along with top universities. www.broadwayevolved.com\n|,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:|The Houston Symphony Chorus is the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony and consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, members of this historic ensemble have learned and performed the world\u2019s great choral orchestral masterworks under the batons of Juraj Val\u010duha, Andr\u00e9s Orozco Estrada, Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Shaw, and Helmuth Rilling, among many others.\nIn addition, the Chorus enjoys participating in the Houston Symphony\u2019s popular programming under the batons of conductors such as Steven Reineke and Michael Krajewski. Recently, the ensemble sang the closing subscription concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Singers are selected for specific programs for which they have indicated interest. A singer might choose to perform in all 45 concerts, as was the case in a recent season, or might elect to participate in a single series. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers.\n|,|title|:|chorus|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2024 12|2024 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|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:20,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" “He’s making a list and checking it twice!” Santa stops by Jones Hall to spread lots of Christmas cheer! Make special memories with the Symphony’s annual holiday concert for kids. One of our most popular events of the year, the concert will include a host of kid-friendly holiday songs, plus free hot chocolate, interactive lobby activities, and a chance to visit with Santa. Subscribe to all four PNC Family Series concerts and save 26%! | Subscribe now → {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Gonzalo Farias|,|bio|:|An engaging orchestral conductor, award-winning pianist, and passionate educator, Gonzalo Farias is the Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony. In an ever-changing world, Gonzalo\u2019s desire is to establish music-making as a way of rethinking our place in society by cultivating respect, trust, and cooperation among all people in our community.\nGonzalo Farias served previously as the Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, the Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony, the Assistant Conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Conducting Fellow at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Praised by his \u201cclear, engaging\u201d style \u201cwith a lyrical, almost Zen-like quality\u201d, Farias has been established \u201cas a focused, musical artist who knows what he wants and how to get it – with grace and substance.\u201d As former Music Director of the Joliet Symphony Orchestra, Farias embraced the city of Joliet and its Hispanic residents of the greater Chicago area with pre-concert lectures, Latin-based repertoire, and a unique side-by-side bilingual narration of Bizet\u2019s Carmen.\nFarias was recently selected to conduct at the esteemed Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, the most important showcase for conductors in America. Designed by the League of American Orchestras, the National Conductor Preview chooses the most promising talents in the world for their podium gift and commitment to the future of American orchestras. Farias was also appointed by the National Endowment for the Arts as a reviewing member for the Grant for Art Projects, judging applications from diverse music institutions to support the latest and most important artistic endeavors in the US.\nDuring the summers, Farias has worked with Jaap Van Zweden and Johannes Schlaefli at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland as well as with Neeme and Paavo J\u00e4rvi at the P\u00e4rnu Music Festival. In the United States, he was a two-time recipient of the prestigious Bruno Walter Memorial Conducting Scholarship at the Cabrillo Music Festival and named \u201cEmergent Conductor\u201d by Victor Yampolsky at the Peninsula Music Festival. He also attended the Pierre Monteux Festival where he received the Bernard Osher Scholar Prize. Out of 566 applicants and 78 countries, he was chosen as one of 24 finalists in the prestigious 2018 Malko Conducting Competition with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Hailed by the Gramophone magazine critics, Farias offered one the \u201cmost fluent, honest, open-hearted and pointed performances\u201d.\nFarias was born in Santiago de Chile, where he began his piano studies at age five. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree at the P.C. University of Chile and then continued his graduate piano studies at the New England Conservatory as a full-scholarship student of Wha-Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman. He has won first prize at the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition and awards at the Maria Canals and Luis Sigall Piano Competitions. As a conductor, Farias attended the University of Illinois working with Donald Schleicher, the Peabody Conservatory with Marin Alsop, and worked privately with Larry Rachleff and Otto-Werner Mueller.\nBesides having a fond love for piano, chamber, and contemporary music, Farias is a passionate supporter of second-order cybernetics as a way to help understand communication and how complex systems organize, coordinate, and interconnect with one another. This includes the interdependent and recursive nature of musical experiences, in which performers and audiences alike interact, respond, and co-create each other\u2019s space. His final Doctoral thesis \u201cLogical Predictions and Cybernetics\u201d explores the case of Cornelius Cardew\u2019s \u201cThe Great Learning\u201d to redefine music activity as a self-organized organization. In addition to that, he has a warm affection for his formal studies of Zen Buddhism, which has been a major influence on his approach to music and life.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Emily Treigle|,|bio|:|A New Orleans native and Grand Finals Winner of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, mezzo-soprano Emily Treigle is regarded as “endlessly watchable and a consummate musician.” After being named a 2024 winner of the George and Nora London Foundation Competition, she returned to Wolf Trap Opera for the 2024 season, performing Despina in Cos\u00ec fan tutte, where she was praised for her \u201cuncanny sense of comedic timing\u201d and \u201cmagnificent voice.\u201d In the previous season with Wolf Trap Opera, she displayed her \u201cacting range [as] impressive as her vocal one\u201d as Juno\/Ino in Semele. An alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Butler Studio, Emily performed numerous roles with the company, including Meg Page in Falstaff, Suzuki in Madama Butterfly, Flora in La traviata, Miss Violet in the world premiere of Another City, M\u00e8re Jeanne in Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Gertrude in Romeo and Juliet. She also covered the roles of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro, and Herodias in Salome. She made her first post-studio appearance with the company in Fall 2024 as Tisbe in La Cenerentola.\nIn the summer of 2022, Emily was a Fleming Artist at the A spen Music Festival. In the summer of 2021, she returned to Wolf Trap Opera as a Studio Artist for a second consecutive season, here she covered the title role in Holst\u2019s Savitri. In 2019, she attended Houston Grand Opera\u2019s Young Artist Vocal Academy and was an Opera Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival where she performed Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music. Previous roles include L\u2019enfant in L\u2019enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges; Bradamante in Alcina; and Mrs. Ott in Susannah, an opera made famous by her grandfather, world-renowned bass-baritone Norman Treigle.\nEmily pursued her master of music degree at Rice University\u2019s Shepherd School of Music, where she received her bachelor of music degree in 2020. She is also a graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where she began her vocal training with her mother, Phyllis Treigle.\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} ARR. P. CAMPBELLA Christmas Celebration Overture HERBERT/McALISTER March of the Toys from Babes in Toylan TCHAIKOVSKY Suite from The Nutcracker, Opus 71a: II.c) Danse Russe, Trépak OLERIDGE-TAYLOR/BAYNES Christmas Overture STEPHENSON “I Saw Three Ships/Jeanette, Isabella” ARR. L. RICHMAN Hanukkah Festival Overture [with cut TBC] JARAMILLO/A. RODRÍGUEZ “I Saw Three Ships/Jeanette, Isabella” STEPHENSON México, Ángel y Pastor ADAM/LUCK “O Holy Night” ANDERSON Sleigh Ride ARR. R. WENDEL “A Merry Christmas Sing-Along”

