Concerts

data-filter="[2019 02|2019 03|2019 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Lively peasant festivals, knights on horseback, merry hunting scenes and mist-shrouded forests—all are evoked in the sweeping sonorities of Bruckner’s Fourth, which draws as its inspiration the imagery of medieval romance. The Symphony gave its composer one of the greatest triumphs of his career when first premiered and was proclaimed an “extraordinary musical creation.” Former Houston Symphony Music Director Christoph Eschenbach—an acclaimed Bruckner interpreter—returns to Jones Hall in a concert that also features fiery and fearless virtuoso Leila Josefowicz in a concerto written specially for her. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. Watch a concert preview: {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Christoph Eschenbach|,|bio|:|Christoph Eschenbach, who served as music director of this orchestra for 11 years, is a phenomenon among the top league of international conductors. Universally acclaimed as both a conductor and pianist, he firmly belongs to the German intellectual line of tradition, yet he combines this with a rare emotional intensity, producing performances revered by concert-goers worldwide. Renowned for the breadth of his repertoire and the depth of his interpretations, he has held directorships with many leading orchestras and gained the highest musical honors.\nTo explore the conditions that led to the emergence of such a charismatic talent, we can look to his early years\u2014born in 1940, at the heart of a tempestuous, war-torn Europe, his early childhood was scarred by a succession of personal tragedies. Music was his savior, and his life began to change when he learned the piano. Now, at age 78, his keen artistic curiosity is undiminished, and he thoroughly enjoys working with the finest international orchestras. A tireless supporter of young talent, his greatest passion is mentoring up-and-coming talent over and above his own distinguished career. His personal mission is to pass the torch to the next generation\u2014”Those one hundred percent artists,\u201d as he calls them. To date, his discoveries include pianist Lang Lang, violinist Julia Fischer and cellists Leonard Elschenbroich and Daniel M\u00fcller-Schott.\nChristoph continues to explore new horizons, and beginning September 2019, he will become the music director of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.\nChristoph Eschenbach (born February 20, 1940, in Wroc\u0142aw) was a war orphan, raised in Schleswig-Holstein and Aachen by his mother’s cousin, the pianist Wallydore Eschenbach. Her lessons laid the foundation of his illustrious musical career. Following his studies with Eliza Hansen (piano) and Wilhelm Br\u00fcckner-R\u00fcggeberg (conducting), he won notable piano awards\u2014such as the 1962 ARD Music Competition Munich and the 1965 Concours Clara Haskil\u2014that helped pave the way for his growing international fame.\nSupported by mentors such as George Szell and Herbert von Karajan, the focus of Christoph’s career increasingly moved to conducting: he was principal conductor and artistic director, Tonhalle Orchestra, 1982-86; music director, Houston Symphony, 1988-99; artistic director, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, 1999-2002; music director, NDR Symphony Orchestra, 1998-2004; music director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 2003-08; Orchestre de Paris, 2000-10; and music director, Washington\u2019s National Symphony Orchestra, 2010-17. Alongside his prestigious appointments, Christoph has always attached great importance to his extensive activities as a guest conductor, working with orchestras such as the Vienna, Berlin and New York Philharmonics; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Staatskapelle Dresden; and London Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo.\nOver the course of five decades, as a conductor and pianist, Christoph has built an impressive discography, with a repertoire ranging from J.S. Bach to contemporary music. Many of his recordings have gained benchmark status and have received numerous awards, including the German Record Critics’ Award, the MIDEM Classical Award and a Grammy Award\u00ae. For many years, Eschenbach’s preferred Lied partner has been baritone Matthias Goerne. In recordings and in live performances, e.g. at the Salzburg Festival, the two perfectly matched artists have explored the rich treasures of the German Romantic period, from Schubert to Brahms.\nChristoph Eschenbach was awarded the Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d’Honneur, and he is a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres. He holds of the German Federal Cross of Merit and has won the Leonard Bernstein Award. In 2015, for his achievements as conductor and pianist, he received the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, known as \u201cThe Nobel Prize of Music.\u201d\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Leila Josefowicz|,|bio|:|Leila Josefowicz\u2019 passionate advocacy of contemporary music is reflected in her diverse programs and enthusiasm to perform new works. In 2008, she was awarded a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, joining prominent scientists, writers and musicians who have made unique contributions to contemporary life.\nIn addition to these concerts, highlights of Leila\u2019s 2018-19 season include performances with the New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Tonhalle-Orchester Z\u00fcrich, Oslo Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony and the Toronto and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, working with conductors at the highest level.\nAlongside pianist John Novacek, with whom Leila has collaborated since 1985, she has performed recitals at world-renowned venues from San Francisco to New York to Reykjavik. This season, she appears at Madrid\u2019s Centro Nacional de Difusi\u00f3n Musical, Ithaca and Eastman music schools, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and London\u2019s Wigmore Hall.\nA favorite of many living composers, Leila enjoyed a close working relationship with the late Oliver Knussen performing together more than 30 times. She has premiered many new concertos for John Adams, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Colin Matthews and Steven Mackey, all writing especially for her. She performed the world premiere of Adams\u2019 Scheherazade.2 (Dramatic Symphony for Violin and Orchestra) in 2015 with the New York Philharmonic and Alan Gilbert. In 2014, she premiered Luca Francesconi\u2019s concerto Duende \u2013 The Dark Notes, also written for her, with Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Susanna M\u00e4lkki, and again with BBC Symphony Orchestra and M\u00e4lkki at the BBC Proms.\nRecent highlights include engagements with the Berlin and Los Angeles Philharmonics; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Washington\u2019s National Symphony Orchestra; and Boston and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestras. In summer 2017, she appeared at Birmingham\u2019s Symphony Hall and London\u2019s Royal Albert Hall at the BBC Proms with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Mirga Gra\u017einyt\u0117-Tyla.\nLeila has released several recordings for Deutsche Grammophon, Philips Universal and Warner Classics and was featured on Touch Press\u2019 acclaimed iPad app, The Orchestra. Her latest recording, featuring Scheherazade.2 with the St Louis Symphony conducted by David Robertson, was nominated for a Grammy Award\u00ae. Her recording of Salonen\u2019s Violin Concerto with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer, was nominated for a Grammy Award\u00ae in 2014.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nick Eanet|,|bio|:|A native of New York City, Nick Eanet has earned a reputation as a master violinist, musician, and teacher. He is in great demand as a soloist, concertmaster, chamber music performer, and teacher. Mr. Eanet has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School, Harvard University, North Carolina School of the Arts, and has given masterclasses all over the globe. His playing is hailed as \u201cbrilliant and passionate\u201d by the New York Times.\nMr. Eanet’s exposure to solo work began when he was very young. At the age of eight he was invited by Zubin Mehta to appear as soloist with the New York Philharmonic. Two years later, he again performed a series of concerts as soloist with the New York Philharmonic and was invited to play at their New Year’s Eve gala concert. Mr. Eanet has since performed as soloist with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra led by James Levine at Carnegie Hall, the Minnesota Orchestra with Sir Neville Marriner, and again with the New York Philharmonic.\nAppointed by James Levine in 1999 at the age of 27, Mr. Eanet was the senior concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra through 2014. During his tenure with the orchestra, Mr. Eanet regularly performed across Europe and Japan, and appeared in orchestral and chamber music concerts at all three venues at Carnegie Hall.\nAs former leader and first violinist of the Juilliard String Quartet, Mr. Eanet performed in all the famous concert halls throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. The Juilliard String Quartet has been in residence at The Juilliard School since 1946 and has mentored nearly every major American string quartet and has commissioned hundreds of new works. Mr. Eanet is currently very involved in teaching violin and chamber music, and spends his summers at the Marlboro Music Festival, working with some of the greatest young musicians from around the world.\nNick Eanet began his violin studies at the age of three with Nicole DiCecco, and was quickly an avid chamber musician, playing string quartets by the age of five. When he was eleven, his string quartet was invited to perform in Matsumoto, Japan, by Shinichi Suzuki. At the age of twelve, he was admitted to The Juilliard School Pre-College where he studied with Dorothy DeLay, continuing at the college level with DeLay and Robert Mann. Immediately after graduating from Juilliard, Mr. Eanet joined the Mendelssohn String Quartet as leader and first violinist. During his years with the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Mr. Eanet performed around the world in major venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York City, Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.\nIn 2011, Mr. Eanet was honored to receive a Grammy award for lifetime achievement.\n|,|title|:|guest concertmaster|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} ESA-PEKKA SALONEN  Violin Concerto BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4, Romantic Click to view the program notes in InTune – the Houston Symphony magazine.