data-filter="[2024 12|2024 12|2024 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Jones Hall will be filled with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the iconic “Hallelujah” Chorus, in this powerful presentation of the greatest story ever told. What concertgoers are saying: “Attending the Symphony, especially with choral performances, is a moment of magic.” —Carolyn B. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jonathan Cohen|,|bio|:|Jonathan Cohen has forged a remarkable career as a conductor, cellist, and keyboardist. Well-known for his passion and commitment to chamber music, Jonathan is equally at home in such diverse activities as baroque opera and the classical symphonic repertoire. He is artistic director of Handel and Haydn Society, artistic director of Arcangelo, music director of Les Violons du Roy, and artistic director of Tetbury Festival. In 2025, he becomes artistic advisor to the London Handel Festival.\nThroughout the 2024-25 Season, Jonathan returns to Kammerorchester Basel and directs performances of St. Matthew Passion with both Rotterdam Philharmonic and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He returns to Glyndebourne Festival for a revival of Barrie Kosky\u2019s production of Handel\u2019s Saul. He leads both the Handel and Haydn Society and Houston Symphony in Messiah; and with Handel and Haydn, he conducts Haydn\u2019s The Seasons, Mozart\u2019s Requiem, and Beethoven\u2019s Mass in C.\nJonathan founded Arcangelo in 2010 to create high quality bespoke projects. The ensemble was the first named Baroque Ensemble in Residence at Wigmore Hall, where it enjoys a continuing close association, and has toured to Philharmonie Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, Barbican Centre, K\u00f6lner Philharmonie, Salzburg Festival, and MA Festival Bruges, with three appearances at the BBC Proms, including the premiere of Handel\u2019s Theodora (2018) and a televised performance of Bach\u2019s St. Matthew Passion (2021). It is Principal Ensemble in Residence at the London Handel Festival in 2025.\nArcangelo\u2019s founding commitment to the recording studio has produced 30 critically lauded albums, including Arias for Guadagni and Bach Cantatas with Iestyn Davies (Hyperion, Gramophone Award 2012 and 2017), Mozart\u2019s Violin Concertos with Vilde Frang (Warner, ECHO Klassik Award 2015), C.P.E. Bach\u2019s Cello Concertos with Nicolas Altstaedt (Hyperion, BBC Music Magazine Award 2017), Buxtehude Trio Sonatas Op.1 (Alpha Classics, Grammy 2018 nominee), Tiranno with Kate Lindsey (Alpha, Sunday Times Records of the Year 2021). Arcangelo\u2019s latest recordings include Handel\u2019s Theodora, Sacroprofano with Tim Mead, Handel\u2019s Chandos Anthems (Alpha, releasing 2025), and a landmark project with Nicolas Altstaedt to make the first survey on period instruments of Boccherini Cello Concertos (Alpha).\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jo\u00e9lle Harvey|,|bio|:|A\u00a0native of Bolivar, New York, American soprano Jo\u00e9lle Harvey has built a reputation as one of the finest singers of her generation, performing major roles on stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, Glyndebourne, Royal Opera House, Z\u00fcrich Opera, Teatro La Fenice, and the Festival d\u2019Aix-en-Provence.\nJo\u00e9lle begins a richly-varied 2024-25 Season with Jane Glover and Music of the Baroque for Haydn\u2019s Creation, returning to Chicago later in the season for the composer\u2019s Paukenmesse with the Chicago Symphony (Manfred Honeck conducting). She sings Mozart\u2019s Requiem with the St. Louis Symphony (St\u00e9phane Den\u00e8ve), a program of Poulenc and Ravel in a return to the Milwaukee Symphony, and Mahler\u2019s 2nd Symphony Resurrection for conductor Robin Ticciati\u2019s final season with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. The season promises performances of Handel\u2019s Messiah with the Houston Symphony, selections from Bach\u2019s Christmas Oratorio with the Cincinnati Symphony, Bach\u2019s Easter Oratorio and Magnificatwith the Cleveland Orchestra, St. John Passion with Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s and Bernard Labadie, and Handel cantatas with Boston\u2019s Handel and Haydn Society and Jonathan Cohen. During Summer 2025, she returns to the role of Anne Trulove in Chas Rader-Shieber\u2019s new production of The Rake\u2019s Progress at Des Moines Opera. Future seasons include leading roles with the Bayerische Staatsoper and Santa Fe Opera.\nThe soprano began the 2023-24 Season with an appearance at London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, performing the role of Tirsi in Handel\u2019s Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, with Harry Bicket leading The English Concert. She sang Handel\u2019s Messiah with the San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony, North Carolina Symphony and Handel and Haydn Society, and Faure\u2019s Requiemwith the National Symphony Orchestra. Season debuts included the Houston Symphony for Orff\u2019s Carmina burana, and the New World Symphony for Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony. Notably, Jo\u00e9lle joined two long-tenured music directors for their farewell seasons: Louis Langr\u00e9e, leading the Cincinnati Symphony in Brahms\u2019 Ein deutsches Requiem, and the Kansas City Symphony\u2019s Michael Stern, in performances of Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2.\n|,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jennifer Johnson Cano|,|bio|:|Jennifer Johnson Cano\u2019s performance in Santa Fe Opera\u2019s recent premiere of The Righteous earned her accolades from The New York Times, which noted how she \u201cvoluptuously captured\u201d the pain and strength of her character. The Wall Street Journal described her as \u201criveting,\u201d and Opera News has described her as a \u201cmatchless interpreter of contemporary opera.\u201d\nHer 2024\u201325 Season highlights include roles in Die Walk\u00fcre and G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra\u2019s productions of Wagner\u2019s Ring Cycle, Bruckner\u2019s Te Deum with the Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain, Haydn\u2019s Mass in Time of Warat the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as holiday performances of Bach\u2019s Christmas Oratorio with the Cincinnati Symphony and Handel\u2019s Messiah with the Houston Symphony. She also performs in Arizona Opera\u2019s production of Aidaand in A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream with Opera Theatre of St. Louis.\nJennifer undertakes a\u00a0balance of orchestral, opera, and chamber music performances each season.\u00a0Recent highlights include performances with Houston Grand Opera, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the FLUX Quartet. She has collaborated on numerous projects with The Cleveland Orchestra and Franz Welser-M\u00f6st, as well as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel in both the United States and Europe. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, and Atlanta Symphony.\nHighlights of Jennifer\u2019s operatic career have included the roles of Donna Elvira, Carmen, and Offred with Boston Lyric Opera; performances of\u00a0El Ni\u00f1o\u00a0with the London Symphony Orchestra; and Carmen with New Orleans Opera. She has appeared in more than 100 performances on the stage at The Metropolitan Opera since her debut 14 years ago. Jennifer debuted the role of Virginia Woolf in the world premiere of Kevin Puts\u2019s The Hours with The Philadelphia Orchestra about which The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote, \u201c\u2026her mezzo-soprano tone was deeply alluring.\u201d\nJennifer joined the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program at The Metropolitan Opera after winning the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Among her honors are winner of the Young Concert Artist International Auditions, a\u00a0Sara Tucker Study Grant, a Richard Tucker Career Grant, and a George London Award.\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Andrew Haji|,|bio|:|Tenor Andrew Haji is one of the most sought-after voices on concert and operatic stages across North America and Europe. His upcoming season includes debuts with the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, Kansas City Symphony, and NDR Hannover. Additionally, he makes returns to the Houston Symphony, Carnegie Hall with Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s, and Boston\u2019s Handel and Haydn Society. On the opera stage, Andrew debuts the titular role of Mozart\u2019s La clemenza di Tito for Pacific Opera Victoria. He continues to frequently collaborate with conductors of note, including Manfred Honeck, Bernard Labadie, Jonathan Cohen, Andrew Manze, Rafael Payare, and Alexander Shelley.\nDuring the 2023-24 Season, he appeared with the Seattle Symphony and Grand Philharmonic Choir (Bach\u2019s Johannes Passion), Victoria Symphony (Handel\u2019s Messiah), Calgary Symphony (Bruckner\u2019s Te Deum), Carnegie Hall (Bach\u2019s Weihnachtsoratorium), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (Verdi\u2019s Requiem) and at the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9), where he last appeared as Don Ottavio in Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni. \nIn 2023-23, Andrew made international debuts with the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts in Taiwan in his signature role of Nemorino in L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore, and the Edinburgh Festival for Handel\u2019s Saul. He appeared as MacDuff (Macbeth) for Calgary Opera, as Alfredo (La traviata) with the Kitchener Waterloo Symphony, and as Rodolfo (La boh\u00e8me) for Orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des M\u00e9lomanes. he starred in various digital and streaming productions through the 2020-21 Season, including Mozart\u2019s Requiem for the Canadian Opera Company, and as Rinuccio in the company\u2019s streamed production of Puccini\u2019s Gianni Schicchi.\nOther notable appearances include Les Violons du Roy (Bach Cantatas), Chorus Niagara (Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis), Orchestre symphonique de Montr\u00e9al (Haydn\u2019s Creation), the Victoria Symphony (Mozart\u2019s Requiem), Edmonton Opera (La boh\u00e8me), Calgary Opera (La traviata), Victoria Symphony (Beethoven\u2019s Ninth), and with the Elora Festival (Bach\u2019s Mass in B minor). He has received awards from the Marilyn Horne Song Competition, the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble, and was the winner of the Grand Prix at the 50thInternational Vocal Competition in \u2018s-Hertogenbosch, and the Montreal International Music Competition\u2019s Oratorio Prize.\n|,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Sumuel|,|bio|:|In the 24\/25 season, American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel, lauded as having \u201cvocals that are smooth and ingratiating\u201d (Daily Camera) will return to the Metropolitan Opera to sing the title role in Le nozze di Figaro, sing his first performances of Porgy in Porgy and Bess with Washington National Opera, and Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with the Canadian Opera Company and LA Opera. An accomplished and in demand concert artist, Mr. Sumuel will make his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performing Mozart\u2019s Coronation Mass, perform the Faur\u00e9 Requiem with the San Francisco Symphony, Bach\u2019s Christmas Oratorio with Music of the Baroque and Dame Jane Glover, Mozart\u2019s Requiem with the Salzburg Camarata, again with Dame Jane Glover, and Handel\u2019s Messiah with Jonathan Cohen and the Houston Symphony.\nOperatic highlights include the Metropolitan Opera (Reginald in X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X and Belcore, L\u2019Elisir d\u2019Amore), San Francisco Opera (Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro; Escamillo, Carmen; Elviro, Xerxes), Lyric Opera of Chicago (Masetto, Don Giovanni), Houston Grand Opera (Belcore, Sharpless, Marcello, Papageno in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te and Frank in Die Fledermaus), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Sharpless, Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, Theseus in A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream), Norwegian National Opera (Alidoro in La cenerentola and Escamillo), Seattle Opera (Figaro; Leporello, Don Giovanni), Detroit Opera (Forester, The Cunning Little Vixen and Elviro), Santa Fe Opera (Escamillo), and LA Opera (Jesus in The St. Matthew Passion).\nIn concert, previous work has included\u00a0Messiah\u00a0with\u00a0San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, the United States Naval Academy, New Jersey Symphony, Phoenix Symphony and University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, Mozart\u2019s Mass in C Minor with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Seattle Symphony, and Mozart\u2019s Requiem with the New York Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Music of the Baroque, Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s and North Carolina Symphony. Other repertoire includes Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis (Pittsburgh Symphony and Grant Park Music Festival), Bach\u2019s Christmas Oratorio (Les violons du Roy), Christus and bass solos in Bach\u2019s The Passion According to St. John (Seattle Symphony), the Faur\u00e9 Requiem (National Symphony Orchestra), Haydn\u2019s Theresienmesse (Grant Park Music Festival), Bach\u2019s Easter Oratorio (Music of the Baroque), Puccini\u2019s Messa di Gloria (San Diego Symphony), the bass solos Bach\u2019s St. John Passion (Music of the Baroque), Haydn\u2019s Lord Nelson Mass (Pacific Chorale), the bass solos in Bach\u2019s St. Matthew Passion as well as the Magnificat (Music of the Baroque, Mercury Houston) and finally, Bach cantatas BWV 61 and 140 (Handel and Haydn Society). Frequent conductor collaborators include Dame Jane Glover, Jonathan Cohen, Bernard Labadie, James Conlon, Zubin Mehta, Patrick Summers, Jaap van Zweden, Marc Minkowski and more.\nMr. Sumuel\u2019s competition accolades include being awarded a Richard Tucker Career Grant, Metropolitan Opera National Council audition Grand Finalist and a winner of the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition. A Texas native, he is an alumnus of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera and the Filene Young Artist program at Wolf Trap Opera. He currently resides in San Francisco with his wife and son.\n|,|title|:|bass-baritone|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:|The Houston Symphony Chorus is one of Houston\u2019s oldest and most distinguished musical organizations.\nOver the years, the Chorus has sung with dozens of the world\u2019s most notable conductors, including Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada, Steven Reineke, Michael Krajewski, Robert Shaw, Andr\u00e9 Previn, Leopold Stokowski, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir John Barbirolli, Ferenc Fricsay, Lawrence Foster, and Hans Graf, to name only a very few.\nIn addition to performances in Jones Hall, the Symphony\u2019s home venue, the Chorus has also delighted audiences in various concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.\nRecent reactions to its performances include:\nClassical\/Chorus: \u201c\u2026beautifully balanced, modulated sound that seamlessly blended with the orchestra.\u201d\n\u2014Review of\u00a0A German Requiem, Houston Chronicle, May 8, 2018\nClassical\/Chorus: \u201c\u2026 the chorus was magnificent.\u201d\n\u2014Review of\u00a0Stabat Mater, Houston Chronicle, September 27, 2018\nThe Chorus consists entirely of volunteer singers who have considerable musical skill, vocal talent, and choral experience. They audition for placement each year.\u00a0 The Chorus performance schedule is possibly the busiest in the country, consisting of up to fourteen different sets of repertoire for a total of 45 concerts.\nThe Chorus has enjoyed the leadership of seven directors: Alfred Urbach (1946\u20131986), A. Clyde Roller (1967\u20131968), Wayne Bedford (1968\u20131969), Don Strong (1969\u20131977), Virginia Babikian (1977\u20131986), Charles Hausmann (1986\u20132014), and Dr. Betsy Cook Weber (2014\u20132022).\u00a0 Because of Dr. Hausmann\u2019s extraordinarily long service, he was named Director Emeritus upon his retirement.\nOver the years, the Chorus has sung with dozens of the world\u2019s most notable conductors, including Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada, Steven Reineke, Michael Krajewski, Robert Shaw, Andr\u00e9 Previn, Leopold Stokowski, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir John Barbirolli, Ferenc Fricsay, Lawrence Foster, and Hans Graf, to name only a very few.\nIn addition to performances in Jones Hall, the Symphony\u2019s home venue, the Chorus has also delighted audiences in various concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.\nRecent reactions to its performances include:\nClassical\/Chorus: \u201c\u2026beautifully balanced, modulated sound that seamlessly blended with the orchestra.\u201d\n\u2014Review of\u00a0A German Requiem, Houston Chronicle, May 8, 2018\nClassical\/Chorus: \u201c\u2026 the chorus was magnificent.\u201d\n\u2014Review of\u00a0Stabat Mater, Houston Chronicle, September 27, 2018\nThe Chorus consists entirely of volunteer singers who have considerable musical skill, vocal talent, and choral experience. They audition for placement each year.\u00a0 The Chorus performance schedule is possibly the busiest in the country, consisting of up to fourteen different sets of repertoire for a total of 45 concerts.\n|,|title|:|chorus|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} HANDEL  Messiah