data-filter="[2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" As sensuous and bewitching as the sea by which it’s inspired, Debussy’s La mer stands as one of the most stunning achievements in symphonic music. Acclaimed French conductor Ludovic Morlot returns to interpret this immortal masterpiece, music of majesty, mystery and primordial power. A luminous all-French program spotlights world-renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in Berlioz’ poignant reveries of love and loss, Les nuits d’été. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. Post-Concert Chamber Music Your ticket includes a special chamber music performance by Houston Symphony musicians on the Jones Hall stage after the concert. The chamber music will begin after a short break immediately following the concert. DUTILLEUX Les Citations RAVEL Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet Listen to a concert preview: https://www.houstonsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HS189RS.09A.wav {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ludovic Morlot|,|bio|:|The French conductor Ludovic Morlot has been Music Director of the Seattle Symphony since 2011. Amongst the many highlights of his tenure, the orchestra have won two Grammy Awards and gave an exhilarating performance at Carnegie Hall in 2014, as reported in the New York Times: \u201cThe performance Mr. Morlot coaxed from his players was rich with shimmering colours and tremulous energy.\u201d\nDuring the 2017\/18 season Ludovic and the Seattle Symphony will continue on their incredible musical journey, focusing particularly on the music of Berlioz, Stravinsky and Bernstein. In addition, they will be presenting some exciting new works by John Luther Adams, David Lang and Andrew Norman and welcoming Alexandra Gardner for a residency programme. The orchestra will also be performing on tour in California, including a two-day residency at the University of California, Berkeley. The orchestra have many successful recordings, available on their own label, Seattle Symphony Media.\u00a0 A box set of music by Dutilleux was recently released to mark the 100th anniversary of the composer\u2019s birth.\nThis season, Ludovic will be conducting at Seattle Opera for the first time (Berlioz B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9n\u00e9dict), make his debut with the Orchestra of St Luke\u2019s and will return to the Atlanta and Houston Symphony Orchestras. He has regular relationships with the Chicago Symphony and New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras. Ludovic also has a particularly strong connection with the Boston Symphony Orchestra having been Seiji Ozawa Fellowship Conductor in 2001 at Tanglewood and subsequently appointed assistant conductor for the orchestra and their Music Director James Levine (2004-07).\u00a0 Since then he has conducted the orchestra in subscription concerts in Boston, at Tanglewood and on a tour to the west coast of America.\nOutside North America, recent and future debuts include the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Symphony (closing concert of the prestigious Wien Modern Festival), Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, MDR Leipzig and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestras. Ludovic has conducted the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in London and on tour in Germany.\u00a0 Other recent notable performances have included the Royal Concertgebouw, Czech Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Tonhalle, Budapest Festival, Orchestre National de France, Helsinki Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestras.\u00a0\u00a0 Ludovic served as conductor in residence with the Orchestre National de Lyon under David Robertson (2002-04).\nLudovic was Chief Conductor of La Monnaie for three years (2012-2014). During this time he conducted several new productions including La Clemenza di Tito, Jenufa and Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande. Concert performances, both in Brussels and Aix-en-Provence, included repertoire by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Britten, Webern and Bruneau.\nTrained as a violinist, Ludovic studied conducting at the Royal Academy of Music in London and then at the Royal College of Music as recipient of the Norman del Mar Conducting Fellowship.\u00a0 Ludovic was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 in recognition of his significant contribution to music. He is Chair of Orchestral Conducting Studies at the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Susan Graham|,|bio|:|Susan Graham \u2013 hailed as \u201can artist to treasure\u201d by the New York Times \u2013 rose to the highest echelon of international performers within just a few years of her professional debut, mastering an astonishing range of repertoire and genres along the way. Her operatic roles span four centuries, from Monteverdi\u2019s Poppea to Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie\u2019s Dead Man Walking, which was written especially for her. A familiar face at New York\u2019s Metropolitan Opera, she also maintains a strong international presence at such key venues as Paris\u2019 Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet, the Sydney Opera House, Santa Fe Opera and the Hollywood Bowl. She won a Grammy Award for her collection of Ives songs, and her recital repertoire is so broad that 14 composers from Purcell to Sondheim are represented on her most recent Onyx album, Virgins, Vixens & Viragos. This distinctly American artist has also been recognized throughout her career as one of the foremost exponents of French vocal music. Although a native of Texas, she was awarded the French government\u2019s prestigious \u201cChevalier de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019Honneur,\u201d both for her popularity as a performer in France and in honor of her commitment to French music.\n \nTo launch the 2017-18 season, Graham sings Berlioz\u2019s La damnation de Faust with the Boston Symphony under Charles Dutoit. After reprising her star turn in the title role of Susan Stroman\u2019s take on Leh\u00e1r\u2019s The Merry Widow at the Met, she joins Nathan Gunn for Bernstein\u2019s Trouble in Tahiti at Lyric Opera of Chicago, in a special production to mark the composer\u2019s 100th birthday. To conclude the operatic season, she makes her title role debut opposite James Morris in Marc Blitzstein\u2019s 1948 opera Regina at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Back at the Boston Symphony, she joins Andris Nelsons for Mahler\u2019s Third Symphony, which is also the vehicle for her summer collaborations with the orchestra at Tanglewood and in Europe. Besides reuniting with Dutoit for Ravel\u2019s Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade at the San Francisco Symphony, she graces a gala concert to celebrate Tulsa Opera\u2019s 70th anniversary, and gives solo recitals at Atlanta\u2019s Emory University and the Washington University in St. Louis.\nLast season, Graham partnered Ren\u00e9e Fleming for the San Francisco Symphony\u2019s opening-night gala, and joined Anna Netrebko, Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, and a host of other luminaries to celebrate the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s five decades at its Lincoln Center home. Having created the role of Sister Helen Prejean in the world premiere production of Dead Man Walking, she starred in Washington National Opera\u2019s revival of the opera, making her triumphant role debut as the convict\u2019s mother. She returned to Santa Fe Opera as Prince Orlofsky in a new production of Johann Strauss II\u2019s Die Fledermaus, and reprised her signature portrayal of Dido in Berlioz\u2019s Les Troyens at Chicago\u2019s Lyric Opera. Her concert highlights included selections from Mahler\u2019s Des Knaben Wunderhorn at Carnegie Hall and from Canteloube\u2019s Chants d\u2019Auvergne with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as a star-studded Der Rosenkavalier at the Boston Symphony. She gave U.S. recitals of \u201cFrauenliebe und -leben Variations,\u201d her program inspired by the Schumann song cycle, and expanded her discography with Nonesuch Records\u2019 DVD\/Blu-ray release of William Kentridge\u2019s new treatment of Berg\u2019s Lulu, which captures her celebrated role debut as Countess Geschwitz at the Met.\nGraham\u2019s earliest operatic successes were in such trouser roles as Cherubino in Mozart\u2019s Le nozze di Figaro. Her technical expertise soon brought mastery of Mozart\u2019s more virtuosic roles, like Sesto in La clemenza di Tito, Idamante in Idomeneo and Cecilio in Lucio Silla, as well as the title roles of Handel\u2019s Ariodante and Xerxes. She went on to triumph in two iconic Richard Strauss mezzo roles, Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier and the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos. These brought her to prominence on all the world\u2019s major opera stages, including the Met, Lyric Opera of Chicago, San Francisco Opera, Covent Garden, Paris Opera, La Scala, Bavarian State Opera, Vienna State Opera and the Salzburg Festival, among many others. In addition to creating the role of Sister Helen Prejean at San Francisco Opera, she sang the leading ladies in the Met\u2019s world premieres of John Harbison\u2019s The Great Gatsby and Tobias Picker\u2019s An American Tragedy, and made her Dallas Opera debut as Tina in a new production of The Aspern Papers by Dominick Argento. As Houston Grand Opera\u2019s Lynn Wyatt Great Artist, she starred as Prince Orlofsky in the company\u2019s first staging of Die Fledermaus in 30 years, before heading an all-star cast as Sycorax in the Met\u2019s Baroque pastiche The Enchanted Island and making her rapturously received musical theater debut in a new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein\u2019s The King and I at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet in Paris.\nIt was in an early Lyon production of Berlioz\u2019s B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9n\u00e9dict that Graham scored particular raves from the international press, and a triumph in the title role of Massenet\u2019s Ch\u00e9rubin at Covent Garden sealed her operatic stardom. Further invitations to collaborate on French music were forthcoming from many of its preeminent conductors, including Sir Colin Davis, Charles Dutoit, James Levine and Seiji Ozawa. New productions of Gluck\u2019s Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride, Berlioz\u2019s La damnation de Faust and Massenet\u2019s Werther were mounted for the mezzo in New York, London, Paris, Chicago, San Francisco and beyond. She recently made title role debuts in Offenbach\u2019s comic masterpieces La belle H\u00e9l\u00e8ne and The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein at Santa Fe Opera, as well as proving herself the standout star of the Met\u2019s star-studded revival of Les Troyens, which was broadcast live to cinema audiences worldwide in the company\u2019s celebrated \u201cLive in HD\u201d series. Graham\u2019s affinity for French repertoire has not been limited to the opera stage, also serving as the foundation for her extensive concert and recital career. Such great cantatas and symphonic song cycles as Berlioz\u2019s La mort de Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre and Les nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9, Ravel\u2019s Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade and Chausson\u2019s Po\u00e8me de l\u2019amour et de la mer provide opportunities for collaborations with the world\u2019s leading orchestras, and she makes regular appearances with the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Orchestre de Paris and London Symphony Orchestra.\n \nGraham\u2019s distinguished discography features all the works described above, as well as a series of lauded solo albums, including Un frisson fran\u00e7ais, a program of French song recorded with pianist Malcolm Martineau for Onyx; C\u2019est \u00e7a la vie, c\u2019est \u00e7a l\u2019amour!, an album of 20th-century operetta rarities on Erato; and La Belle \u00c9poque, an award-winning collection of songs by Reynaldo Hahn with pianist Roger Vignoles, from Sony Classical. Among the mezzo\u2019s numerous honors are Musical America\u2019s Vocalist of the Year and an Opera News Award, while Gramophone magazine has dubbed her \u201cAmerica\u2019s favorite mezzo.\u201d\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Amy Lee|,|bio|:|Violinist Amy Lee enjoys a varied performing and teaching career, equally at home in both orchestral and chamber music settings. Currently, Ms. Lee is the associate concertmaster of The Cleveland Orchestra, a post she has held since 2008. She is also an Artist-in-Residence at Kent State University in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. Ms. Lee spends her summers as a faculty member at the Kent Blossom Music Festival in Kent, Ohio and performs at various festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont.\nAn active chamber musician, Amy Lee is a member of several ensembles including the Omni Quartet, Ensemble HD and Kent State\u2019s Verve Chamber Players. Founded with fellow members of The Cleveland Orchestra, Alicia Koelz, Joanna Patterson Zakany, and Tanya Ell, the Omni Quartet performs regularly throughout Northeast Ohio with their Philadelphia Chamber Music Society debut during the 2018-19 season. Innovative and forward-thinking, Ensemble HD seeks to connect with a broad audience by performing at bars around the region and in concert halls. Their recently released album is entitled \u201cLive at the Happy Dog.\u201d Members include Ms. Lee, Joshua Smith, Frank Rosenwein, Tina Dahl, Joanna Patterson Zakany, and Charles Bernard. Ms. Lee was formerly a member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two program, participating in tours, a digital concert series and recordings, and educational outreach.\nAs a soloist, Ms. Lee has appeared with orchestra\u2019s world-wide, making her debut with The Philadelphia Orchestra at 15 with a reappearance in 2000. During her tenure with The Cleveland Orchestra, she performed as soloist three times in Stravinsky\u2019s Violin Concerto, Luigi Dallapiccola\u2019s \u201cTartiniana\u201d and Franz Waxman\u2019s \u201cCarmen Fantasy.\u201d She has also performed with the Santa Fe Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, the National Gallery Orchestra, and Germany\u2019s Baden-Baden Philharmonic, among others.\nAmy Lee holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music and a master\u2019s degree from the Juilliard School. Ms. Lee is a former first prize winner of San Francisco\u2019s Irving M. Klein International String\nCompetition and the Corpus Christi International Competition for piano and strings.\n|,|title|:|guest concertmaster|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BERLIOZ  Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict BERLIOZ  Les nuits d’été ROUSSEL  Suite from The Spider’s Feast DEBUSSY  La mer

data-filter="[2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Nine symphonies. Five piano concertos. One perfect violin concerto. A violin lovers’ dream season continues as the incomparable Joshua Bell, hailed as “the greatest American violinist active today” (The Boston Herald), plays and conducts Beethoven’s sublime, supremely beautiful masterpiece. A blockbuster all-Beethoven program ends with the joyous and jovial Fourth Symphony. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. Listen to a concert preview: https://www.houstonsymphony.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HS189RS.10A.mp3 {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Joshua Bell|,|bio|:|With a career spanning more than 30 years as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and conductor, Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era. An exclusive Sony Classical artist, Bell has recorded more than 40 albums garnering Grammy, Mercury, Gramophone, and Echo Klassik awards, and is a recipient of the Avery Fisher Prize. Named the Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields in 2011, he is the only person to hold this post since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in 1958.\nIn 2018,\u00a0Bell tours with Academy to the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Asia.\u00a0With pianist Sam Haywood, Bell performs 10 recitals in Europe and America, and on February 7, 2018, reunites with collaborator pianist Jeremy Denk for a recital broadcast live from Carnegie Hall. Further season highlights include dates with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, and an all-Beethoven play\/direct program with the Orchestre National de Lyon.\nRecently Sony Classical released\u00a0Joshua Bell \u2013 The Classical Collection, a 14-CD set of albums of classical repertoire that displays Bell\u2019s unique breadth, versatility and breathtaking virtuosity. Slated for April, 2018 is Bell\u2019s recording with the Academy of the Bruch\u2019s Scottish Fantasy and g minor Concerto.\nBell recently engaged in two tech projects: With Embertone, the leading virtual instrument sampling company, the Joshua Bell Virtual\u00a0Violin was created for producers, artists, engineers and composers. Bell also\u00a0 teamed up with Sony for the Joshua Bell VR Experience featuring Bell performing Brahms\u2019 Hungarian Dance No. 1 in full 360-degree VR.\u00a0 This experience\u00a0\u00a0 is available for free download for SONY PlayStation 4 VR.\nConvinced of the value of music as a diplomatic and educational tool, Bell participated in President Obama\u2019s Committee on the Arts and Humanities\u2019 first cultural mission to Cuba.\u00a0 He is also involved in Turnaround Arts, administered by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts which provides arts education to low-performing elementary and middle schools. Bell has devoted himself to several charitable causes, most notably Education Through Music, which puts instruments in the hands of thousands of children in America\u2019s inner cities.\nBell performs on the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius violin.\n|,|title|:|conductor and violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Soovin Kim|,|bio|:|Soovin Kim enjoys a broad musical career regularly performing Bach sonatas and Paganini caprices for solo violin, sonatas for violin and piano ranging from Beethoven to Ives, Mozart and Haydn concertos and symphonies as a conductor, and new world-premiere works almost every season. Among his many commercial recordings are his acclaimed disc of Paganini’s 24 Caprices and a two-disc set of Bach’s complete solo violin works to be released in 2019. When he was 20 years old Mr. Kim received first prize at the Paganini International Violin Competition. He is the founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (LCCMF) in Burlington, Vermont. He was bestowed an honorary doctorate by the University of Vermont for the LCCMF\u2019s great contributions to its community. Mr. Kim devotes much of his time to his passion for teaching at the New England Conservatory in Boston.\n|,|title|:|guest concertmaster|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BEETHOVEN  Violin Concerto BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 4