data-filter="[2024 12|][jones-hall|][December|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Members of the Houston Symphony brass section welcome you for a concert brimming with holiday cheer! Featuring exquisite classical works by Bach and Gabrieli, beloved selections from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and festive favorites like Sleigh Ride and Joy to the World, these are the sounds that make the season sing. What to Expect: A joyful celebration filled with music you know and love Feel the power of the Houston Symphony’s brass section, up-close and personal, in this unique holiday event A heartwarming concert the whole family will enjoy {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Gonzalo Farias|,|bio|:|An engaging orchestral conductor, award-winning pianist, and passionate educator, Gonzalo Farias is the Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony. In an ever-changing world, Gonzalo\u2019s desire is to establish music-making as a way of rethinking our place in society by cultivating respect, trust, and cooperation among all people in our community.\nGonzalo Farias served previously as the Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, the Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony, the Assistant Conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Conducting Fellow at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Praised by his \u201cclear, engaging\u201d style \u201cwith a lyrical, almost Zen-like quality\u201d, Farias has been established \u201cas a focused, musical artist who knows what he wants and how to get it \u2013 with grace and substance.\u201d As former Music Director of the Joliet Symphony Orchestra, Farias embraced the city of Joliet and its Hispanic residents of the greater Chicago area with pre-concert lectures, Latin-based repertoire, and a unique side-by-side bilingual narration of Bizet\u2019s Carmen.\nFarias was recently selected to conduct at the esteemed Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, the most important showcase for conductors in America. Designed by the League of American Orchestras, the National Conductor Preview chooses the most promising talents in the world for their podium gift and commitment to the future of American orchestras. Farias was also appointed by the National Endowment for the Arts as a reviewing member for the Grant for Art Projects, judging applications from diverse music institutions to support the latest and most important artistic endeavors in the US.\nDuring the summers, Farias has worked with Jaap Van Zweden and Johannes Schlaefli at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland as well as with Neeme and Paavo J\u00e4rvi at the P\u00e4rnu Music Festival. In the United States, he was a two-time recipient of the prestigious Bruno Walter Memorial Conducting Scholarship at the Cabrillo Music Festival and named \u201cEmergent Conductor\u201d by Victor Yampolsky at the Peninsula Music Festival. He also attended the Pierre Monteux Festival where he received the Bernard Osher Scholar Prize. Out of 566 applicants and 78 countries, he was chosen as one of 24 finalists in the prestigious 2018 Malko Conducting Competition with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Hailed by the Gramophone magazine critics, Farias offered one the \u201cmost fluent, honest, open-hearted and pointed performances\u201d.\nFarias was born in Santiago de Chile, where he began his piano studies at age five. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree at the P.C. University of Chile and then continued his graduate piano studies at the New England Conservatory as a full-scholarship student of Wha-Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman. He has won first prize at the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition and awards at the Maria Canals and Luis Sigall Piano Competitions. As a conductor, Farias attended the University of Illinois working with Donald Schleicher, the Peabody Conservatory with Marin Alsop, and worked privately with Larry Rachleff and Otto-Werner Mueller.\nBesides having a fond love for piano, chamber, and contemporary music, Farias is a passionate supporter of second-order cybernetics as a way to help understand communication and how complex systems organize, coordinate, and interconnect with one another. This includes the interdependent and recursive nature of musical experiences, in which performers and audiences alike interact, respond, and co-create each other\u2019s space. His final Doctoral thesis \u201cLogical Predictions and Cybernetics\u201d explores the case of Cornelius Cardew\u2019s \u201cThe Great Learning\u201d to redefine music activity as a self-organized organization. In addition to that, he has a warm affection for his formal studies of Zen Buddhism, which has been a major influence on his approach to music and life.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Brass|,|bio|:||,|title|:|ensemble|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Percussion|,|bio|:||,|title|:|ensemble|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} HANDEL/DiLORENZO  Joy to the World J.S. BACH/J. LUKE  Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio) for Orchestral Brass Jauchzet, frohlockett Chorale: Schaut hin! dort liegt im finstern Stall Recitative: Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel Chorale: Wir singen dir in deinem Heer Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen GABRIELI/KING  Canzon septimi toni No. 2 from Sacrae Symphoniae TCHAIKOVSKY/T. HIGGINS  Suite from The Nutcracker Ouverture miniature: Allegro giusto March: Tempo di marcia viva Danse Arabe: Allegretto Trepak: Tempo di trepak, molto vivace KENT-GANNON-RAM/R. MEYER. I’ll Be Home for Christmas DiLORENZO  Fum Fum Fun MARTIN-BLANE/COMSTOCK  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Arr. C. HAJIAN  Hanukah Trilogy Sevivon:  Leggiero Maoz Tzur:  Andante Dreydel:  Theme and Variations:  Slow, rubato arr. D. RICHARD  A Wintry Mix ANDERSON/D. RICHARD  Sleigh Ride PRAETORIUS/T. HIGGINS  Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming)

data-filter="[2024 12|][jones-hall|][December|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" José Hernández and his world-renowned, platinum-selling Mariachi Sol de México perform treasured holiday classics and favorites from the mariachi songbook in this holiday fiesta. Performance does not include the Houston Symphony. What to Expect: The perfect kickoff to Christmas week! A fun-filled holiday fiesta filled with beloved holiday songs and mariachi favorites An uplifting, family-friendly concert guaranteed to get you in the holiday spirit {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jose Hernandez|,|bio|:|Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez is a master of mariachi music.\nThe Grammy-winning world-renowned musician, composer, and music educator, is founder of the world-famous Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico and America\u2019s first all-female professional mariachi ensemble Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. He also directs the mariachi ensemble that plays at L.A. Rams football games.\nJos\u00e9\u2019s family hails from Miraflores, Jalisco. He is a seven-generation mariachi whose family, arguably the longest continuous mariachi family, has played music professionally since the 1700s when Mexico was New Spain. Jos\u00e9\u2019s daughter, Crystal, is following the family tradition, joining her father\u2019s ensemble Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles.\nJos\u00e9 and his Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico received their latest Latin Grammy nomination in 2022 for their album 40 Aniversario Embajadores del Mariachi, a collection of classic rancheras. Jos\u00e9 has nine Latin Grammy nominations, and the ensemble has seven. His arrangements and orchestrations have led his mariachi to share the stage with Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Jalisco Symphony. Recently, the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra debuted his composition Rapsodia para un mariachi. Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico has played sold-out concerts from Madison Square Garden to Beijing, China, and Pyongyang, North Korea. It has played for five U.S. presidents from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama.\nThe versatility of Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico de Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez led to amazing collaborations with legacy artists such as The Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, Selena, Linda Ronstadt, Juan Gabriel, Jose Feliciano, Vicente Fern\u00e1ndez, and a record-breaking tour with superstar Luis Miguel. The ensemble has also provided music for the soundtracks for films Old Gringo, American Me, Rango, Glory Road, Sea Biscuit, Don Juan de Marco, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and many more.\nJos\u00e9 works tirelessly to inspire and empower the next generation of musicians, helping to create mariachi music programs in schools in 37 states. He founded The Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez’ Mariachi Nationals and Summer Institute and the Mariachi Heritage Society. In 2021, he received the Cesar Chavez Legacy of Service Award, recognized for his work elevating the perception of mariachi music throughout the world.\n|,|title|:|Musical Director |,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Mariachi Sol De Mexico de Jose Hernandez|,|bio|:|In 1981, at the age of 23, Mr. Jose Hernandez founded Mariachi Sol de Mexico in Los Angeles, California. As true representatives of a treasured musical heritage, the 33 year old Mariachi Sol de Mexico has grown to become a dynamic team that has accepted the mantel as the nation\u2019s mariachi ambassadors. More than any American citizen, Maestro Hernandez is responsible for the recognition that this musical tradition is receiving throughout the world. His ensemble of musical artists brings together refined vocal power and superb musicianship. His 13 member concert mariachi ensemble is one of the finest mariachi ensembles to be found both in Mexico and the United States.\nMr. Hernandez’ compositions are bright, splashy celebrations. No one else in the mariachi music scene navigates traditional Mexican folk, classical, and pop music with such grace. Their 8th CD was nominated for a Grammy in 2001 (Tequila con Limon con El Mariachi Sol de Mexico). This nomination made them the first mariachi ensemble to receive such an honor. Their 13th CD, 25 Anniversario Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez y Su Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico, was also nominated for a Grammy in 2007.\nTheir most recent recording, LA MUSICA, Mariachi Sol de M\u00e9xico de Jos\u00e9 Hern\u00e1ndez con La Sinf\u00f3nica Nacional de Las Am\u00e9ricas, was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2013. Hernandez has taken his ensemble to perform with the New Mexico, Denver, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles symphony orchestras.\nSol has recorded with American and Mexican artists such as Linda Ronstadt, Willie Nelson, Juan Gabriel, Lola Beltran, Vicente Fernandez, Green Day, Luis Miguel, Shaila Durcal, and Vikki Carr.\nMr. Hernandez has grown to become an American cultural ambassador having toured to Spain, Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia, as well as holding the distinction of being the first mariachi to perform in the People\u2019s Republic of China and North Korea.\nJose Hernandez comes from a family that has been performing mariachi music for five generations. He has shared the stage with his five brothers since the age of three. His fluent mastery of the medium has led him to assist in many film scores. He has participated in more than 20 Hollywood soundtracks including Rango, Seabiscuit, Don Juan De Marco, and A Million to Juan. Mariachi Sol de Mexico represents 126 years of mariachi tradition. 2016 marks their 35th Anniversary.\n|,|title|:|Mariachi|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 01|2025 01|2025 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" What better way to toast 2025 than with the always fun and fabulous Pink Martini? The world-famous “little orchestra,” featuring original lead singer China Forbes, will get you in the mood to party with a fresh, fizzy cocktail of multi-lingual delights, from music of Brazilian Samba to jaunty Parisian café songs to retro jazz and old-fashioned pop. Performance does not include the Houston Symphony. https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/xn12o98pqf What to Expect: An upbeat, high-energy evening of entertainment from one-of-a-kind international sensation, Pink Martini Joyful, dance-friendly songs to make your new year swing A dynamic, multi-lingual fusion of musical genres from around the world {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|China Forbes|,|bio|:|China Forbes was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She graduated cum laude from Harvard, majoring in painting and English literature, with a minor in theater. After winning the Jonathan Levy Prize at Harvard for \u201cmost promising actor,\u201d Forbes earned her Equity card appearing in New York regional theater and off-Broadway productions while also performing regularly as a singer\/songwriter in NYC clubs. Her first album Love Handle (November Records) was released in 1995 and she was chosen to sing “Ordinary Girl,” the theme song to the TV spin-off of the movie, Clueless (ABC\/UPN).\nIt was then that Harvard friend and classmate Thomas Lauderdale invited her to sing with fledgling Portland, Oregon band Pink Martini. China has fronted the little orchestra ever since. Co-writing many of Pink Martini\u2019s most beloved songs with Lauderdale beginning with \u201cSympathique (Je ne veux pas travailler),\u201d the duo also composed \u201cLilly,\u201d \u201cHang on Little Tomato,\u201d \u201cUna Notte a Napoli,\u201d “The Lemonade Song” and \u201cLet\u2019s Never Stop Falling in Love,\u201d among many others. In 2000, \u201cSympathique\u201d was nominated for song of the year at (the French Grammy awards) Les Victoires de la Musique.\nForbes\u2019s original song \u201cHey Eugene\u201d appears on her second solo album ’78 (Heinz Records), a collection of autobiographical folk-rock songs, and is also the title track of Pink Martini\u2019s third album. Her voice and songs have been featured prominently on acclaimed film and television soundtracks such as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Hitch, Emily in Paris, Parks and Rec, Money Heist, Sherlock and season two of The White Lotus. She sings \u201cQue Sera, Sera\u201d over the credits of Jane Campion\u2019s film In the Cut, and her original song “The Northern Line” plays over the end credits of sister Maya Forbes’ autobiographical directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear (Sony Pictures Classics).\nWith Pink Martini, Forbes has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman, Later with Jools Holland, Late Night with Conan O\u2019Brien, and twice on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She has duetted with Rufus Wainwright, Michael Feinstein, Carol Channing and Little Jimmy Scott. Singing in over 20 languages on nine Pink Martini studio albums, China has graced the legendary stages of Carnegie Hall, Red Rocks, the Hollywood Bowl, Paris\u2019s l\u2019Olympia, the Sydney Opera House and Royal Albert Hall.\nIn 2021 China released her post-pandemic anthem \u201cFull Circle,\u201d followed by her suicide prevention anthem \u201cRise,\u201d both featured tracks on her upcoming solo album The Road, set for release May 17, 2024. China Forbes is the recipient of the 2022 Ella Fitzgerald Award at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. Previous winners include Diana Ross, Etta James, Liza Minelli, Diana Krall and Aretha Franklin.\n|,|title|:|vocalist |,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Pink Martini|,|bio|:|In 1994, in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking he would run for mayor one day. Like other eager politicians-in-training, he went to every political fundraiser under the sun\u2026 but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming, lackluster, loud, and un-neighborly. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world\u2014crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop\u2014and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the \u201clittle orchestra\u201d Pink Martini in 1994. His aim? To provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers supporting causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education, and parks.\nOne year later, Lauderdale called China Forbes, a Harvard classmate living in New York City, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together. Their first, \u201cSympathique,\u201d was an overnight sensation in France and nominated for Song of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Awards. To this day, it remains a mantra for striking workers: \u201cJe ne veux pas travailler (I don\u2019t want to work)\u201d.\nPink Martini has sold well over 3 million albums worldwide on their own independent label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale\u2019s dog). In 2016, Pink Martini released its ninth studio album, Je dis oui!, which features vocals from China Forbes, Storm Large, Ari Shapiro, fashion guru Ikram Goldman, civil rights activist Kathleen Saadat, and Rufus Wainwright. The album\u2019s 15 tracks span eight languages (French, Farsi, Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Xhosa and English), and affirm the band\u2019s history of global inclusivity and collaborative spirit.\u00a0 In 2019, Pink Martini collaborated on a new release with the international singing sensation Meow Meow, entitled Hotel Amour, and also released two 5-song EPs, Besame Mucho, featuring regular guest singer Edna Vazquez, and Tomorrow, featuring regular guest singer Jimmie Herrod, a finalist on 2021\u2019s season of NBC\u2019s America\u2019s Got Talent. During their pandemic hiatus, the band released two new digital singles written by Thomas Lauderdale, China Forbes, and producer Jim Bianco, \u201cLet\u2019s Be Friends,\u201d and \u201cThe Lemonade Song,\u201d which has over 10 million streams on Spotify alone.\nFeaturing more than a dozen musicians, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire throughout the world. Says Lauderdale, \u201cWe\u2019re very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent a broader, more inclusive America\u2026 the America which remains the most heterogeneously populated country in the world\u2026 composed of people of every country, every language, every religion.\u201d\nThe band made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony the following year. Since then, Pink Martini has played with more than 50 orchestras internationally, including Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Pops, National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, and the BBC Concert Orchestra at London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall. Other appearances include a performance at the official post-Oscars celebration Governors Ball, four sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall, the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in New York, multiple sellouts and a festival opening at Montreal Jazz Festival, and multiple appearances, including sellouts, at the Hollywood Ball and Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. In its 20th year, Pink Martini was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame and the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. In 2024, the band is celebrating it\u2019s 30th anniversary.\n|,|title|:|ensemble|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jimmie Herrod|,|bio|:|Jimmie Herrod is a Pacific Northwest-based artist and performer who is based in Portland, Oregon. He holds a Bachelors of Music degree in music composition and performance from Cornish, and a Masters of Music in Jazz Studies from Portland State University. While he currently serves as an adjunct professor of jazz voice, he remains and active performer, both as soloist and collaborator. Jimmie has worked in Seattle\u2019s lauded musical theater scene at ArtsWest and the 5th Avenue Theater. Recent performance highlights include being a featured soloist with the Oregon Symphony\u2019s showcase in the 2018 TedX series, working with international acts such as ODESZA as well as being a regular guest vocalist with Pink Martini, touring throughout the US, Canada and Europe. In 2018 Jimmie recorded \u201cExodus\u201d, his first single with Pink Martini. In 2019 Jimmie Herrod released an EP with Pink Martini, entitled Tomorrow.\nIn spring of 2021, Jimmie was requested to audition for the current season of the hit NBC show America\u2019s Got Talent, where he quickly became both a judge and fan favorite, winning a coveted Golden Ticket for his incredible vocal performance of \u201cTomorrow\u201d. Jimmie continues to compete and advance to the semifinals of the show while touring with Pink Martini whenever possible.\n|,|title|:|vocalist |,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Thomas M. Lauderdale |,|bio|:|Raised on a plant nursery in rural Indiana, Pink Martini bandleader Thomas M. Lauderdale began piano lessons at age six with Patricia Garrison.\u00a0 When his family moved to Portland in 1982, he began studying with Sylvia Killman, who to this day continues to serve as his coach and mentor. He has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras and ensembles, including the Oregon Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, Portland Youth Philharmonic, Chamber Music Northwest and several collaborations with Oregon Ballet Theatre.\u00a0 In 2008, he played Gershwin\u2019s Piano Concerto in F with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Christoph Campestrini.\nActive in Oregon politics since a student at U.S. Grant High School (where he was student body president), Thomas served under Portland Mayor Bud Clark and Oregon governor Neil Goldschmidt. In 1991, he worked under Portland City Commissioner Gretchen Kafoury on the drafting and passage of the city\u2019s civil rights ordinance. He graduated with honors from Harvard with a degree in History and Literature in 1992.\u00a0 He spent most of his collegiate years, however, in cocktail dresses, taking on the role of \u201ccruise director\u201d \u2026 throwing waltzes with live orchestras and ice sculptures, disco masquerades with gigantic pineapples on wheels, midnight swimming parties, and operating a Tuesday night coffeehouse called Caf\u00e9 Mardi.\nInstead of running for political office, Lauderdale founded Pink Martini in 1994 to play political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, the environment, affordable housing and public broadcasting. In addition to his work with Pink Martini, Lauderdale has most recently completed two long awaited collaborations with dear friends.\u00a0 In 2018 he completed Love for Sale, an album of jazz standards with singer\/civil rights leader Kathleen Saadat, that began as a gift to a few friends and ended up being a Billboard Jazz charts-ranking album the month it was released.\nIn 2019, Thomas Lauderdale and members of Pink Martini collaborated on a new release with the international singing sensation Meow Meow. The album Hotel Amour – the culmination of almost a decade of work- features guest appearances by Rufus Wainwright, The von Trapps, Barry Humphries (of Dame Edna fame), and the inimitable late French pianist and composer, Michel Legrand. Currently, Thomas is collaborating with the iconic Iranian singer Googoosh, on her forthcoming album. Spring of 2023 saw the long-awaited release of Thomas Lauderdale Meets the Pilgrims, his collaboration with Portland\u2019s own surf-rock indie icons, Satan\u2019s Pilgrims.\nLauderdale currently serves on the boards of the Oregon Symphony, Pioneer Courthouse Square, the Oregon Historical Society, and the Confluence Project with Maya Lin. He lives in Portland with his partner Hunter Noack.\n|,|title|:|pianist|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}

data-filter="[2025 01|2025 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Tap into your inner hero and envision yourself on an epic quest as the orchestra performs Bruckner’s sweeping and expansive Symphony No. 4. Drawing inspiration from the romance and adventure of medieval times, Bruckner 4 captivates from the opening horn call to the heart-pounding, brass-filled finale. A momentous weekend is in store as we celebrate two special milestones: the 200th anniversary of Bruckner’s birthday; and the upcoming 85th birthday of our beloved former Music Director, Christoph Eschenbach. https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/uniszlfzfm What to Expect: An epic experience An immersive musical world capturing the romance and adventure of medieval times Celebrate a Houston legend! Our beloved former Music Director Christoph Eschenbach returns to lead these concerts, right before his 85th birthday. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Christoph Eschenbach|,|bio|:|This weekend, the Houston Symphony welcomes former Music Director Christoph Eschenbach back to Jones Hall for a special, double birthday celebration. Christoph served as the Houston Symphony\u2019s Music Director from 1988 to 1999, a dynamic tenure that included tours to Europe and Japan as well as numerous recordings, several of which are now regarded as classics. Since then, he has held prestigious posts in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C, Paris, and Berlin and has remained a welcome and frequent guest in Houston. This year marks both Eschenbach\u2019s 85th birthday and the 200thanniversary of the birth of Austrian composer Anton Bruckner, making this combination of conductor and repertoire especially timely. In recent years, Bruckner\u2019s deep, mystical music has featured frequently in Christoph\u2019s Houston programs, including a breathtaking interpretation of Bruckner\u2019s Symphony No. 8 last season. This year, he also conducts the music of Bruckner in Bamberg, Berlin, and Seville with performances of his First, Third, and Fifth Symphonies respectively. For our concerts, he has chosen Bruckner\u2019s Fourth. Premiered in Vienna in 1881, this popular work draws inspiration from the legendary realm of medieval knights and their adventures. Influenced by the operas of Wagner, Bruckner\u2019s expansive symphonic architecture and innovative chromatic harmonies imbue his works with an epic, mythic quality that continues to entrance listeners, especially when interpreted by such a sympathetic and insightful conductor as Christoph Eschenbach. \u00a92024 Calvin Dotsey\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BRUCKNER  Symphony No. 4, Romantic