data-filter="[2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… For the first time ever in Houston, experience Star Wars like never before! Jump in the Millennium Falcon and journey to Tatooine, Alderaan and beyond with a complete showing of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on the big screen at Jones Hall, with John Williams’ epic, unforgettable score played live by the Houston Symphony. Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, battles the evil empire and learns the ways of the Force in the iconic film that started it all. Presentation licensed by Disney Concerts in association with 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm Ltd.,and Warner /Chappell Music. ©2018 & TM LUCASFILM LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © DISNEY {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|2019 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Bold and bawdy, fiery and visceral, Carmina Burana is one of the most instantly-recognizable pieces in all of music. Escape into this intoxicating ode to life, lust and all things earthy, an unforgettable concert experience that thrills with haunting medieval chants, dynamic spectacle and sheer sonic force. Plus, Principal Cellist Brinton Averil Smith takes center stage for d’Albert’s lyrical concerto. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members.   Carmina Burana Special Performance March 30 at 2:30pm The Saturday, March 30, performance at 2:30pm features only Carmina Burana performed with no intermission. Click to purchase tickets for the Carmina Burana performance only. Buy Tickets   {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Yaniv Dinur|,|bio|:|Currently Associate Conductor of the Milwaukee Symphony and newly appointed Music Director of the New Bedford Symphony in Massachusetts, Yaniv Dinur is a rapidly rising young conductor. His debut at the Round Top Festival in June, according to Program Director Alain Declert, \u201cwill remain as one of the most successful ever.\u201d He has also guest conducted prominent American orchestras, including the Houston Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, New World Symphony, and the San Antonio Symphony.\nMr. Dinur’s conducting career began at the age of 19 with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Following his European debut, he was invited to perform with the Israel Camerata, the youngest conductor ever to conduct a professional orchestra in Israel. Since then, he has conducted orchestras around the world, including the Israel Philharmonic, Portugal Symphony, Sofia Festival Orchestra, State Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Torino Philharmonic, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, among others. Broadcast live on Israeli radio, he has conducted for the Jerusalem Symphony\u2019s Young Artists Competition since 2003.\nAmong his numerous honors are the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards. In 2011, he was chosen by the League of American Orchestras to be a featured conductor at the Bruno Walter National Conducting Preview in New Orleans. Other awards include Second Prize at the International Eduardo Mata 2009 Conducting Competition in Mexico City; the Yuri Ahronovitch First Prize at the 2005 Aviv Conducting Competition in Israel; as well as grants from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation and the Zubin Mehta Scholarship Endowment.\nBorn in Jerusalem, Yaniv Dinur is a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, and holds a Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan. Also a passionate music educator, he recently completed a highly successful tenure as Director of Orchestral Activities at American University in Washington D.C.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Brinton Averil Smith|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/brinton-averil-smith\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Matthew Grills|,|bio|:|Opera News exclaims that in San Francisco Opera\u2019s Sweeney Todd, \u201cTenor Matthew Grills made the strongest impression, delivering Tobias\u2019s \u2018Not While I\u2019m Around\u2019 with touching tenderness.\u201d In the 2018-19 season, he makes house debuts with both Opera San Jose singing his first performances of Belmonte in Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail and with New Orleans Opera in a return to his beloved characterization of Pedrillo in the same opera. He returns to the Bayerische Staatsoper to reprise Kedril in From the House of the Dead and to Portland Opera for the company\u2019s \u201cBig Night\u201d concert as well as joins Dallas Opera for a debut as the Dance Master in Manon Lescaut and for the company\u2019s production of Falstaff. On the concert stage, he sings Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana with the Houston Symphony, a concert celebrating Bernstein\u2019s Broadway with the Florida Orchestra, as well as Puccini\u2019s\u00a0Messa di Gloria and excerpts of L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore with Das Musikkollegium Wintherthur. Future engagements include bel canto role debuts with Berkshire Opera Festival and in a return to Seattle Opera. Last season, he made his Seattle Opera debut as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia and returned to the Bayerische Staatsoper in his final season as a member of the company\u2019s ensemble, where his roles included further performances of include further performances of Pedrillo in Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail, Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos as well as Kedril in From the House of the Dead, Danieli in Les v\u00eapres siciliennes, and Vierter Knappe in Parsifal, all new productions; Don Gaspard in La favorite, among others.\nSought after in classical musical theatre repertoire as well, he recently returned to San Francisco Opera as Tobias Ragg. In the realm of bel canto repertoire, he recently made a company and role debut at the Op\u00e9ra national de Lorraine as Idreno in Semiramide and joined the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra in Seoul, Korea and Portland Opera for Nemorino in L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore. Other recent performances for the tenor include Pedrillo in Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail with Atlanta Opera, David, Jeremiah, and the Voice of God in Weill\u2019s The Road of Promise with Kristjan J\u00e4rvi conducting the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Kurt Weill Festival in Dessau, Fenton in Falstaff with Wolf Trap Opera, as well as Almaviva in family performances of Il barbiere di Siviglia and Nathaniel in Les contes d’Hoffmann with San Francisco Opera in addition to joining the company for its production of Cos\u00ec fan tutte.\nPrior to joining the ensemble at the Bayerische Staatsoper, he was a member of the company\u2019s prestigious Opernstudio and sang title role of Le comte Ory and Fabrizio in Martin\u016f\u2019s Mirandolina in the historic Cuvilli\u00e9s Theatre, Ernesto in Donizetti\u2019s Il gioved\u00ec grasso at the Schloss Nymphenberg, as well as a his first performances of Pedrillo in Die Entf\u00fchrung aus dem Serail on the company\u2019s mainstage. He sang a solo recital at the Terrace Theater at the Kennedy Center presented by the Vocal Arts D.C. and the Washington Performing Arts Society and recently joined the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for Handel\u2019s Messiah. As a Resident Artist with Portland Opera, he also sang Goffredo in Rinaldo in addition to covering Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. He is a also former Resident Artist with Santa Fe Opera, where he sang the role of Frank Harris in workshops of Morrison’s Oscar in advance of the opera’s world premiere. At the Seagle Music Colony, he sang Ferrando in Cos\u00ec fan tutte.\nMr. Grills is the unprecedented winner of both grand prize in Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and first prize in the Lotte Lenya Competition in the same year, 2012. He holds a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music where his performances included Jenik in The Bartered Bride and the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald in Assassins. He earned his Bachelor of Music from The Boston Conservatory where he sang Prunier in La rondine.\n|,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Laura Claycomb|,|bio|:||,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Reginald Smith, Jr.|,|bio|:||,|title|:|baritone|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Fort Bend Boys Choir|,|bio|:||,|title|:|William R. Adams, founder and artistic director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]} D’ALBERT  Cello Concerto ORFF  Carmina Burana

data-filter="[2019 04|2019 04|2019 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Opulent and unabashedly beautiful, Rachmaninoff’s piano music speaks straight to the heart. Pianist extraordinaire Simon Trpčeski shines in the composer’s shimmering final concerto. Composed during a carefree summer in the Russian countryside, Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 3 features some of his sunniest and most delightful music. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Kazushi Ono|,|bio|:|Kazushi Ono cherishes music\u2019s power to bring people together. His manner in rehearsal, quiet and calm, exudes qualities of openness and receptivity. The conductor conveys complex messages in performance with effortless expressive gestures and a wisdom informed by his inexhaustible passion for making and exploring music with others. It is in his nature to unwind after conducting by playing through passages from the evening\u2019s programme at the piano. Music, in short, has supplied the essential spirit of life since childhood.\nKazushi Ono is Music Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Simf\u00f2nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. In 2016 he became Artistic Advisor to the New National Theatre Tokyo, a position that he will hold until September 2018, after which he will become the Theatre\u2019s Artistic Director. From 2008 to 2017, Kazushi Ono maintained his position as Principal Conductor of Op\u00e9ra National de Lyon, during which he attracted international critical acclaim with landmark performances of works such as Prokofiev\u2019s The Gamblers, Berg\u2019s Lulu and Wagner\u2019s Parsifal, thus reinforcing the company\u2019s reputation for creating a series of new productions, including the compelling double bill of Dallapiccola\u2019s Il prigioniero and Schoenberg\u2019s Erwartung (2013); Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio, in Lyon and at the Edinburgh International Festival (2013); Britten\u2019s Peter Grimes and The Turn of the Screw (2014); Debussy\u2019s Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande , Berlioz\u2019s La Damnation de Faust (2015), and Shostakovich\u2019s Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (2016).\nFollowing his tenure as Principal Conductor in Lyon, he was awarded \u00a0\u2018Officier de l\u2019ordre des Arts et des Lettres\u2019 by French cultural minister Fran\u00e7oise Nyssen, a further distinguished title adding to the prestigious Asahi Prize, given in January 2015, for his contribution to Japanese society. This award distinguishes individuals who have greatly contributed to the development and progress of Japanese culture and society at large.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Simon Trp\u010deski|,|bio|:|Macedonian pianist Simon Trp\u0109eski (pronounced terp-CHESS-kee) has established himself as one of the most remarkable musicians to have emerged in recent years, praised not only for his powerful virtuosity and deeply expressive approach, but also for his warm personality and commitment to strengthening Macedonia\u2019s cultural image.\nMr. Trp\u0109eski\u2019s 2017-18 season includes performances with the San Francisco Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, North Carolina Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. He also continues a multi-year residency for Wigmore Hall and appears in recital at the Meany Center for the Performing Arts in Seattle. In the summer of 2017, Mr. Trp\u0109eski was featured in a pair of performances with the Chicago Symphony at the Ravinia Festival performing concertos by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.\nSimon Trp\u0109eski works regularly with a prominent list of conductors including Marin Alsop, Jakub Hrusa, Vladimir Jurowski, Susanna Malkki, Gianandrea Noseda, Antonio Pappano, Vasily Petrenko, Robert Spano, and Edo deWaart. He is a frequent soloist with the major North American orchestras, including the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, New York and Los Angeles Philharmonics, and the Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Baltimore Symphonies. Engagements with major European ensembles include the London Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, and St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Additionally, he has performed with the New Japan, Seoul and Hong Kong Philharmonics, Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne symphonies, and has toured with the New Zealand Symphony.\nA sought-after recitalist, Mr. Trp\u0109eski has given solo performances at major halls in New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Munich, Prague, Hamburg, Bilbao, Istanbul, Dublin, and Tokyo. Mr. Trp\u0109eski has recorded prolifically to widespread acclaim on EMI Classics, Avie Records, Onyx Classics, and Wigmore Hall Live. His first recording, released in 2002, featured works by Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Stravinsky, and Prokofiev, and received both the \u201cEditor\u2019s Choice\u201d and \u201cDebut Album\u201d awards at the Gramophone Awards. His 2005 Rachmaninoff, 2007 Chopin, and 2008 Debussy recordings received extensive praise from critics, and in 2010 and 2011, his interpretations of Rachmaninoff\u2019s four piano concertos and the\u00a0Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini\u00a0with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic were recognized with Classic FM, Gramophone \u201cEditor\u2019s Choice,\u201d and Diapason d\u2019Or distinctions. Mr. Trp\u0109eski\u2019s March 2012 recital at the Wigmore Hall was released on the \u201cWigmore Hall Live\u201d label, and was immediately hailed by The Telegraph as \u201cClassical CD of the Week.\u201d\nA recording featuring Tchaikovsky\u2019s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra was released in the autumn of 2014 on the Onyx Classics label, and another Wigmore Hall Live album featuring works by Brahms, Ravel, and Poulenc was released in early 2016. His most recent recording \u2013 released by Onyx Classics in June 2017 \u2013 revives his much-heralded collaboration with Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and features Prokofiev\u2019s Piano Concertos No. 1 and 3 together with the\u00a0Overture on Hebrew Themes.\nMr. Trp\u0109eski also performs chamber music as often as he can, at festivals such as Aspen, Verbier, Risor, Bergen, and the Baltic Sea Festival. He recently launched a new project called\u00a0Makedonissimo\u00a0featuring arrangements of Macedonian folk music by Pande Shaov for piano, clarinet, violin, cello, and percussion. The project debuted at the Ludwigsburg and Ljubljana Festivals, with additional performances being planned for future seasons. He has a regular duo partnership with cellist Daniel M\u00fcller-Schott and recent collaborations have included a North American tour; appearances at the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, and in Bilbao; and trio performances with Julia Fischer and Daniel M\u00fcller-Schott at the Wigmore Hall and Dresden Philharmonie.\nWith the special support of KulturOp \u2014 Macedonia\u2019s leading cultural and arts organization \u2014 and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Trp\u0109eski works regularly with young musicians in Macedonia in order to cultivate the talent of the country\u2019s next generation of artists.\nBorn in the Republic of Macedonia in 1979, Simon Trp\u0109eski is a graduate of the School of Music at the University of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Skopje, where he studied with Boris Romanov. He was previously named a BBC New Generation Artist, and in May 2003, he was honored with the Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist Award. In December 2009, the President of Macedonia, H.E. Gjorge Ivanov, honored him with the Presidential Order of Merit for Macedonia, a decoration given to foreign and domestic dignitaries responsible for the affirmation of Macedonia abroad. Most recently, in September 2011, Mr. Trp\u0109eski became the first ever recipient of the title \u201cNational Artist of the Republic of Macedonia.\u201d He makes his home in Skopje with his family.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SHOSTAKOVICH  Ballet Suite No. 1 RACHMANINOFF  Piano Concerto No. 4 TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 3, Polish

data-filter="[2019 04|][jones-hall|][April|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:5,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" The Grammy Award-winning Indigo Girls—Amy Ray and Emily Saliers—join the Houston Symphony, performing folk-rock hits from their career spanning the past four decades. The duet has rewarded fans with hits including Galileo, Kid Fears, Closer to Fine and Making Promises. Experience the Houston Symphony and Indigo Girls sharing the stage together as the iconic duo’s “voices soar and swoop as one” (Rolling Stone). {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Sean O\u2019Loughlin|,|bio|:|Sean O\u2019Loughlin (b.1972) is the Principal Pops Conductor of Symphoria, the exciting new symphony in Syracuse, NY and the newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Victoria Symphony in Victoria, B.C. Canada. He is a fresh voice and a rising name in the music world. His music is characterized by vibrant rhythms, passionate melodies, and colorful scoring. Commissions from the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra highlight and showcase his diverse musical abilities. As a conductor, he has led performances with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Vancouver Symphony, the Atlanta Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Victoria Symphony and the Seattle Symphony amongst others. He was the assistant conductor and arranger for a production of Sgt. Pepper Live in Las Vegas featuring the band Cheap Trick. He has served as conductor for national and world-wide tours with Josh Groban, Sarah McLachlan and the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration. He has also appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America with Josh Groban and NBC’s “A Very Pentatonix Christmas.”\nRecent collaborations include such artists as Sarah McLachlan, Adele, Josh Groban, Pentatonix, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Diana Ross, Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Blue Man Group, Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Audra McDonald, Hall and Oates, Gloria Estefan, the Indigo Girls, Diana Krall, Itzhak Perlman, Natalie Merchant, Chris Isaak, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists, Martina McBride, Josh Ritter, Gloria Gaynor and others. The Los Angeles Times calls his orchestrations \u201c…magnificent and colorful\u201d while adding \u201c…even more dimension…\u201d to the compositions. Daily Variety heralds Sean\u2019s writing as \u201cmost impressive …\u201d with a \u201cwide range of coloring in the orchestra…\u201d that \u201c…adds heft and rolling energy.\nThrough his growing number of commissioned and published works, Sean is excited to continue contributing to the rich history of orchestral and wind band literature. His music is published by Carl Fischer and Hal Leonard. He is a frequent guest conductor with professional orchestras and honor bands around the country. An annual ASCAP Special Awards winner, Sean was a composition fellow at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles, and holds composition degrees from New England Conservatory and Syracuse University.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 04|][jones-hall|][April|][[{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:5,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Led Zeppelin, the original heavy metal band, as the Houston Symphony covers a set list of all their best known works! Rock out to all their acclaimed hits you know and love. Amplified by a full rock band, this one night only event is sure to leave you believing that “all that glitters is gold.” {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Brent Havens|,|bio|:|Berklee-trained arranger\/conductor Brent Havens has written music for orchestras, feature films and virtually every variety of television program. His TV work includes movies for major networks, commercials, sports music for ESPN and cartoons.\nBrent worked with the Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony, arranging and conducting the combined group for Harley Davidson\u2019s 100th Anniversary Birthday Party Finale attended by more than 150,000 fans. He has worked with some of the world’s greatest orchestras, including London\u2019s Royal Philharmonic; the Houston and Nashville Symphonies; the Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Atlanta, Baltimore, Dallas and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestras; the Minnesota Orchestra; the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and countless others. For the past several years, he has conducted the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra with Music of Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Queen and U2 shows.\nBrent composed the score for the film Quo Vadis, a Premier Pictures remake of the 1956 gladiator film. In 2013, he worked with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens to arrange and produce the music for the Thanksgiving Day halftime show between the Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, adapting both classical music and rock songs into a single four-minute show.\nHe is arranger\/guest conductor for 14 symphonic rock programs, including the Music of Led Zeppelin, the Music of the Doors, the Music of Pink Floyd, the Music of the Eagles, the Music of Queen, the Music of Michael Jackson, the Music of The Who, The Music of Whitney Houston, the Music of The Rolling Stones, the Music of U2, the Music of Journey, the Music of Elton John, the Music of David Bowie and the Music of Prince. Brent Havens also premiered a full orchestral show for Lou Gramm, The Voice of Foreigner with Lou singing out front.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Randy Jackson|,|bio|:|Randy Jackson is the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Zebra. His first foray into recording success began with the self-titled Zebra debut album, released on Atlantic Records in 1983. Critically acclaimed for its lush rock sounds, due in large part to Randy\u2019s searing lead vocals and soaring guitar leads, the album sold 75,000 copies the first week. \u201cWho\u2019s Behind The Door\u201d and \u201cTell Me What You Want,\u201d written by Randy, received serious notice in the press and almost instantly helped to form legions of Zebra fans. He produced and engineered the group\u2019s latest release, Zebra IV.\nIn 1989, Randy toured as keyboardist, guitarist and backing vocalist with the original, reunited Jefferson Airplane, their last tour together. He has also worked extensively in the area of musical software and hardware development.\n|,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 04|2019 04|2019 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" The breathtaking, gravity-defying artists of Cirque de la Symphonie drop into Jones Hall for an evening of high-flying excitement and incredible music! Be dazzled by world-class acrobats, aerial flyers, contortionists, strongmen, jugglers and tumblers as Jones Hall transforms into a Cirque wonderland. Michael Krajewski and the Houston Symphony take care of the sonic thrills in this must-see concert event that’s perfect for the whole family. Note: Sunday subscribers attend Sunday matinee performance. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Krajewski|,|bio|:|Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops.\u00a0He is Music Director of The Philly Pops and Principal Pops Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He previously served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston Symphony and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.\nAs a guest conductor Michael has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the San Francisco, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and National Symphonies, and numerous other orchestras across the United States. In Canada he has led Ottawa\u2019s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Edmonton, Winnipeg and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphonies. Other international appearances include performances in Dublin and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra as well as performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain\u2019s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.\nWith degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Michael furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. Michael lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. When not conducting he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 04|2019 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:6,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Wave your magic wand and enter an enchanted land of glass slippers, mysterious witches and fairy godmothers as your favorite fairy tales come to life through music and dance! Ballet dancers will dazzle the senses as the Houston Symphony performs the treasured music from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty, Prokofiev’s Cinderella, Stravinsky’s Firebird and more. Whether you get there by car, carriage or magic pumpkin, you won’t want to miss it! Children of all ages, including infants, are welcome at Family Series performances. All patrons must have a ticket when entering a concert venue. For lap child tickets, please contact our Patron Services Center at 713-224-7575. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dancers \u2013 Kinder HSPVA dance department|,|bio|:||,|title|:| Janie Caruthers and Courtney Jones, directors|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}

data-filter="[2019 05|2019 05|2019 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Heroic. Ferocious. Groundbreaking. Hear the symphony that changed it all as Andrés conducts Beethoven’s Eroica, a staggering musical vision too powerful to be contained. A monumental weekend also features the grand unveiling of Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López’ Violin Concerto, a stunning feast for the senses that combines light displays with musical luminescence to immerse you in the breathtaking beauty of the Northern Lights. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Leticia Moreno|,|bio|:|Recognized as a truly exciting and versatile violinist, Leticia Moreno \u201ccaptivates audiences and critics alike with her natural charisma, virtuosism and deep interpretative force\u201d. In 2012 she was appointed to Europe\u00b4s prestigious award Echo Rising Star leading her to play recitals in the main concert halls across Europe.\nShe has appeared with the most renowned conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, Yuri Temirkanov, Krzysztof Penderecki, Andr\u00e9s Orozco Estrada, Josep Pons, Juanjo Mena and Andrey Boreyko among others and with leading orchestras such us Wiener Symphoniker, St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Washington National, Mariinsky Orchestra, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestre Philharmonique de Montecarlo, Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg, Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields, Orquesta Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar and is a regular guest with most of the major Spanish orchestras.\nSeason 2016\/2017 started with Leticia\u2019s debut with Hall\u00e9 Orchestra \/ Sir Mark Elder in Santander Festival, followed by her debut with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra. Next concerts in the season includes Staatskapelle Weimar with Penderecki, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra with Pablo Gonz\u00e1lez, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic with Andrey Boreyko, RTE National Orchestra with Josep Pons, ending the season with two tours: St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Temirkanov and Youth National Orchestra of Colombia with Orozco Estrada.\nUpcoming highlights includes Yomiuri Orchestra with Temirkanov, Houston Symphony Orchestra with Orozco Estrada, WDR Orchestra with Alondra de la Parra, a tour in Germany with Orquesta de Cadaqu\u00e9s and Mozarteum Orchestra with Penderecki.\nAs a keen recitalist and chamber musician, Leticia has collaborated alongside Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou, Kirill Gerstein, Alexander Ghindin, Lauma Skride, Mario Brunello, Leonard Elschenbroich and Maxim Rysanov.\nLeticia has recently recorded two CDs for Universal\/Deutsche Grammophon: Spanish Landscapes – a study of Spanish Music (Sarasate, Lorca, Granados, Falla etc) and Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.\nLeticia studied with Zakar Bron at Escuela Superior de M\u00fasica Reina Sof\u00eda in Madrid and Musikhochschule Koeln, being the youngest member of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung.\u00a0 Leticia Moreno has won international violin competitions such as Szeryng, Concertino Praga, Novosibirsk, Sarasate and Kreisler.\nLeticia plays a 1762 Nicola Gagliano\nwww.leticiamoreno.com\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} JIMMY LÓPEZ  Aurora, for Solo Violin and Orchestra (Houston Symphony commission, world premiere) BEETHOVEN  Symphony No. 3, Eroica