data-filter="[2025 01|][jones-hall|][January|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Killer Mike is more than just a rapper—he’s a cultural icon. From his groundbreaking collaborations with Run the Jewels to his solo endeavors, Killer Mike’s music resonates with authenticity, raw energy, and a fearless commitment to speaking truth to power. Experience his music like never before as you hear tracks from his newest, three-time Grammy-winning album Michael, and more, accompanied by the epic sounds of the Mighty Midnight Revival and the Houston Symphony live.   About The Artist Atlanta’s favorite son Killer Mike gets recognized as many things — a rapper, an advocate for the disenfranchised, an entrepreneur, a Bernie Sanders whisperer, and for his widely lauded advocacy work on political and social causes — which yielded him Billboard’s inaugural 2020 Change Maker Award. Most recently his critically lauded 2023 album MICHAEL earned him three Grammy Awards (Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song & Performance for “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS”) for its complex portrait of Black southern masculinity. The honors marked his first awards from the Academy since taking home the Grammy for Best Rap Performance Duo or Group for his 2001 collaboration with Outkast, “The Whole World.” While Killer Mike has been an active solo artist for over 20 years, releasing numerous studio projects while also collaborating with some of the biggest names in hip-hop (including Outkast, Jay-Z, Big Boi, T.I., Black Thought, and more), he is also widely renowned as half of the popular hip-hop super duo, Run The Jewels, with whom he has released four studio albums alongside his partner in rhyme EL-P. Their most recent, 2020’s RTJ4, soared to the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and was met with widespread critical acclaim, landing at #1 on NME’s The Best 50 Albums of 2020 list. Named the 2020 Spin Magazine Artist of the Year, Run The Jewels have won eleven Libera Awards, including the 2021 A2IM Humanitarian Award, took home four Clio Awards, including two Gold-winning Music Marketing campaigns, and received a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song. In addition to his success as a musician, Killer Mike has gained wide recognition beyond the industry. He has acted in several films, including Baby Driver, Idlewild, and ATL and showed up TV cameos on Ozark and Billions. He also provided voiceover for the 2021 Netflix film America: The Motion Picture and is the host of multiple series including the Emmy Award winning PBS show Love & Respect with Killer Mike, Facebook’s Roll’N with Killer Mike, and Netflix’s Trigger Warning with Killer Mike, while also turning in regular speaking appearances on Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Real Time with Bill Maher. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke is one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. He is in his second decade as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\nSteven is a frequent guest conductor and can be seen on the podium with the Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.\nOn stage, he creates and collaborates with a range of leading artists from the worlds hip-hop, R & B, Broadway, television, and rock including: Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Ne-Yo, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Barry Manilow, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Rector, Cody Fry, Sutton Foster, Amos Lee, Dispatch, Jason Mraz, and Ben Folds, among others.\nIn 2024, he led the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on PBS\u2019s Next at the Kennedy Center featuring Ben Folds DeClassified with Jacob Collier, Laufey, and dodie. He was previously seen with the NSO on PBS on Great Performances with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic. In 2017, he was featured on National Public Radio\u2019s All Things Considered leading the NSO\u2014in a first for the show\u2019s 45-year history\u2014performing live music excerpts between news segments.\nAs the creator of hundreds orchestral arrangements, Steven\u2019s work is performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony\u2019s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan\u2019s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are perennially performed by concert bands.\nA native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio (2020 Alumnus Distinguished Achievement Medal), where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Killer Mike|,|bio|:|Atlanta’s favorite son Killer Mike gets recognized as many things \u2014 a rapper, an advocate for the disenfranchised, an entrepreneur, a Bernie Sanders whisperer, and for his widely lauded advocacy work on political and social causes \u2014 which yielded him Billboard’s inaugural 2020 Change Maker Award. Most recently his critically lauded 2023 album MICHAEL earned him three Grammy Awards (Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song & Performance for “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS”) for its complex portrait of Black southern masculinity. The honors marked his first awards from the Academy since taking home the Grammy for Best Rap Performance Duo or Group for his 2001 collaboration with Outkast, “The Whole World.”\nWhile Killer Mike has been an active solo artist for over 20 years, releasing numerous studio projects while also collaborating with some of the biggest names in hip-hop (including Outkast, Jay-Z, Big Boi, T.I., Black Thought, and more), he is also widely renowned as half of the popular hip-hop super duo, Run The Jewels, with whom he has released four studio albums alongside his partner in rhyme EL-P. Their most recent, 2020’s RTJ4, soared to the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 and was met with widespread critical acclaim, landing at #1 on NME’s The Best 50 Albums of 2020 list. Named the 2020 Spin Magazine Artist of the Year, Run The Jewels have won eleven Libera Awards, including the 2021 A2IM Humanitarian Award, took home four Clio Awards, including two Gold-winning Music Marketing campaigns, and received a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Rap Song.\nIn addition to his success as a musician, Killer Mike has gained wide recognition beyond the industry. He has acted in several films, including Baby Driver, Idlewild, and ATL and showed up TV cameos on Ozark and Billions. He also provided voiceover for the 2021 Netflix film America: The Motion Picture and is the host of multiple series including the Emmy Award winning PBS show Love & Respect with Killer Mike, Facebook’s Roll’N with Killer Mike, and Netflix’s Trigger Warning with Killer Mike, while also turning in regular speaking appearances on Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Real Time with Bill Maher.\n|,|title|:|artist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 01|2025 01|2025 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Relive the magic of your favorite wizard in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert. Based on the third installment of the classic saga, the thrilling tale is accompanied by the music of a live symphony orchestra as Harry soars across the big screen. From the moment Harry uses the Marauder’s Map to when the Patronus Charm bursts from his wand, you’ll be transported back into the world you love. WIZARDING WORLD and all related trademarks, characters, names, and indicia are © & ™ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights © JKR. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke is one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. He is in his second decade as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\nSteven is a frequent guest conductor and can be seen on the podium with the Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.\nOn stage, he creates and collaborates with a range of leading artists from the worlds hip-hop, R & B, Broadway, television, and rock including: Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Ne-Yo, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Barry Manilow, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Rector, Cody Fry, Sutton Foster, Amos Lee, Dispatch, Jason Mraz, and Ben Folds, among others.\nIn 2024, he led the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on PBS\u2019s Next at the Kennedy Center featuring Ben Folds DeClassified with Jacob Collier, Laufey, and dodie. He was previously seen with the NSO on PBS on Great Performances with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic. In 2017, he was featured on National Public Radio\u2019s All Things Considered leading the NSO\u2014in a first for the show\u2019s 45-year history\u2014performing live music excerpts between news segments.\nAs the creator of hundreds orchestral arrangements, Steven\u2019s work is performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony\u2019s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan\u2019s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are perennially performed by concert bands.\nA native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio (2020 Alumnus Distinguished Achievement Medal), where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 01|2025 01|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Filled with irresistible melodies and staggering virtuoso demands, Beethoven’s Violin Concerto is one of the best-known and best-loved concertos of all time—and it’s in good hands with the Symphony’s Concertmaster, Yoonshin Song. Known for beautiful melodies and a haunting ending that fades into silence, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 channels an entire world of emotion. Exploring the meeting point of beauty and chaos, Anna Thorvaldsdóttir’s Metacosmos is “a rumbling, shimmering sound sculpture that completely envelopes and astonishes” (NPR Music). What to Expect: Beloved works of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky Dazzling violin virtuosity and beautiful melodies Saturday ticketholders enjoy a free After-Party: dance to a DJ, mingle with Symphony musicians, and more! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Tabita Berglund|,|bio|:|Tabita Berglund is one of today\u2019s most exciting and talented young conductors who has gained a reputation for her alert, charismatic, and inspiring style that elicits \u201cexceptional music-making\u201d (The Arts Desk). This season, Tabita begins her four-year tenure as principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra; next season, she will hold the same title with Dresdner Philharmonie.\nSeason symphonic highlights include debuts with the Houston Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony, G\u00fcrzenich-Orchester K\u00f6ln, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, and Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Her inaugural weeks at Detroit included the U.S. premiere of Anna Clyne\u2019s violin concerto, Time and Tides, with Pekka Kuusisto. Other season highlights include Tabita\u2019s Asian debut with Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, her Salzburg Easter Festival debut together with Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, a European tour with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, and returns to Dresdner Philharmonie, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre national de Lyon, Tonk\u00fcnstler-Orchester Nieder\u00f6sterreich, and Trondheim Symphony Orchestra. In December, she conducted The Norwegian National Ballet in 12 performances of Tchaikovsky\u2019s The Nutcracker.\nTabita regularly collaborates with internationally renowned soloists; recent and upcoming partnerships include Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Leila Josefowicz, Truls M\u00f8rk, C\u00e9dric Tiberghien, Nicolas Altstaedt, H\u00e5kan Hardenberger, Alexander Malofeev, the Jussen brothers, and Camilla Tilling, to name a few. She champions the music of Nordic compatriots such as Thorvaldsdottir, Saariaho, Sibelius,Svendsen, and Irgens Jensen, as part of a wide-ranging repertoire.\nShe concluded her three-year tenure as principal guest conductor of Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra at the end of\u00a02023-24. In August 2024, she chaired the jury for the grand finale of the Eurovision Young Musicians competition, broadcast live on television throughout Europe.\nTabita studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music, first as a cellist with Truls M\u00f8rk and later orchestral conducting with Ole Kristian Ruud. She played with the Oslo and Bergen Philharmonic orchestras and the Trondheim Soloists before focusing on conducting. Her debut CD, with Oslo Philharmonic and violinist Sonoko Miriam Welde, was released in 2021 (LAWO) and nominated for a Norwegian Grammy (Spellemann) in the 2022 Classical Music category.\nHarrisonParrott represents Tabita Berglund.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yoonshin Song|,|bio|:|Yoonshin Song was appointed as Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony in August 2019. Prior to that she has held the same position with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons. In Europe, Yoonshin has served as guest concertmaster of the Budapest Festival Orchestra under Iv\u00e1n Fischer for several years, and she has led the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra under numerous top-tiered conductors, such as Sir Simon Rattle, Klaus M\u00e4kel\u00e4, Daniel Harding, Mikhail Pletnev, and Antonio Pappano. She also served as guest concertmaster of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the KBS Symphony Orchestra.\nBeyond her first chair duties, Yoonshin has performed as a soloist with many orchestras around the world, including the Houston Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, the New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and the KBS Symphony Orchestra, among many others.\nShe has also participated as a soloist and a chamber musician in various roles in leading music festivals, including the ones in Verbier, Lucerne, Samos and Bayreuth in Europe, the Marlboro, Great Lakes, and Deer Valley in the United States.\nYoonshin has earned many prestigious prizes throughout her career, including top prize awards in the Lipizer International Violin Competition, the Lipinski and Wieniawski International Violin Competition, the Henry Marteau International Violin Competition, and first prize at the Stradivarius International Competition in the United States.\nShe studied under the tutelage of Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory and with Robert Mann, Glenn Dicterow, and Lisa Kim at the Manhattan School of Music.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} A. THORVALDSDÓTTIR  Metacosmos BEETHOVEN  Violin Concerto TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

data-filter="[2025 02|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Nothing says “drama” like Italian opera—and while vocal arias may be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of composers like Verdi, Puccini, and Rossini, they poured some of their most breathtakingly beautiful melodies into the orchestral music they created for their operas. In this concert, Music Director Juraj Valčuha and the orchestra share a treasure trove of overtures and interludes from Madama Butterfly, Macbeth, and more, capped off by Rossini’s famous William Tell Overture. What to Expect: Music of drama, power, and passion Gear up for Rodeo Season with a live performance of Rossini’s iconic William Tell Overture (The Lone Ranger Theme) Nothing says “amore” like Italian opera! Set the stage for a romantic evening out, just in time for Valentine’s Day {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} RESPIGHI  Belfagor: Overture CASSELLA  La donna serpente: Suite No. 2 VERDI  Macbeth: Act III Ballet Music PUCCINI  Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo from Act III PUCCINI  Suor Angelica: Intermezzo PUCCINI  Madama Butterfly: Intermezzo ROSSINI  William Tell: Overture