data-filter="[2019 05|2019 05|2019 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Edgar Allan Poe’s words meet the lavish opulence of Rachmaninoff in this powerful choral symphony, which Rachmaninoff himself cited as his favorite creation. The vibrant, jazzy rhythms of Gershwin and the blistering energy of Prokofiev are on full display as International Tchaikovsky Competition Silver Medalist George Li brings his “staggering technical prowess” (Washington Post) to Houston. To start, step inside the haunting, visionary world of America’s greatest musical pioneer and prophet as Andrés’ season-long exploration of Charles Ives’ Fourth Symphony continues. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|George Li|,|bio|:|Praised by the Washington Post for combining \u201cstaggering technical prowess, a sense of command and depth of expression,\u201d pianist George Li possesses an effortless grace, brilliant virtuosity and poised authority far beyond his years. Since winning the Silver Medal at the 2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition, Li has rapidly established a major international reputation and performs regularly with some of the world\u2019s leading orchestras and conductors such as Gergiev, Dudamel, Honeck, Petrenko, Tilson Thomas and Long Yu.\nRecent and upcoming concerto highlights include performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, Sydney Symphony and St Petersburg Philharmonic. In 2018\/19, Li makes his debut with the London Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Tokyo Symphony and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, embarks on a 11-city recital tour of China and is the soloist on the Russian National Orchestra\u2019s major US tour with Mikhail Pletnev. He frequently appears with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, including performances at the Paris Philharmonie, Luxembourg Philharmonie, New York\u2019s Brooklyn Academy of Music, Graffenegg Festival and in various venues throughout Russia.\nIn recital, Li performs at venues including Carnegie Hall, Davies Hall in San Francisco, the Mariinsky Theatre, Munich\u2019s Gasteig, the Louvre, Seoul Arts Center, Tokyo\u2019s Asahi Hall and Musashino Hall, NCPA Beijing, Shanghai Poly Theater and Amici della Musica Firenze, as well as appearances at major festivals including the Edinburgh International Festival, Ravinia Festival, Festival de P\u00e2ques in Aix-en-Provence Festival, and Montreux Festival.\nAn active chamber musician, Li has performed alongside James Ehnes, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Benjamin Beilman, Kian Soltani, Pablo Ferrandez and Daniel Lozakovich and future plans include collaborations with Daniel Hope, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Lawrence Power. Li is an exclusive Warner Classics recording artist, with his debut recital album released in October 2017 which was recorded live from the Mariinsky.\nLi gave his first public performance at Boston\u2019s Steinway Hall at the age of ten and in 2011, performed for President Obama at the White House in an evening honoring Chancellor Angela Merkel. Among Li\u2019s many prizes, he was the recipient of the 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a recipient of the 2012 Gilmore Young Artist Award, and the First Prize winner of the 2010 Young Concert Artists International Auditions. In summer 2018, Li graduated from the Harvard University \/ New England Conservatory joint program, where he studied with Wha Kyung Byun.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|*Peter Dugan|,|bio|:|Pianist Peter Dugan\u2019s 2017 debut solo performances with\u00a0Michael Tilson Thomas\u00a0and the San Francisco Symphony were described by the Los Angeles Times as \u201cstunning\u201d and by the San Francisco Chronicle as \u201cfearlessly athletic.\u201d He has appeared as a soloist, recitalist and chamber musician across North America and abroad. Valuing versatility as the key to the future of classical music, Peter is equally at home in classical, jazz and pop idioms.\nA sought-after crossover artist, Peter has performed in duos and trios with artists ranging from\u00a0Itzhak Perlman and\u00a0Joshua Bell\u00a0to Jesse Colin Young and\u00a0Glenn Close. The Wall Street Journal described his collaboration with violinist Charles Yang as a \u201cclassical-meets-rockstar duo.\u201d\nPeter\u2019s recent chamber music recitals include the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, Music@Menlo and a Weill Hall debut presented by Carnegie Hall. His debut album with baritone John Brancy, A Silent Night: A WWI Memorial in Song, pays homage to composers who lived through, fought in and died in the Great War.\u00a0Brancy and Peter won first prize at the 2017 Montreal International Music Competition and second prize at the Wigmore Hall International Song Competition.\nPeter holds bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied under Matti Raekallio. He lives in New York with his wife, mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, and serves on the piano faculty at the Juilliard Evening Division.\nPeter Dugan is a Yamaha Artist.\n|,|title|:|piano |,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Mane Galoyan|,|bio|:||,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Garrett Sorenson|,|bio|:||,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Andrei Bondarenko|,|bio|:||,|title|:|baritone|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]} IVES  Symphony No. 4, Finale GERSHWIN I Got Rhythm Variations PROKOFIEV  Piano Concerto No. 1 RACHMANINOFF  The Bells

data-filter="[2019 05|2019 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" A sinister castle, shrouded in darkness. Inside, seven doors hold seven shocking secrets. In time, all will be revealed… Prepare for an extraordinary concert experience as the 2018–19 Classical season closes with a complete semi-staged performance of Bartók’s riveting psychological thriller, in which a young bride slowly discovers the gruesome depths of her husband’s dark secrets. A dream cast featuring two of the world’s most sought-after opera stars joins Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony for the must-see event of the season. Note: Thursday and Sunday subscribers attend Thursday performance. Saturday subscribers attend Friday performance. Pre-Concert Activities: Attend the Prelude pre-concert discussion, held 45 minutes prior to each Classical concert. Prelude is led by our Musical Ambassador Carlos Andrés Botero, and sometimes features guest artists or orchestra members. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michelle DeYoung|,|bio|:||,|title|:|mezzo-soprano (Judith)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Matthias Goerne|,|bio|:||,|title|:|baritone (Bluebeard)|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BARTÓK  Bluebeard’s Castle

data-filter="[2019 05|2019 05|2019 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1544,|name|:|2018-19|,|slug|:|2018-19|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1544,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:18,|filter|:|raw|}]" Experience iconic moments from musical theater—everything from beloved overtures and dream ballets to electrifying “full company” renditions featuring the Houston Symphony Chorus—in this blockbuster POPS Season finale. Featuring music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne and more! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 09|2019 09|2019 09|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][September|September|September|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Following her Tony Award®­–winning run in Hamilton, Broadway star Renée Elise Goldsberry returns to her childhood home of Houston for an unforgettable evening of beloved Broadway show tunes recognizable to young and old alike. You’ll hear selections like “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” plus songs from The Lion King and Rent. And, there’s always the possibility of a few numbers from Hamilton! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry|,|bio|:|Ren\u00e9e Elise Goldsberry received the Tony Award, Grammy Award, Drama Desk Award and Lucille Lortel Award for her performance off and on Broadway in the musical phenomenon Hamilton. Since winning the Tony Award, she has appeared in Baz Luhrmann\u2019s “The Get Down” for Netflix and shot the title role for HBO\u2019s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” opposite Oprah Winfrey. She is currently starring in the Netflix series “Altered Carbon\u201d. Prior to Hamilton, Renee\u2019s appearances on stage include her Outer Critics Circle Award nominated performance opposite Frances McDormand in the play Good People, as well as the original stage version of The Color Purple.\u00a0 She made her Broadway debut in The Lion King and was the last \u201cMimi\u201d in Rent.\u00a0 Her off-Broadway appearances have included several Shakespeare productions for the Public Theater\u2019s New York Shakespeare Festival, where Hamilton originated. Her television appearances include her recurring roles on \u201cThe Good Wife,\u201d \u201cLaw & Order: SVU\u201d and \u201cThe Following.\u201d\u00a0 She was nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance on \u201cOne Life to Live.\u201d On film, she appeared most recently in \u201cSisters\u201d with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and in \u201cEvery Secret Thing\u201d with Diane Lane and Elizabeth Banks.\n|,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 09|][jones-hall|][September|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:5,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" “There is not a better pianist in the world. [Yefim Bronfman] is not a pianist merely for now but for all time.”—The New Criterion Monumental doesn’t even begin to describe it. Prepare for an extraordinary concert experience when living legend Yefim Bronfman takes on the staggering virtuosity of “Rach 3,” a piece so demanding it’s often described as the Mt. Everest of concertos. Renowned conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the Symphony in colorful crowd-pleasers, including Tchaikovsky’s sparkling souvenir of Italy. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Leonard Slatkin|,|bio|:|Internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin is Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) and Directeur Musical Honoraire of the Orchestre National de Lyon (ONL). He maintains a rigorous schedule of guest conducting throughout the world and is active as a composer, author, and educator.\nHighlights of the 2018-19 season include a tour of Germany with the ONL; a three-week American Festival with the DSO; the Kastalsky Requiem project commemorating the World War I Centennial; Penderecki\u2019s 85th birthday celebration in Warsaw; five weeks in Asia leading orchestras in Guangzhou, Beijing, Osaka, Shanghai, and Hong Kong; and the Manhattan School of Music\u2019s 100th anniversary gala concert at Carnegie Hall. He will also conduct the Moscow Philharmonic, Balearic Islands Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Louisville Orchestra, Berner Symphonieorchester, Pittsburgh Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, RT\u00c9 National Symphony in Ireland, and Monte Carlo Symphony.\nSlatkin has received six Grammy awards and 33 nominations. His recent Naxos recordings include works by Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Ravel, and Berlioz (with the ONL) and music by Copland, Rachmaninov, Borzova, McTee, and John Williams (with the DSO). In addition, he has recorded the complete Brahms, Beethoven, and Tchaikovsky symphonies with the DSO (available online as digital downloads).\nA recipient of the prestigious National Medal of Arts, Slatkin also holds the rank of Chevalier in the French Legion of Honor. He has received Austria\u2019s Decoration of Honor in Silver, the League of American Orchestras\u2019 Gold Baton Award, and the 2013 ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award for his debut book, Conducting Business. His second book, Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry, was published by Amadeus Press in 2017.\nSlatkin has conducted virtually all the leading orchestras in the world. As Music Director, he has held posts in New Orleans; St. Louis; Washington, DC; London (with the BBCSO); Detroit; and Lyon, France. He has also served as Principal Guest Conductor in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Cleveland. For more information, visit leonardslatkin.com.\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.\nIn celebration of the 80th birthday of Maestro Temirkanov, Mr. Bronfman\u2019s 2018-19 season begins with a European tour with St. Petersburg Philharmonic. This is followed by a Scandinavian tour with The Royal Concertgebouw and Maestro Gatti with orchestral concerts in Europe during the season including Paris (Orchestre National de France), London (LPO), Cologne (WDR), Rome (Santa Cecilia), Berlin (Philharmonic), and Vienna Philharmonic on tour. In the US he will return to orchestras in Cleveland, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, St. Louis, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Dallas, and in recital can be heard in New York (Carnegie Hall), Berkeley, Stanford, Aspen, Madrid, Geneva, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Berlin, Naples, Rome and on tour in the spring with mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena.\nMr. Bronfman works regularly with an illustrious group of conductors, including Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi, Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Daniele Gatti, Valery Gergiev, Alan Gilbert, Mariss Jansons, Vladimir Jurowski, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Jaap Van Zweden, Franz Welser-M\u00f6st, and David Zinman. Summer engagements have regularly taken him to the major festivals of Europe and the US. Always keen to explore chamber music repertoire, his partners have included Pinchas Zukerman, Martha Argerich, Magdalena Ko\u017een\u00e1, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Emmanuel Pahud and many others.\nHe has also given numerous solo recitals in the leading halls of North America, Europe and the Far East, including acclaimed debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1989 and Avery Fisher Hall in 1993. In 1991 he gave a series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Russia, marking Mr. Bronfman’s first public performances there since his emigration to Israel at age 15. That same year he was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize, one of the highest honors given to American instrumentalists. In 2010 he was honored as the recipient of the Jean Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance from Northwestern University.\nWidely praised for his solo, chamber and orchestral recordings, Mr. Bronfman has been nominated for 6 GRAMMY\u00ae Awards, winning in 1997 with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for their recording of the three Bartok Piano Concerti. His prolific catalog of recordings includes works for two pianos by Rachmaninoff and Brahms with Emanuel Ax, the complete Prokofiev concerti with the Israel Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, a Schubert\/Mozart disc with the Zukerman Chamber Players and the soundtrack to Disney’s Fantasia 2000. His most recent CD releases are the 2014 GRAMMY\u00ae nominated Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 2 commissioned for him and performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert on the Da Capo label; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Mariss Jansons and the Bayerischer Rundfunk; a recital disc, Perspectives, complementing Mr. Bronfman’s designation as a Carnegie Hall \u2018Perspectives’ artist for the 2007-08 season; and recordings of all the Beethoven piano concerti as well as the Triple Concerto together with violinist Gil Shaham, cellist Truls M\u00f8rk, and the T\u00f6nhalle Orchestra Z\u00fcrich under David Zinman for the Arte Nova\/BMG label. Now available on DVD are his performances of Liszt’s second piano concerto with Franz Welser-M\u00f6st and the Vienna Philharmonic from Schoenbrunn, 2010 on Deutsche Grammophon; Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto with Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from the 2011 Lucerne Festival; Rachmaninoff’s third concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle on the EuroArts label and both Brahms Concerti with Franz Welser-M\u00f6st and The Cleveland Orchestra (2015).\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. He is a 2015 recipient of an honorary doctorate from the Manhattan School of Music.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} GLINKA Kamarinskaya (Fantasy on Two Russian Folk Songs) BORODIN Nocturne TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio Italien RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3