data-filter="[2025 02|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" A dark, mysterious castle. A husband keeping secrets. Seven locked doors, each masking a blood-stained surprise. It may sound like the perfect setup for a horror movie, but it’s actually the starting point for one of the greatest operas of the 20th century, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Buckle up for an evening of chills, thrills, and astonishing theatrical power as the story unfolds before you. We’ll set the stage with musical highlights from other landmark operas of the 20th and 21st century. What to Expect: Prepare for suspense, chills, and psychological thrills with opera’s ultimate horror story World-renowned singers bring the story to life For those looking for an “Anti-Valentine’s” activity, look no further than Duke Bluebeard’s Castle. Sketchy husbands? Blood and gore? Check, check, and check. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ekaterina Gubanova|,|bio|:|Ekaterina Gubanova studied at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the Sibelius Academy Helsinki. She started her career as a member of the Young Artists Program at the Royal Opera House in London.\nShe regularly guests at the major opera stages, including the Met in New York; the Lyric Opera Chicago; La Scala in Milano; the Rome Opera; London\u2019s Royal Opera House; the Paris Opera; the state Operas in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg; the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Theatres; the Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona; and the Teatro Real Madrid as well as the Bayreuth festival.\nHighlights of her 2024-25 Season are new productions of Das Rheingold (Fricka) in Munich with Vladimir Jurowski, Rusalka (Foreign Princess) at the Teatro di San Carlo, Tannh\u00e4user in Vienna, and a return to Paris for Don Carlos. Concert engagements take her to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Houston Symphony. She performs Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder in Naples, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony in Vienna, and with Mahler’s R\u00fcckertlieder in Valencia.\nIn the past two seasons, Ekaterina made her highly acclaimed debuts as Kundry (Parsifal) in Vienna and Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana) in Athens. Among her most important roles are Brang\u00e4ne (Tristan und Isolde) and Fricka (Rheingold and Walk\u00fcre). Her vast operatic repertoire also includes roles such as Eboli (Don Carlos), Amneris (Aida), Adalgisa (Norma), Giovanna Seymour (Anna Bolena), Marina Mniszech (Boris Godunov), Lyubasha (The Tsar’s Bride), Marguerite (Damnation du Faust), M\u00e8re Marie (Dialogues des Carmelites), Venus (Tannh\u00e4user), and Ortrud (Lohengrin).\nShe is also a sought-after concert singer and works regularly with renowned orchestras and conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sir Simon Rattle, Myung-Whun Chung, Philippe Jordan, Kirill Petrenko, and Kent Nagano. Ekaterina is frequently engaged for Verdi’s Messa da requiem, which she has sung, for example, with Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Valery Gergiev, and Riccardo Chailly. Her concert repertoire also includes works such as Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, Des Knaben Wunderhorn, and his symphonies No. 2 and No. 3; Beethoven’s 9thSymphony; and works by French and Russian composers.\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano (Judith)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|G\u00e1bor Bretz|,|bio|:|In the 2024-25 Season, Hungarian bass-baritone G\u00e1bor Bretz, called \u201cvocal nobility\u201d by\u00a0The Guardian, returned to La Monnaie\/De Munt as Die Wanderer in Pierre Audi\u2019s new production of\u00a0Siegfried,\u00a0conducted by Alain Altinoglu, after acclaimed performances there as Wotan in Romeo Castellucci\u2019s new productions of\u00a0Das Rheingold\u00a0and\u00a0Die Walk\u00fcre in 2023-24. Additional projects this season have included Dmitri Tcherniakov\u2019s new production of\u00a0Rusalka\u00a0as Vodnik at Teatro San Carlo with Dan Ettinger and Salome\u00a0at the Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de Gen\u00e8ve; as well as Gurnemanz in\u00a0Parsifal,\u00a0Filippo II in\u00a0Don Carlo,\u00a0M\u00e9phistoph\u00e9l\u00e8s in\u00a0Faust,\u00a0and the title role in\u00a0Bluebeard\u2019s Castle,\u00a0all at the Hungarian State Opera, where G\u00e1bor has been a regular performer since graduating from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. In concert, he will join the Deutsches Nationaltheater in Weimar for Bluebeard\u2019s Castle, and Pater Profundus in Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 8 with Alain Altinoglu at La Monnaie\/De Munt.\nHighlights of previous seasons include the title role of Don Quichotte (Paris Op\u00e9ra, Bregenzer Festival), Heinrich der Vogler in\u00a0Lohengrin\u00a0(Staatsoper Unter den Linden, La Monnaie\/De Munt, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Priest Grigoris in Martin\u016f\u2019s\u00a0Greek Passion\u00a0(Salzburg Festival), Jochanaan (Salzburg Festival, Festival d\u2019Aix-en-Provence), Don Pizarro in\u00a0Fidelio\u00a0(Theater an der Wien, Op\u00e9ra Comique in Paris); Scarpia in\u00a0Tosca\u00a0(Theater an der Wien, Teatro Comunale di Bologna), Escamillo in\u00a0Carmen\u00a0(Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, New National Theatre Tokyo, Staatsoper Hamburg), Sarastro in\u00a0Die Zauberfl\u00f6te\u00a0(La Monnaie\/De Munt), Ferrando in\u00a0Il trovatore\u00a0(Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Philippe II in\u00a0Don Carlos\u00a0(Staatsoper Hamburg), Gurnemanz (Hall\u00e9 Orchestra), and the Four Villains in\u00a0Les contes d\u2019Hoffmann\u00a0(La Monnaie).\nA busy concert artist, G\u00e1bor is most notable as the title role in\u00a0Bluebeard\u2019s Castle\u00a0with the Berlin Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Oregon Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, Teatro Massimo Palermo, and Stavanger Symphony Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|baritone (Bluebeard)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} U. CHIN  Alice in Wonderland: Prelude to the Mad Tea Party PROKOFIEV  The Love for Three Oranges: Symphonic Suite BRITTEN  Peter Grimes: Four Sea Interludes BARTÓK  Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

data-filter="[2025 02|2025 02|2025 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|February|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Luke Skywalker trains with Master Yoda and learns a shocking truth about Darth Vader in this critically acclaimed second installment of the original Star Wars trilogy. The action unfolds on the giant screen at Jones Hall while you experience every note of John Williams’s masterful score, live. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts https://david-early-1.wistia.com/medias/mmqwzqhkws {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke is one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. He is in his second decade as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\nSteven is a frequent guest conductor and can be seen on the podium with the Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras.\nOn stage, he creates and collaborates with a range of leading artists from the worlds hip-hop, R & B, Broadway, television, and rock including: Maxwell, Common, Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Ne-Yo, Bob Weir, Trey Anastasio, Barry Manilow, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Rector, Cody Fry, Sutton Foster, Amos Lee, Dispatch, Jason Mraz, and Ben Folds, among others.\nIn 2024, he led the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on PBS’s Next at the Kennedy Center featuring Ben Folds DeClassified with Jacob Collier, Laufey, and dodie. He was previously seen with the NSO on PBS on Great Performances with hip-hop legend Nas performing his seminal album Illmatic. In 2017, he was featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered leading the NSO\u2014in a first for the show’s 45-year history\u2014performing live music excerpts between news segments.\nAs the creator of hundreds orchestral arrangements, Steven\u2019s work is performed worldwide and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings. His symphonic works Celebration Fanfare, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, and Casey at the Bat are frequently performed in North America, including performances by the New York Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic. His Sun Valley Festival Fanfare was used to commemorate the Sun Valley Summer Symphony\u2019s pavilion, and his Festival Te Deum and Swan\u2019s Island Sojourn were debuted by the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops Orchestras. His numerous wind ensemble compositions are published by the C.L. Barnhouse Company and are perennially performed by concert bands.\nA native of Ohio, Steven is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio (2020 Alumnus Distinguished Achievement Medal), where he earned bachelor of music degrees with honors in both trumpet performance and music composition. He currently resides in New York City with his husband Eric Gabbard.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 02|2025 03|2025 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|March|March|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" “The name is Bond…James Bond.” Grab your favorite drink (shaken, not stirred) and settle in for an evening of style, sophistication, and intrigue as the Houston Symphony celebrates 60 years of 007. Tony Award-winning Broadway star Lena Hall joins the orchestra for unforgettable Bond themes spanning Connery to Craig, including favorites such as Goldfinger, Skyfall, Diamonds are Forever, and Live and Let Die. What to Expect: Channel your inner Sean Connery as the orchestra re-creates iconic favorites with a license to thrill Hear the famous “007” Main Theme, plus well known themes from Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever, and many more Martini or Vesper? Enjoy a drink at the Round Bar and make it a night to remember {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th\u00a0anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lena Hall|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 03|2025 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family Series|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:20,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" As the concert begins, the orchestra will discover that their Maestro is suddenly missing. Luckily, famous detective Sherlock Holmes is available—but to crack the case, he’ll need help from the audience! All the musicians are suspects, and no one is to be trusted. While the orchestra performs, you’ll help Sherlock investigate each of the instrument families for clues to the mystery. The game’s afoot in this fun-filled musical whodunit! Subscribe to all four PNC Family Series concerts and save 26%! | Subscribe now → {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Gonzalo Farias|,|bio|:|An engaging orchestral conductor, award-winning pianist, and passionate educator, Gonzalo Farias is the Associate Conductor of the Houston Symphony. In an ever-changing world, Gonzalo\u2019s desire is to establish music-making as a way of rethinking our place in society by cultivating respect, trust, and cooperation among all people in our community.\nGonzalo Farias served previously as the Associate Conductor of the Kansas City Symphony, the Associate Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony, the Assistant Conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and Conducting Fellow at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Praised by his \u201cclear, engaging\u201d style \u201cwith a lyrical, almost Zen-like quality\u201d, Farias has been established \u201cas a focused, musical artist who knows what he wants and how to get it – with grace and substance.\u201d As former Music Director of the Joliet Symphony Orchestra, Farias embraced the city of Joliet and its Hispanic residents of the greater Chicago area with pre-concert lectures, Latin-based repertoire, and a unique side-by-side bilingual narration of Bizet\u2019s Carmen.\nFarias was recently selected to conduct at the esteemed Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview, the most important showcase for conductors in America. Designed by the League of American Orchestras, the National Conductor Preview chooses the most promising talents in the world for their podium gift and commitment to the future of American orchestras. Farias was also appointed by the National Endowment for the Arts as a reviewing member for the Grant for Art Projects, judging applications from diverse music institutions to support the latest and most important artistic endeavors in the US. \nDuring the summers, Farias has worked with Jaap Van Zweden and Johannes Schlaefli at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland as well as with Neeme and Paavo J\u00e4rvi at the P\u00e4rnu Music Festival. In the United States, he was a two-time recipient of the prestigious Bruno Walter Memorial Conducting Scholarship at the Cabrillo Music Festival and named \u201cEmergent Conductor\u201d by Victor Yampolsky at the Peninsula Music Festival. He also attended the Pierre Monteux Festival where he received the Bernard Osher Scholar Prize. Out of 566 applicants and 78 countries, he was chosen as one of 24 finalists in the prestigious 2018 Malko Conducting Competition with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Hailed by the Gramophone magazine critics, Farias offered one the \u201cmost fluent, honest, open-hearted and pointed performances\u201d. \nFarias was born in Santiago de Chile, where he began his piano studies at age five. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree at the P.C. University of Chile and then continued his graduate piano studies at the New England Conservatory as a full-scholarship student of Wha-Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman. He has won first prize at the Claudio Arrau International Piano Competition and awards at the Maria Canals and Luis Sigall Piano Competitions. As a conductor, Farias attended the University of Illinois working with Donald Schleicher, the Peabody Conservatory with Marin Alsop, and worked privately with Larry Rachleff and Otto-Werner Mueller. \nBesides having a fond love for piano, chamber, and contemporary music, Farias is a passionate supporter of second-order cybernetics as a way to help understand communication and how complex systems organize, coordinate, and interconnect with one another. This includes the interdependent and recursive nature of musical experiences, in which performers and audiences alike interact, respond, and co-create each other\u2019s space. His final Doctoral thesis \u201cLogical Predictions and Cybernetics\u201d explores the case of Cornelius Cardew\u2019s \u201cThe Great Learning\u201d to redefine music activity as a self-organized organization. In addition to that, he has a warm affection for his formal studies of Zen Buddhism, which has been a major influence on his approach to music and life. \n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Galen Fott|,|bio|:|Galen Fott is a Nashville-based actor, singer, director, animator, and puppeteer. He appeared last season with the Nashville Symphony, where he sang the role of Monsieur Dauphin in the world premiere of Hannibal Lokumbe\u2019s The Jonah People. Other recent Nashville roles include Mr. Mister in The Cradle Will Rock with Nashville Opera, Leontes in The Winter\u2019s Tale, Torvald in A Doll\u2019s House, Part 2, Father in Ragtime, Oliver Warbucks in Annie, and King Triton in The Little Mermaid. Elsewhere, he has played the title roles in Cyrano, Phantom, and Jesus Christ Superstar; King Arthur in Camelot; Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden; and Matt Friedman in Talley\u2019s Folly. In 1991, Fott originated the role of Gaston in the still-running Beauty and the Beast stage show at Walt Disney World. Other performing highlights include the national tour of Mame starring Juliet Prowse, singing at Carnegie Hall, and with Houston Grand Opera.\nIn his related career as a director and animator, Fott has adapted over two dozen children’s books into award-winning films for Scholastic\/Weston Woods. For these films, he directed the vocal talents of Sean Hayes, Anika Noni Rose, Paul Giamatti, Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, and Joanne Woodward. Fott\u2019s work has screened at the Guggenheim, Sydney Opera House, National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Philharmonie de Paris. His films have also been featured in the Hiroshima and Anima Mundi animation festivals, in the major international film festivals of Houston (twelve-time Remi Award winner), San Francisco (four-time Golden Gate Award nominee), London, and Nashville, and in the major children\u2019s film festivals of New York and Chicago.\nFott has also performed as a puppeteer with the Jim Henson Company. And in a previous life, he co-authored eight books on computer graphics, and was a contributing editor to PC Magazine.\nBorn in Clarksville, Tennessee, Fott graduated from the University of Memphis with a BFA in Theatre Performance. After spending years in New York, Houston, Vancouver, and Orlando, he now lives in Nashville with his wife Laura and son Burton. www.galenfott.com\n|,|title|:|actor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 03|2025 03|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" “I cannot think of a single performer who begins to compare with Hilary Hahn. This is, quite simply, magnificent violin playing” (Gramophone). One of the greatest violinists of all time meets one of the most treasured masterpieces ever composed when Hilary Hahn performs Brahms’s radiant Violin Concerto with Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Symphony. From its earth-shattering opening to its otherworldly ending, Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra is a stunning adventure in sound. What to Expect: A child prodigy-turned-international-superstar, Hilary Hahn is universally recognized as not only one of the greatest violinists of her generation, but of all time (and it won’t be hard to hear why). Brahms’s famed Violin Concerto goes from ravishing beauty to rollicking dance spirit. “Open the pod bay doors, HAL.” Hear the epic, iconic music used in 2001: A Space Odyssey, live and in its entirety. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:|Conductor Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translate even the most complex scores into immersive experiences. His profound understanding of composer and score, taste, and naturally elegant style make him one of the most sought-after conductors of his generation.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Hilary Hahn|,|bio|:|Three-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn is renowned for her virtuosity, expansive interpretations, and creative programming. Her dynamic approach to music-making and her commitment to sharing her musical experiences with a broad global community have made her a fan favorite. Hahn’s sixteen feature recordings have received every critical prize in the international press and have met with equal popular success. Her seventeenth album was a retrospective collection that also contains new live material and art from her fans, in keeping with a decades-long tradition of collecting fan art at concerts.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:|The Houston Symphony Chorus is the official choral unit of the Houston Symphony and consists of highly skilled and talented volunteer singers. Over the years, members of this historic ensemble have learned and performed the world\u2019s great choral orchestral masterworks under the batons of Juraj Val\u010duha, Andr\u00e9s Orozco Estrada, Hans Graf, Christoph Eschenbach, Robert Shaw, and Helmuth Rilling, among many others.\nIn addition, the Chorus enjoys participating in the Houston Symphony\u2019s popular programming under the batons of conductors such as Steven Reineke and Michael Krajewski. Recently, the ensemble sang the closing subscription concerts with the Prague Symphony Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Singers are selected for specific programs for which they have indicated interest. A singer might choose to perform in all 45 concerts, as was the case in a recent season, or might elect to participate in a single series. The Houston Symphony Chorus holds auditions by appointment and welcomes inquiries from interested singers.\n|,|title|:||,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BRAHMS  Violin Concerto R. STRAUSS  Also sprach Zarathustra BRAHMS  Schicksalslied

data-filter="[2025 03|2025 03|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Korngold’s Violin Concerto contains everything audiences love about violin concertos, in spades: shimmering beauty, finger-flying fireworks, and melodies that soar to the stratosphere as only a violin can. Journey into a world of boundless innovation and imagination as the Symphony gives the world premiere of Al-Jazari’s Ingenious Clocks, inspired by the fantastical inventions of 12th century Islamic polymath Ismail al-Jazari. Prokofiev’s Cinderella whisks us through a world of fairy tale magic, leading up to the stroke of midnight. What to Expect: “You shall go to the ball!” Glass slippers, magic pumpkins, and fairy tale romance awaits with music from Prokofiev’s Cinderella. Hear Simone Lamsma soar in Korngold’s breathtaking Violin Concerto Before John Williams or Hans Zimmer, there was Erich Wolfgang Korngold: revel in lush, impassioned music by one of the pioneers of the Hollywood film score {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|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|:[]} K. AL-ZAND   Al-Jazari’s Ingenious Clocks, Houston Symphony Commission, World Premiere KORNGOLD  Violin Concerto PROKOFIEV  Suite from Cinderella

data-filter="[2025 03|][jones-hall|][March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Let your imagination take flight in this chamber music performance featuring music inspired by popular fairy tales and legends, presented as part of our multi-week Fairytales Festival. Featuring members of the Houston Symphony in small ensembles, this concert allows for a unique, up-close experience to the musicians and the music. Concerts take place in a casual setting on the newly expanded Piano Level at Jones Hall. Enjoy cocktail hour at the Round Bar before your concert.   Chamber Series Pass Get access to all Chamber Series Concerts for $187! Learn More about Chamber Series Pass or Buy Chamber Series Pass false

data-filter="[2025 03|2025 03|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Based on a catchy little tune by Paganini, Rachmaninoff’s diabolically difficult Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini blends explosive piano feats with melodies that melt the heart. And, Music Director Juraj Valčuha leads music sprinkled in fairy tale magic: swim through the wonders of Liadov’s Enchanted Lake, then dive under the sea with Zemlinsky’s lavishly romantic The Mermaid, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “Little Mermaid” story. What to Expect: Jaw-dropping piano feats you have to hear (and see) to believe Stunningly beautiful melodies by classical music’s ultimate romantic, Rachmaninoff Dive under the sea with lush, evocative music inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Kirill Gerstein|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} LIADOV  The Enchanted Lake RACHMANINOFF  Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ZEMLINSKY  The Mermaid

data-filter="[2025 04|2025 04|2025 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" “Everyone deserves the chance to fly” (Wicked). In this spectacular Broadway show, you’ll hear electrifying showstoppers from Wicked, In the Heights, Hamilton, and more, each with a nod to powerful female characters who never let anyone bring them down. Possessing one of the most dynamic and expressive voices on Broadway, no one’s better suited to these songs than Mandy Gonzalez. As a special treat, Mandy also shares a song written just for her by Lin-Manuel Miranda. All ticketholders are invited to a FREE Encore After Party following Saturday’s performance! What to Expect: Soar to gravity-defying heights with favorite showstoppers from Wicked, In the Heights, and Hamilton Marvel at one of the most unbelievable voices on Broadway as Mandy Gonzalez belts iconic songs to the back row Mandy’s numerous Broadway accolades include starring as Angelica Schuyler in Hamilton, and originating the role of Nina Rosario in In the Heights {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th\u00a0anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Mandy Gonzalez|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 04|2025 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" “How you doin’, Houston, Texas?” From making her first professional performance in Houston at age nine to her record-setting, superstar-making performance at the 1995 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, Selena Quintanilla had a special bond with Houston, and Houston loved her right back. Celebrate Selena’s life, music, and enduring legacy as sensational vocalist Isabel Marie Sanchez (“Best New Female Artist” winner at the Tejano Music Awards) joins the Symphony for your favorite Selena songs, including “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” “Como la Flor,” and “Dreaming of You.” {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Enrico Lopez-Ya\u00f1ez|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Isabel Marie Sanchez|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 04|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Experience the awe-inspiring power and grandeur of Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony, under the baton of dynamic conductor Dalia Stasevska. With soundscapes as breathtaking as the Finnish terrain and a soaring finale inspired by swans in flight, this is music guaranteed to leave you exhilarated. Fearless virtuoso Leila Josefowicz brings “stunning brilliance and high-voltage presence” (LA Times) to Stravinsky’s daring and invigorating Violin Concerto. What to Expect: “Stunning brilliance and high-voltage presence” (LA Times): fearless violinist Leila Josefowicz electrifies Jones Hall Take flight on wings of gorgeous melody with Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony Delight in the beauty of Sibelius 5’s famous “swan theme,” inspired by Sibelius’s real-life experience watching 16 swans majestically soar over the Finnish landscape {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dalia Stasevska|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Leila Josefowicz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} STRAVINSKY  Violin Concerto SIBELIUS  Symphony No. 5

data-filter="[2025 04|2025 04|2025 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|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Experience the ultimate fusion of sight and sound in this all-new Cirque show. High-powered vocalists and a huge orchestra turn up the volume on your favorite songs by Aerosmith, Journey, Styx, Heart, The Eagles, Cyndi Lauper, and more, while the world’s greatest aerial flyers, acrobats, contortionists, jugglers, and strongmen perform death-defying feats above and around the musicians. What to Expect: Dazzling feats from world-class Cirque artists A unique experience for the whole family to enjoy Experience iconic pop and rock favorites, delivered with all the color and magic of a Cirque spectacle {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jason Seber|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dan Domenech|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Chloe Lowery|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}

data-filter="[2025 04|2025 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|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:20,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Watch them “fly through the air with the greatest of ease” in this Cirque de la Symphonie concert designed especially for children aged 3–7! Jones Hall transforms into a magical circus wonderland as jugglers and aerial flyers perform dazzling feats, with live music by the Symphony. Make it a morning of musical fun with hands-on lobby activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo. Subscribe to all four PNC Family Series concerts and save 26%! | Subscribe now → {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jason Seber|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 05|2025 05|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Join us for beloved masterpieces by Beethoven and Mozart! Beethoven’s mega-popular Symphony No. 7 has captivated audiences for more than 200 years, and in typical Beethoven fashion, it fearlessly embraces the full gamut of emotion, from dark and brooding to free-spirited and fun-loving. Mozart’s genius blazes with white-hot intensity in his stormy and dramatic Piano Concerto No. 20. What to Expect: Revel in the timeless brilliance that is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 Music you know and love: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 has been used in countless movies, including The King’s Speech and X-Men: Apocalypse Featured in the movie Amadeus, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 never fails to amaze and inspire {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Matthias Pintscher|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|C\u00e9dric Tiberghien|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} TAKEMITSU   Twill by Twilight MOZART  Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 7

data-filter="[2025 05|2025 05|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Sensuous sounds, showstopping brilliance, and irresistible rhythms! Venezuelan trumpet virtuoso Pacho Flores heats up Jones Hall with not one but two crowd-pleasing concertos, both composed specifically for him: first, hear Arturo Márquez’s fiery Concierto de Otoño, followed by Paquito D’Rivera’s jazzy Venezuelan Concerto. Domingo Hindoyan leads the orchestra through a bewitching array of music inspired by Spain, ending with Ravel’s sultry and hypnotic Boléro. What to Expect: Trumpet brilliance x 2! Venezuelan virtuoso Pacho Flores doubles your fun with two dazzling concertos featuring vivacious rhythms from Latin America Envision sandy beaches and balmy breezes with music inspired by Spain Hear Ravel’s electrifying Boléro, a pop culture staple you’re sure to recognize! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Domingo Hindoyan|,|bio|:||,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Pacho Flores|,|bio|:||,|title|:|trumpet|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} R. SIERRA  Alegría A. MÁRQUEZ  Concierto de Otoño (Autumn Concerto) P. D’RIVERA  Concerto Venezolano (Venezuelan Concerto) DEBUSSY  Ibéria from Images RAVEL  Boléro