data-filter="[2019 09|2019 09|2019 09|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][September|September|September|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Magic springs from every moment of Stravinsky’s rapturous, red-hot Firebird, a masterpiece of orchestral innovation that soars through landscapes of wonder and enchantment, then roars its way to a heart-pounding finale. Bold brush strokes and bright primary colors fill Stravinsky’s canvas in his invigorating, classical-inspired concerto, and astounding star Leonidas Kavakos holds nothing back in his return to the Jones Hall stage. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Leonidas Kavakos|,|bio|:|Leonidas Kavakos is recognised across the world as a violinist and artist of rare quality, acclaimed for his matchless technique, his captivating artistry and his superb musicianship as well as for the integrity of his playing. He works with the world\u2019s greatest orchestras and conductors and is a frequent recitalist in the world\u2019s premier recital halls and festivals. He is an exclusive recording artist with Sony Classical.\nThe three important mentors in his life have been Stelios Kafantaris, Josef Gingold and Ferenc Rados. By the age of 21, Leonidas Kavakos had already won three major competitions: the Sibelius Competition in 1985, and the Paganini and Naumburg competitions in 1988. This success led to him recording the original Sibelius Violin Concerto (1903\/4), the first recording of this work in history, and which won Gramophone Concerto of the Year Award in 1991.\nIn the 2018-19 season, as Artist in Residence with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kavakos will appear as both soloist and conductor when he performs Beethoven Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 7, and will also perform Shostakovich Violin Concerto with Mariss Jansons and Berg Violin Concerto with Daniel Harding. He will also appear as soloist with orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Israel Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony. He will also make a short tour of China including recitals and with concerto performances in Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai.\nLeonidas Kavakos has built a strong profile as a conductor and has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, G\u00fcrzenich Orchester, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Filarmonica Teatro La Fenice, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Danish Radio Symphony orchestras. This season he will conduct the Orchestra dell\u2019Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Vienna Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, and Dallas Symphony.\nLeonidas Kavakos signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical in June 2018. This signifies a welcome return to the label as Kavakos previously recorded the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, and Mozart\u2019s Violin Concertos, conducting and playing with Camerata Salzburg. More recently, Kavakos joined Yo-Yo Ma and Emmanuel Ax for a highly successful recording of Brahms Trios for the label. Kavakos\u2019s first solo project with Sony is the Beethoven Violin Concerto and Beethoven Septet which will be recorded with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra later this season. This will be followed by a project to record the complete Bach Solo Sonatas and Partitas.\nKavakos\u2019 extensive discography also includes Beethoven Violin Sonatas with Enrico Pace, which was awarded the ECHO Klassik \u2018Instrumentalist of the Year\u2019. This was followed by the Brahms Violin Concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Riccardo Chailly, Brahms Violin Sonatas with Yuja Wang, and Virtuoso. He was awarded Gramophone Artist of the Year 2014. He has recorded for Decca, BIS and ECM.\nLeonidas Kavakos was the winner of the prestigious L\u00e9onie Sonning Music Prize 2017. This prize is Denmark\u2019s highest musical honour and is awarded annually to an internationally recognised composer, instrumentalist, conductor or singer. Previous winners include Leonard Bernstein, Benjamin Britten, Arthur Rubinstein, Yehudi Menuhin, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, Pierre Boulez, Gy\u00f6rgy Ligeti, Alfred Brendel, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Simon Rattle.\nBorn and brought up in a musical family in Athens, Kavakos curates an annual violin and chamber-music masterclass in Athens, which attracts violinists and ensembles from all over the world and reflects his deep commitment to the handing on of musical knowledge and traditions. Part of this tradition is the art of violin and bow-making, which Kavakos regards as a great mystery and to this day, an undisclosed secret.\nHe plays the \u2018Willemotte\u2019 Stradivarius violin of 1734 and owns modern violins made by F. Leonhard, S.P. Greiner, E. Haahti and D. Bagu\u00e9.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} STRAVINSKY Scherzo fantastique STRAVINSKY Violin Concerto STRAVINSKY The Firebird (full ballet score)

data-filter="[2019 09|2019 09|2019 09|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][September|September|September|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Breezy tunes, breakneck pace and plenty of Jazz Age swagger make Gershwin’s Concerto a firm audience favorite, and Jean-Yves Thibaudet lends his individual style and interpretive flair to this much-loved masterpiece. Copland’s lively snapshot of a Mexico City dance hall, the familiar melodies of Porgy and Bess and music of Mexican-great Carlos Chávez complete this musical collage of color and exuberance. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jean-Yves Thibaudet|,|bio|:|For more than\u00a0three decades, Jean-Yves Thibaudet has performed world-wide, recorded more than 50 albums, and built a reputation as one of today\u2019s finest pianists.\u00a0He plays a\u00a0range of solo, chamber, and orchestral repertoire \u2013 from Beethoven through Liszt, Grieg, and\u00a0Saint-Sa\u00ebns; to Khachaturian and Gershwin, and to contemporary composers Qigang Chen and James MacMillan. From the very start of his career, he delighted in music beyond the standard repertoire, from jazz to opera, which he transcribed himself to play on the piano. His profound professional friendships crisscross the globe and have led to spontaneous and fruitful collaborations in film, fashion, and visual art.\nThibaudet begins the Seattle Symphony’s season with Khachaturian’s Piano Concerto. In the summer of 2018, he toured Taiwan, China, and South Korea with Michael Tilson Thomas and Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra. He also expresses his passion for education and fostering young musical talent as the first-ever Artist-in-Residence at the Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he makes his home. The school has extended the residency for an additional three years and has announced the Jean-Yves Thibaudet Scholarships to provide aid for Music Academy students, whom Thibaudet will select for the merit-based awards, regardless of their instrument choice.\nAs one of the premiere interpreters of the solo part in Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety, Thibaudet continues to perform the piece around the world as the composer’s centennial year comes to a close. In addition to playing it with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop at the orchestra’s first-ever appearance at the BBC Proms, he plays it with the Los Angeles and Brussels philharmonics and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.\nIn 2018-19 he renews many longstanding musical partnerships, including touring a program of Schumann, Faur\u00e9, Debussy, and Enescu with Midori, touring the great concert halls of Europe with Lisa Batiashvili and Gautier Capu\u00e7on, and performing chamber music with brothers Renaud and Gautier Capu\u00e7on. With Gautier he also premieres Richard Dubugnon’s Eros Athanatos, a fantaisie concertante for cello and piano, with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. They go on to perform it with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra across Belgium, at the Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France. With the Cleveland Orchestra and Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Thibaudet plays another piece that he introduced to the world: James MacMillan’s Piano Concerto No. 3.\nOther highlights include beginning 2019 with Messiaen’s Turangal\u00eela-Symphonie with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, then with Susanna M\u00e4lkki and the LA Phil. With Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, he takes Saint-Sa\u00ebns’ fifth piano concerto on tour to the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Philharmonie Essen, and the Berliner Philharmonie.\nThibaudet\u2019s recording catalogue has received two Grammy nominations, the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik, the Diapason d\u2019Or, the Choc du Monde de la Musique, the Edison Prize, and Gramophone awards. In 2017 he released to great acclaim Bernstein’s Age of Anxiety with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop, with whom he previously recorded Gershwin, featuring big jazz band orchestrations of Rhapsody in Blue, variations on \u201cI Got Rhythm,\u201d and the Concerto in F. In 2016, on the 150th anniversary of Erik Satie’s birth, Decca released a box set of Satie’s complete solo piano music performed by Thibaudet \u2013 one of the foremost champions of the composer’s works. On his Grammy-nominated recording Saint-Sa\u00ebns, Piano Concerti Nos. 2&5, released in 2007, he is joined by Charles Dutoit and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Thibaudet’s Aria\u2013Opera Without Words, which was released the same year, features aria transcriptions, some of which are Thibaudet’s own. His other recordings include the jazz albums Reflections on Duke: Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays the Music of Duke Ellington and Conversations With Bill Evans.\nThibaudet has also had an impact on the world of fashion, film and philanthropy. He played Aaron Zigman\u2019s soundtrack for Wakefield, a drama by Robin Swicord, which was the first time that the composer had allowed a pianist other than himself to perform his film work. Thibaudet was soloist in Dario Marianelli\u2019s award-winning scores for the films Atonement (which won an Oscar for Best Original Score) and Pride and Prejudice, and recorded Alexandre Desplat\u2019s soundtrack for the 2012 film Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. He had a cameo in Bruce Beresford’s film on Alma Mahler, Bride of the Wind, and his playing is showcased throughout. In 2004 he served as president of the prestigious charity auction Hospices de Beaune. His concert wardrobe is designed by Dame Vivienne Westwood.\nJean-Yves Thibaudet was born in Lyon, France, where he began his piano studies at age five and made his first public appearance at age seven. At twelve, he entered the Paris Conservatory to study with Aldo Ciccolini and Lucette Descaves, a friend and collaborator of Ravel. At age fifteen, he won the Premier Prix du Conservatoire and, three years later, the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York City. Among his numerous commendations is the Victoire d\u2019Honneur, a lifetime career achievement award and the highest honor given by France\u2019s Victoires de la Musique. In 2010 the Hollywood Bowl honored Thibaudet for his musical achievements by inducting him into its Hall of Fame. Previously a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Thibaudet was awarded the title Officier by the French Ministry of Culture in 2012.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} CHÁVEZ Symphony No. 2, Sinfonía india GERSHWIN Piano Concerto COPLAND El Salón México GERSHWIN Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

data-filter="[2019 10|2019 10|2019 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|October|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" One note is worth a thousand words in this program of spellbinding choral works with a story to tell. First, witness the wings of genius take flight in Mahler’s staggering first masterpiece, written when he was just 18—music that beckons us close to whisper ancient tales of gleaming castles, noble knights and magic flutes. Then, Goethe’s text ignites the fire of Mendelssohn’s imagination in a celebration of spring that sees Druids dance and bonfires burn. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Melody Moore|,|bio|:|Soprano Melody Moore is enjoying a thriving career on the world\u2019s leading stages, prompting\u00a0Opera News\u00a0to label her \u201ca revelation,\u201d and of her recent sold-out appearance at Carnegie Hall to rave, \u201cAs I left the auditorium, I could only think: more of Moore, please.\u201d\nIn the 2018-2019 season, Ms. Moore returns to Houston Grand Opera to reprise the roles of Senta in the season opening production of\u00a0Die fliegende Holl\u00e4nder\u00a0led by Music Director Patrick Summers, and Donna Elvira in Mozart\u2019s\u00a0Don Giovanni\u00a0in a new production by Kasper Holten. She returns to Los Angeles Opera to make her role debut as Gertrude in\u00a0H\u00e4nsel and Gretel\u00a0under the baton of Music Director James Conlon. On the concert stage, she debuts with the Dresdner Philharmonie in the roles of Giorgetta in Puccini\u2019s\u00a0Il Tabarro\u00a0and Santuzza in Mascagni\u2019s\u00a0Cavalleria Rusticana, both of which will be recorded for commercial release by Pentatone Records. She revisits her critically acclaimed portrayal of Strauss\u2019\u00a0Salome\u00a0in Daegu, South Korea and will will record a solo album of American music with pianist Bradley Moore for Pentatone Records.\nIn the 2017-2018 season, Moore made three major role debuts: Elisabetta in\u00a0Don Carlo\u00a0at Washington National Opera; the title role in\u00a0Salome\u00a0at Florida Grand Opera; and Tatyana in\u00a0Eugene Onegin\u00a0at Hawaii Opera Theater, as well as singing her signature roles of Tosca in a return to Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al\u00a0and for her house debut with Teatro Municipal de Santiago de Chile, and Senta in Wagner\u2019s\u00a0Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder\u00a0in a new production by Tomer Zvulun at Atlanta Opera.\u00a0 Her portrayal of Desdemona in a full recording of Verdi\u2019sOtello\u00a0was released by Pentatone Records.\nRecent career highlights include a house and role debut at Seattle Opera in the title role of Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s\u00a0K\u00e1tya Kabanov\u00e1; appearances with San Francisco Opera in the title role of\u00a0Tosca, Susan Rescorla in\u00a0Heart of a Soldier, Mim\u00ec in\u00a0La boh\u00e8me,\u00a0and the Countess in\u00a0Le nozze di Figaro; Houston Grand Opera as Julie in\u00a0Show Boat,\u00a0Marta in the American premiere of Weinberg\u2019s\u00a0The Passenger, the title role in\u00a0Carmen,\u00a0Dorabella in\u00a0Cos\u00ec fan tutte; Washington National Opera as the title role of Cat\u00e1n\u2019s\u00a0Florencia\u00a0en el Amazonas, Phillip Glass\u2019\u00a0Appomatox, and in Francesca Zambello\u2019s highly acclaimed production of the Wagner\u2019s full\u00a0Ring\u00a0cycle; Los Angeles Opera as Tosca, the Countess in\u00a0Le nozze di Figaro\u00a0and in productions of\u00a0Der Zwerg\u00a0and\u00a0Der Zerbrochene Krug; Op\u00e9ra de Montr\u00e9al as Cio-Cio San in\u00a0Madama Butterfly; Glimmerglass Festival as Lady Macbeth in Verdi\u2019s\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0and\u00a0Senta in\u00a0Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder; Lincoln Center Festival in\u00a0The Passenger; English National Opera as Mimi and as Marguerite in\u00a0Faust; New York City Opera as Rita Clayton in the New York premiere of Stephen Schwartz\u2019s\u00a0S\u00e9ance on a Wet Afternoon\u00a0and as Regine St. Laurent in Rufus Wainwright\u2019s\u00a0Prima Donna; and Austin Lyric Opera as Senta in\u00a0Der fliegende Holl\u00e4nder.\u00a0 \u00a0Additional performances include the title roles of\u00a0Manon Lescaut\u00a0at New Orleans Opera, Tosca\u00a0with the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Pamina in\u00a0Die Zauberfl\u00f6te\u00a0at Op\u00e9ra de Bordeaux; and Donna Elvira in\u00a0Don Giovanni\u00a0with the Atlanta Opera and Opera Colorado.\nOn the concert stage, Ms. Moore has appeared with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for Bruckner\u2019s\u00a0Te Deum\u00a0led by Music Director Donald Runnicles; Bard SummerScape Festival as the title role in\u00a0Turandot; Bavarian Radio Symphony in performances and recording of excerpts of Gordon Getty\u2019s opera,\u00a0Plump Jack, conducted by Ulf Shirmer and with the New Century Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.\u00a0 She has joined Rufus Wainwright for gala concerts at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia and at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, and has sung Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony with the Madison Symphony and at Festival of the Arts Boca. Her solo recital \u00a0performances have included a sold-out debut recital at Carnegie Hall and the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago, as well a program featuring suppressed music of the Holocaust presented under the auspices of the Atlanta Opera.\nA graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Melody Moore is a former Adler Fellow of San Francisco Opera and a participant of the Merola program.\n|,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Sasha Cooke|,|bio|:|Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke has been called a \u201cluminous standout\u201d (New York Times) and \u201cequal parts poise, radiance and elegant directness\u201d (Opera News).\u00a0 Ms. Cooke is sought after by the world\u2019s leading orchestras, opera companies, and chamber music ensembles for her versatile repertoire and commitment to new music.\nIn 2018-19, Sasha Cooke\u2019s operatic engagements will include role debuts as Eduige in\u00a0Rodelinda\u00a0at the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the title role of\u00a0Orlando\u00a0with the San Francisco Opera. She returns to the title role in Humperdinck\u2019s\u00a0H\u00e4nsel und Gretel\u00a0which she performs with the Los Angeles Opera under the direction of James Conlon. Orchestral appearances include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Handel\u2019s\u00a0Messiah, Cleveland Orchestra for Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2\u00a0Resurrection\u00a0with Franz Welser-M\u00f6st that incorporates a domestic tour, National Symphony Orchestra for Ravel\u2019s\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razadeunder Mirga Gra\u017einyte-Tyla, and Houston Symphony in her first performance of Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s\u00a0Stabat Mater\u00a0led by Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada. Ms. Cooke celebrates the centennial of Leonard Bernstein\u2019s birth by performing his songs with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, in addition to the Symphony No. 1\u00a0Jeremiah\u00a0with the Nashville Symphony, and Symphony No. 3\u00a0Kaddish\u00a0with the St. Louis Symphony with Leonard Slatkin. She will reprise\u00a0Passage(a work she created at the Kennedy Center in 2017) with the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra.\nIn the 2017-18 season, Ms. Cooke sang the title role in the world premiere of\u00a0Marnie, by Nico Muhly, at English National Opera. She sang Goffredo in a concert version of Handel\u2019s\u00a0Rinaldo\u00a0with The English Concert conducted by Harry Bicket, with performances at Carnegie Hall (New York), the Auditorio Nacional de M\u00fasica (Madrid), and Barbican Centre (London). Other concert engagements included Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 3\u00a0Kaddishwith the San Francisco Symphony and Beethoven\u2019s\u00a0Missa Solemnis\u00a0with the London Symphony Orchestra, both conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9 with the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg conducted by Matthias Pintscher, Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2\u00a0Resurrection\u00a0with the Reykjavik Arts Festival under the baton of Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4, Mary in Berlioz\u2019s\u00a0L\u2019enfance du Christ\u00a0with both the Melbourne Symphony conducted by Sir Andrew Davis and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin conducted by Robin Ticciati, Bernstein\u2019s Symphony No. 1\u00a0Jeremiah\u00a0with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic conducted by Edo de Waart, Durufl\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0Requiem\u00a0with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Bernstein\u2019s\u00a0Trouble in Tahiti\u00a0with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and a performance featuring composers Respighi and Jalbert with Orchestre M\u00e9tropolitain de Montreal conducted by Cristian Macelaru. Ms. Cooke returned to a role she created, Hannah after, in Laura Kaminsky\u2019s opera\u00a0As One\u00a0both at Hawaii Opera Theatre and Chautauqua Opera Company, and offered a concert of Ravel\u2019s\u00a0Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razadewith the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Finally, she gave solo recitals at the Milton Academy in Massachusetts and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, in addition to joint recitals with guitarist Jason Vieaux at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts in California and the Cleveland Chamber Music Society.\nMs. Cooke bookended her 2016-17 season with opera performances of\u00a0H\u00e4nsel und Gretel\u00a0at the Seattle Opera and a world-premiere by composer Mason Bates titled\u00a0The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs\u00a0at The Santa Fe Opera. Her orchestral engagements included the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti leading Prokofiev\u2019s\u00a0Ivan the Terrible, Bernstein\u2019s Symphony No. 1\u00a0Jeremiah\u00a0with Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra as well as Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin at Carnegie Hall, Mahler\u2019s\u00a0Des Knaben Wunderhorn\u00a0with the Los Angeles Philharmonic led by Gustavo Dudamel, a set of concerts with the San Francisco Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas that included a semi-staged production of Mahler\u2019s\u00a0Das Klagende Lied\u00a0paired with the composer\u2019s\u00a0Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen\u00a0and\u00a0Rom\u00e9o et Juliette\u00a0of Berlioz, Handel\u2019s\u00a0Messiah\u00a0with the New York Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert and Verdi\u2019s Requiem with Houston Grand Opera under Patrick Summers. A highlight of the season was the world premiere of\u00a0Passage, a piece for mezzo, orchestra & laptop that was commissioned to commemorate the centennial of President John F. Kennedy, performed with the composer Mason Bates. Her season also featured appearances with Atlanta Symphony for Christopher Theofanidis\u2019\u00a0Creation\/Creator\u00a0conducted by Robert Spano, Milwaukee Symphony for Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 3 with Edo de Waart,\u00a0Durufl\u00e9\u2019s Requiem with Cleveland Orchestra, and also with National Symphony Orchestra under Donald Runnicles, Minnesota Orchestra to sing and record Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2\u00a0Resurrectionconducted by Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra singing a concert of Handel, Mahler, and Mozart, then Mahler\u2019s\u00a0Das Lied von der Erde\u00a0with Krzysztof Urba\u0144ski and the Indianapolis Symphony, Oregon Symphony for Mozart\u2019s Requiem,\u00a0La damnation de Faustby Berlioz at the Aspen Festival Orchestra.\nMs. Cooke\u2019s past seasons have included performances with conductors James Levine, Bernard Haitink, Leonard Slatkin, Sir Mark Elder, Pinchas Zukerman, Gerard Schwarz, Riccardo Frizza, Jeffrey Kahane, Trevor Pinnock, Robert Spano, Tugan Sokhiev, Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada, and Ludovic Morlot. In addition to those previously mentioned, she has been engaged by over 60 orchestras worldwide including the Seattle Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony, The MET Chamber Ensemble, Melbourne Symphony, MDR Orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, Colorado Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Orchestre National de Lyon, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Cooke has performed with opera companies around the world in the past including the Metropolitan Opera, Op\u00e9ra National de Bordeaux, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Opera, and The Israeli Opera. Previous festival appearances have included Spoleto Festival USA, Aspen Music Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, Mostly Mozart Festival, New York Festival of Song, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Seattle Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music Northwest, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. Ms. Cooke has performed at such prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall\u2019s Weill Hall, Royal Concertgebouw, Palau de la M\u00fasica de Val\u00e8ncia, Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Wigmore Hall, Theater an der Wien, Alice Tully Hall, and Brooklyn Academy of Music. As a proponent of new music, Ms. Cooke has premiered works by Mason Bates, Nico Muhly, Kevin Puts, Mark Adamo, Joby Talbot, and William Bolcom, with upcoming premieres by Marc Neikrug and Jake Heggie. A dedicated recitalist, Ms. Cooke was presented by Young Concert Artists in her widely acclaimed New York and Washington debuts at Carnegie\u2019s Zankel Hall and the Kennedy Center. On DVD, Ms. Cooke can be seen in a new production of\u00a0Hansel and Gretelat the Metropolitan Opera and the Grammy Award-winning production of\u00a0Doctor Atomicunder conductor Alan Gilbert. Ms. Cooke\u2019s audio recordings can be found on the Hyperion, Naxos, Bridge Records, Yarlung, GPR Records, and Sono Luminus labels. Her most recent recordings include\u00a0Sasha Cooke LIVE, a collection of her performances from the Music@Menlo chamber music festival, and a world-premiere recording of\u00a0The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs\u00a0from The Santa Fe Opera. Future releases include Mahler\u2019s Symphony No. 2\u00a0Resurrection\u00a0with the Minnesota Orchestra under conductor Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4 on BIS Records and the Berlioz\u00a0L\u2019enfance du Christ\u00a0with The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis on the Chandos Records label.\nA graduate of Rice University and The Juilliard School, Sasha Cooke also attended the Music Academy of the West, the Aspen Music Festival, the Ravinia Festival\u2019s Steans Music Institute, the Wolf Trap Foundation, the Marlboro Music Festival, the Metropolitan Opera\u2019s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, and Seattle Opera and Central City Opera\u2019s Young Artist Training Programs.\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|G\u00fcnter Haumer|,|bio|:|The up-and-coming Austrian baritone G\u00fcnter Haumer has sung under the baton of Fabio Luisi, Gustavo Dudamel, Jes\u00fas Lopez Cobos, Ivor Bolton, Sylvain Cambreling among others at venues such as the Musikverein and Konzerthaus (Vienna), the Salzburg Festival, the Cit\u00e9 de la Musique (Paris), The Dresden Philharmonic, the Auditorio Nacional Madrid and the Warsaw Philharmonic.\nHe has performed the title role in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Giorgio Germont in La Traviata, Ping in Turandot, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night\u00b4s Dream, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas, Malatesta in Don Pasquale, as well as Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus in Europe and South America. He is most well-known for his performances of contemporary repertoire. G\u00fcnter Haumer has worked with stage directors such as Rolando Villaz\u00f3n, Deborah Warner, Otto Schenk, Christiane Lutz and Christoph Schlingensief. The baritone has been a member of the Ensemble of the Volksoper in Vienna since 2012.\nAs a Lieder singer, G\u00fcnter Haumer is recognised as one of the best performers of the genre, often accompanied by Roger Vignoles, Julius Drake and James Baillieu. He has recorded several CDs and DVDs and can often be seen and heard on TV and radio. His latest show to be broadcast worldwide was \u201cChristmas in Vienna\u201d, which was shown in more than 40 countries.\nIn addition to his busy performing schedule, G\u00fcnter Haumer also teaches singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.\n|,|title|:|baritone|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]} MAHLER Das klagende Lied MENDELSSOHN Die erste Walpurgisnacht