data-filter="[2025 05|2025 05|2025 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Break out your sequins and bellbottoms—we’re celebrating the best of The Bee Gees, and beyond! You should (and will!) be dancing in your seat as world-renowned a cappella sensation Rajaton bring their smooth harmonies to the songs that lit up the disco era. Relive the magic of an unforgettable time in this high-energy concert, led by Principal POPS Conductor Steven Reineke. What to Expect: Iconic songs of the disco era, including “Stayin’ Alive” The Bee Gees’ signature harmonies take on new sonic dimensions with a cappella group Rajaton and the full orchestra Breakout your bellbottoms, sequined jumpsuits, and platform shoes for this fun-filled, flower-powered salute to all things ‘70s. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th\u00a0anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rajaton|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocal ensemble|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 05|][jones-hall|][May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Get a unique, up-close look into the artistry of the Houston Symphony in this intimate chamber music performance featuring timeless works by beloved composers. Spotlighting members of the Symphony in small ensembles, this concert will take place in a casual setting, on the newly expanded Janice H. Barrow Piano Tier at Jones Hall. Enjoy cocktail hour at the Round Bar before your concert.   Chamber Series Pass Get access to all Chamber Series Concerts for $187! Learn More about Chamber Series Pass or Buy Chamber Series Pass false

data-filter="[2025 05|2025 05|2025 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|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Commanding “rock-star status in the classical music world” (The Globe and Mail) following his first-prize win at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, the extraordinary Bruce Liu makes his Houston Symphony debut with Chopin’s impassioned and poetic Piano Concerto No. 1—a match made in music heaven. Robert Schumann composed his Second Symphony during one of his darkest hours. Brimming with sparkling tunes, delicate grace, and unwavering hope, it stands as a profound testament to humankind’s strength, grit, and resilience. What to Expect: Impassioned piano music of Chopin + Chopin Competition Winner Bruce Liu = a match made in music heaven Light up your weekend with a delightful, uplifting symphony by Robert Schumann Saturday ticketholders enjoy a free After-Party: dance to a DJ, mingle with Symphony musicians, and more! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Bruce Liu|,|bio|:||,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} WALKER   Icarus in Orbit CHOPIN   Piano Concerto No. 1 SCHUMANN   Symphony No. 2

data-filter="[2025 05|][jones-hall|][May|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Juilliard-trained concert pianist and Harvard-educated psychiatrist Dr. Richard Kogan returns to Jones Hall with a can’t-miss deep-dive into the mind and music of Frédéric Chopin. Dr. Kogan will use his background in psychiatry and music to offer unique insights into both the mind and works of one of classical music’s most celebrated pianists and composers. This special event precedes the May 24 performance of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 featuring International Chopin Piano Competition winner Bruce Liu. Ticket Information This is a free event, but ticket reservations are required. Use this link to reserve tickets. {|with_image|:[],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dr. Richard Kogan|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Speaker|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}

data-filter="[2025 05|2025 05|2025 06|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|June|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical Series|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:158,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" A sonic wonder unlike anything else in music: dive into new worlds as Music Director Juraj Valčuha leads Mahler’s cosmic, beyond-epic Symphony No. 3. Immense even by Mahler’s standards, and probing secrets of nature, humanity, and the divine, nowhere else is Mahler’s declaration—“a symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything”—more true. What to Expect: An epic, enthralling journey channeling the full sonic power of the Houston Symphony See over 100 musicians pack the Jones Hall stage Classical music novice? No problem. No prior knowledge is needed to enjoy this music, and one and all are welcome—as Mahler himself said, “you just have to bring along ears and a heart.” {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Juraj Val\u010duha|,|bio|:|Houston Symphony Music Director Juraj Val\u010duha is recognized for his effortless expressiveness and depth of musicianship. With sharp baton technique and natural stage presence, the impressive ease of his interpretations translates even the most complex scores into immersive experiences.\nBefore joining the Houston Symphony in June 2022, Juraj was Music Director of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, from 2016 to 2022 and first guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin. He was Chief Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai from 2009 to 2016.\nThe 2005\u201306 Season marked the start of his international career on the podium of the Orchestre National de France followed by remarkable debuts in the United Kingdom with the Philharmonia London, in Germany with the Munich Philharmonic, in the United States with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and in Italy with Puccini’s La boh\u00e8me in Bologna.\nHe has since led the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Maggio Musicale in Florence, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Milan’s Filarmonica della Scala, Montr\u00e9al Symphony, and the NHK and Yomiuri orchestras in Tokyo.\nHe enjoys regular collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony. International touring with the Orchestra Sinfonica della Rai took them to the Musikverein in Vienna and Philharmonie in Berlin, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf, Zurich, Munich, to the Enesco Festival in Bucharest, and the Abu Dhabi Classics. With the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, he visited Riga, Vilnius, and Tallinn to mark the 100th anniversary of the Baltic nations.\nIn Europe, he is acclaimed on the podium of the Munich Philharmonic, the NDR Hamburg and Frankfurt Radio orchestras, as well as the Vienna Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony and Philharmonia London, and the Swedish Radio Orchestra.\nJuraj champions the compositions of living composers and aims to program contemporary pieces in most of his concerts. He has conducted world premieres, including Christopher Rouse\u2019s Supplica with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Steven Mackey\u2019s violin concerto with Leila Josefowicz and the BBC Symphony in Manchester, and Nico Muhly\u2019s Bright Idea with the Houston Symphony. In 2005, he conducted, in the presence of the composer, Steve Reich\u2019s Four Seasons at the Melos-Ethos Festival in Bratislava. Other composers he has supported and continues to follow with interest are Bryce Dessner, Steven Stucky, Andrew Norman, James MacMillan, Luca Francesconi, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Anna Clyne, Julia Wolfe and Jessie Montgomery, among others.\nIncluding his engagements in Houston, the 2023\u201324 Season took him to the Pittsburgh and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, San Francisco Symphony, and Minnesota Orchestra as well as to the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo. On the European stage, he performed Fanciulla del West and Tristan and Isolde at the Bavarian State Opera and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Jenufa at the Opera di Roma. He led concerts with the RAI Orchestra, the Orchestra dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, the Orchestre National de France, the NDR, SWR, and the Bamberg Symphony, among others.\nIn the 2024\u20132025 Season Juraj will join the Semperoper in Dresden with Strauss\u00b4 Salom\u00e9 as well as the Paris Op\u00e9ra Bastille with Janacek\u00b4s The Cunning Little Vixen and the Deutsche Oper Berlin with Tchaikovsky\u00b4s Pique Dame. In the coming months, in addition to his concerts with the Houston Symphony, he will return to the Munich Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de France, the London Philharmonic, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchester, the San Francisco Symphony, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo.\nBorn in Bratislava, Slovakia, Juraj studied composition and conducting in his birthplace, then at the conservatory in St. Petersburg (with Ilya Musin), and finally, at the Conservatoire Sup\u00e9rieur de la Musique in Paris.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Marina Prudenskaya|,|bio|:||,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Sopranos and Altos of The Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:|The Houston Symphony Chorus is one of Houston\u2019s oldest and most distinguished musical organizations.\nOver the years, the Chorus has sung with dozens of the world\u2019s most notable conductors, including Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada, Steven Reineke, Michael Krajewski, Robert Shaw, Andr\u00e9 Previn, Leopold Stokowski, Christoph Eschenbach, Sir John Barbirolli, Ferenc Fricsay, Lawrence Foster, and Hans Graf, to name only a very few.\nIn addition to performances in Jones Hall, the Symphony\u2019s home venue, the Chorus has also delighted audiences in various concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico.\nRecent reactions to its performances include:\nClassical\/Chorus: \u201c\u2026beautifully balanced, modulated sound that seamlessly blended with the orchestra.\u201d\n\u2014Review of\u00a0A German Requiem, Houston Chronicle, May 8, 2018\nClassical\/Chorus: \u201c\u2026 the chorus was magnificent.\u201d\n\u2014Review of\u00a0Stabat Mater, Houston Chronicle, September 27, 2018\nThe Chorus consists entirely of volunteer singers who have considerable musical skill, vocal talent, and choral experience. They audition for placement each year.\u00a0 The Chorus performance schedule is possibly the busiest in the country, consisting of up to fourteen different sets of repertoire for a total of 45 concerts.\n|,|title|:||,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Children's Chorus|,|bio|:|The Houston Children\u2019s Chorus was founded in 1989 by Director Stephen Roddy. More than 325 children in grades two through eight are enrolled in Chorus activities, including a Music in The Schools program for inner-city schools that cannot afford a music teacher. The Chorus represents the diverse cultures of Houston, and performs at numerous civic events throughout the year. It has been featured with the Houston Symphony, Houston Symphony POPS, Masterworks Chorus, Houston Choral Society, and Rice University Chorale. Along with President George H. W. Bush, the Chorus was featured on Glad Tidings, a recording of the Houston Symphony POPS.\nThe Houston Children\u2019s Chorus has performed for the U.S. President on 34 occasions and was featured in the national broadcast of the Celebration of the Life of Barbara Bush. Favorite performances include the recording of the Blue Bell Ice Cream commercial, a concert with Celine Dion, the opening ceremonies of the 2004 Super Bowl with Josh Groban, the premiere of a major commissioned work at Carnegie Hall, and most recently, the world premiere of the opera, Can We Know the Sound of Forgiveness by internationally recognized composer, Gabriela Ortiz.\n|,|title|:|Stephen Roddy, founder and director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} MAHLER  Symphony No. 3

data-filter="[2025 06|2025 06|2025 06|2025 06|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][June|June|June|June|][[{|term_id|:2184,|name|:|Livestream|,|slug|:|livestream-concerts|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2184,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:108,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS Series|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:44,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Spanning 50 years and 29 films, John Williams’s and Steven Spielberg’s legendary partnership has created unparalleled movie magic. Relive the unforgettable music from Jaws, Jurassic Park, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler’s List, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and more in this symphonic celebration of Hollywood’s dynamic duo. What to Expect: A magical, nostalgic celebration of one of Hollywood’s greatest creative partnerships Hear one iconic movie theme after the next, each brought to powerful life by the full Houston Symphony An unforgettable experience for the whole family {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:|Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America\u2019s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10th\u00a0anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 06|][toyota-center|][June|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Iconic Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli returns to the Toyota Center this June, performing live with the Houston Symphony! Among the most recognizable voices in the entertainment industry, Bocelli is one of the best-selling classical artists of all time, having sold nearly 90 million records worldwide. Hear performances from Bocelli’s beloved repertoire, including classic arias, crossover hits, and famed love songs, along with selections from his uplifting solo album, Believe. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Andrea Bocelli|,|bio|:||,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2025 06|][jones-hall|][June|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg, JAWS set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and forever changing the movie industry. When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town’s chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again. Featuring an unforgettable score that evokes pure terror, Jaws remains one of the most influential and gripping adventures in motion picture history. false

data-filter="[2025 06|2025 06|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][June|June|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Experience the return of a beloved animated classic on the big screen like never before! Join the quirky duo of Carl, a cantankerous 78-year-old balloon salesman, and Russell, an adventurous 8-year-old stowaway, as they embark on a laugh-out-loud and touching journey to a hidden world full of thrills and surprises. Enjoy this captivating film projected on a massive screen, accompanied by the Houston Symphony performing Michael Giacchino’s Academy Award-winning score live. It’s an unforgettable cinematic event that combines nostalgia with the magic of live music! false

data-filter="[2025 07|2025 07|][hobby-center|hobby-center|][July|July|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Symphony Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:42,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:2320,|name|:|2024\u201325|,|slug|:|2024-25|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:2320,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:66,|filter|:|raw|}]" Prepare for an exhilarating night as the Houston Symphony presents The Music of Journey! Combining full rock lighting, an amazing rock band, extraordinary vocalist Juan Del Castillo, and the sonic power of the Houston Symphony, you’ll hear one mega-hit after the next—from “Any Way You Want It” and “Wheel In the Sky” to “Faithfully” and “ “Don’t Stop Believin’”— as we celebrate one of the biggest bands of all time. false