data-filter="[2019 10|2019 10|2019 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|October|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Get ready for a European adventure like no other when best-selling travel author and PBS star Rick Steves comes to Jones Hall! The breathtaking sights of Italy, England, France, Vienna, Norway and more fill the giant screen while the Houston Symphony performs stirring selections like The Blue Danube Waltz, “Ode to Joy” and Pomp and Circumstance. Rick provides fascinating insight and cultural context at each stop. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Krajewski|,|bio|:|Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops.\u00a0He is Music Director of The Philly Pops and Principal Pops Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He previously served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston Symphony and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.\nAs a guest conductor Michael has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the San Francisco, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and National Symphonies, and numerous other orchestras across the United States. In Canada he has led Ottawa\u2019s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Edmonton, Winnipeg and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphonies. Other international appearances include performances in Dublin and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra as well as performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain\u2019s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.\nWith degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Michael furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. Michael lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. When not conducting he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Rick Steves|,|bio|:|Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is America’s most respected authority on European travel. Rick took his first trip to Europe in 1969, visiting piano factories with his father, a piano importer. As an 18-year-old, Rick began traveling on his own, funding his trips by teaching piano lessons. In 1976, he started his business, Rick Steves’ Europe, which has grown from a one-man operation to a company with a staff of 100 full-time, well-travelled employees at its headquarters in Edmonds, Washington, near Seattle. There he produces a best-selling guidebook series on European travel, America’s most popular travel series on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, a weekly syndicated column, and free travel information available through his travel center and ricksteves.com. Rick Steves’ Europe also runs a successful European tour program organizing small-group tours that take more than 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. He lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school.\n|,|title|:|presenter|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 10|2019 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:6,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Expelliarmus! Grab your wizard robes, brush off your witch’s hat and take a ride on your broomstick for a magical, musical concert sure to leave you spellbound. Wave your wands in time as the Houston Symphony performs music from Harry Potter and dancers enchant with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Plus, wear a costume and charm the crowd in a fun onstage costume parade, just in time for Halloween! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 10|2019 10|2019 10|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][October|October|October|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Beyond epic in scale, dazzlingly mythological in scope, Wagner’s operas redefined the genre and changed the course of music forever. Feel the thrill of love and the fire of lust when preeminent conductor Marek Janowski leads the rich, resounding melodies of Tannhäuser and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Filled with boundless vigor and bracing wit, Beethoven’s Second finds its composer at the outset of a new trail—one that he himself would blaze. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Marek Janowski|,|bio|:|Marek Janowski is one of the great masters of the music of the German tradition. He is recognized throughout the world for his interpretation of Wagner, Strauss, Bruckner and Brahms, Hindemith and the Second Viennese School, and has an extensive and distinguished discography in the repertoire. He takes up post as Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic beginning in the 2019-20 season. From 2002-2016 he was Artistic Director of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (RSB), and his Wagner opera cycle with the orchestra in Berlin’s Philharmonie in 2012 and 2013 was held to have set a new standard of performance in concertante opera. The complete cycle was recorded live on Pentatone and released in 2016.\nIn the 2017-18 season, maestro Janowski conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Bamberg Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dresden Philharmonic, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Hamburg Philharmonic, Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimer, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Teatro Regio di Torino, and NHK Symphony Orchestra. In both 2016 and 2017 he conducted Wagner’s Ring Cycle at Bayreuth.\nMaestro Janowski has been a regular visitor to North America since his U.S. debut in 1983 with the San Francisco Opera. In the three decades since, he has forged lasting relationships with many top orchestras including those of Boston, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, and San Francisco. Other U.S. orchestras and opera companies he has conducted include the Cleveland Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.\nBorn in Warsaw and educated in Germany, Marek Janowski’s artistic path led him from assistant positions in Aachen, Cologne, D\u00fcsseldorf and Hamburg to his appointment as General Music Director in Freiburg im Breisgau (1973-75) and Dortmund (1975-79). While in Dortmund, his reputation grew rapidly and he began conducting in many of the leading opera houses in Europe and North America, where he has since continued to be a regular guest, including at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Hamburg Opera, Vienna State Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Paris National Opera, among many others.\nIn the 1990s Marek Janowski stepped back from opera and began to concentrate on symphonic repertoire. He now enjoys an outstanding reputation among the premier orchestras of Europe and North America and is acknowledged for his ability to create orchestras of international standing. In 1984 he was named Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, and over the next 15 seasons cultivated the orchestra to a position of pre-eminence in France and abroad. During his tenure in Paris, he also served as Chief Conductor of the G\u00fcrzenich Orchestra Cologne (1986-90) and as the Principal Guest Conductor of the Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (1997-99). From 2000-2005 maestro Janowski was Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, and simultaneously held the position of Chief Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic from 2001-03.\nMarek Janowski’s extensive and acclaimed discography over the past 30 years is represented on several labels and includes complete symphonic cycles and operas, many of which have been awarded international prizes. His recording of Wagner’s complete Ring Cycle with the Staatskapelle Dresden (1980-83) and a stellar cast of its time, remains one of the most distinguished and esteemed offerings in a crowded field. His recent Bruckner cycle with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, recorded for Pentatone, also received high praise.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 WAGNER Tannhäuser, Overture and Venusberg Music WAGNER Two Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

data-filter="[2019 11|2019 11|2019 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|November|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" “Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.” 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’ masterful score, live. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 11|2019 11|2019 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|November|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Awed by Beethoven’s colossal shadow, Brahms took 21 years to complete his first symphony. Within mere months of its premiere, a second came into being. Filled with sumptuous, free-flowing melodies and capped by a triumphant roar, this is music that reveals a symphonic master boldly taking on the mantle and making it his own. Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 sparkles with the crystalline beauty of Mozart, but courses with an intensity that’s all Beethoven. Legendary, seven-time Grammy Award-winning pianist Emanuel Ax is your soloist. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Fabien Gabel|,|bio|:|Recognized internationally as one of the stars of the new generation, Fabien Gabel is a regular guest of major orchestras in Europe, North America and Asia. He has been music director of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra since September 2013, and was recently appointed music director of the Orchestre Fran\u00e7ais des Jeunes (French Youth Orchestra).\nFollowing a highly-anticipated debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Fabien embarks on an exciting 2017-18 season that will take him across the United States and Europe, including high-profile performances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt’s Hessischer Rundfunk Orchester and the Orchestre de Paris. Additional American appearances include performances with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, and the San Diego Symphony. After an acclaimed debut with the Deutsches Sinfonie Orchestra last season, Gabel’s European engagements will again feature concerts throughout Germany (Staatskapelle Weimar in addition to Frankfurt), and welcome returns to the Orchestre de Paris, Helsinki Philharmonic, Antwerp Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.\nGabel has conducted leading orchestras around the world, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester in Hamburg, the DSO Berlin, Staatskappelle Dresden, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma, and the Seoul Philharmonic, among others. \nHis rapidly-expanding U.S. presence has seen him leading the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra and more.\nFabien Gabel has worked with soloists like Emmanuel Ax, Gidon Cremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Julian Steckel, Johannes Moser, Antonio Meneses, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin, Beatrice Rana, Gautier Capu\u00e7on, and Simone Lamsma, or singers like Jennifer Larmore, Measha Bruggergosman, Danielle de Niese, Natalie Dessay, and Marie- Nicole Lemieux. \nFabien had first attracted international attention in 2004 winning the Donatella Flick competition in London, which subsequently led to his appointment as the LSO’s assistant conductor for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons. Since then, the LSO has engaged him regularly as a guest conductor.\nHe made his professional conducting debut in 2003 with the Orchestre National de France and has since returned frequently. He now regularly conducts this orchestra in subscription concerts at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es in Paris and recently recorded a French opera aria CD with them and mezzo Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Na\u00efve).\nBorn in Paris and a member of a family of accomplished musicians, Fabien Gabel began studying trumpet at the age of six, honing his skills at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique de Paris, which awarded him a First Prize in trumpet in 1996, and later at the Musik Hochschule of Karlsruhe. He went on to play in various Parisian orchestras under the direction of prominent conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle and Bernard Haitink. In 2002 Fabien Gabel pursued his interest in conducting at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, where he studied with David Zinman, who invited him to appear as a guest conductor at the Festival in 2009. He has worked with Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis as their assistant.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Emanuel Ax|,|bio|:|Born in modern day Lvov, Poland, Emanuel Ax moved to Winnipeg, Canada, with his family when he was a young boy. His studies at the Juilliard School were supported by the sponsorship of the Epstein Scholarship Program of the Boys Clubs of America, and he subsequently won the Young Concert Artists Award. Additionally, he attended Columbia University where he majored in French. Mr. Ax made his New York debut in the Young Concert Artists Series, and captured public attention in 1974 when he won the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv. In 1975 he won the Michaels Award of Young Concert Artists followed four years later by the coveted Avery Fisher Prize.\nIn partnership with colleagues Leonidas Kavakos and Yo-Yo Ma, he begins the current season with concerts in Vienna, Paris and London with the trios of Brahms recently released by SONY Classical. In the US he returns to the orchestras in Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Washington, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Portland, OR, and to Carnegie Hall for a recital to conclude the season. In Europe he can be heard in Munich, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Vienna, London, and on tour with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Italy.\nAlways a committed exponent of contemporary composers, with works written for him by John Adams, Christopher Rouse, Krzysztof Penderecki, Bright Sheng, and Melinda Wagner already in his repertoire, most recently he has added HK Gruber’s Piano Concerto and Samuel Adams’ “Impromptus”.\nA Sony Classical exclusive recording artist since 1987, recent releases include Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, Strauss’ Enoch Arden narrated by Patrick Stewart, and discs of two-piano music by Brahms and Rachmaninoff with Yefim Bronfman. In 2015 Deutche Grammophon released a duo recording with Mr. Perlman of Sonatas by Faure and Strauss, which the two artists presented on tour during the 2015\/2016 season. Mr. Ax has received GRAMMY\u00ae Awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn’s piano sonatas. He has also made a series of Grammy-winning recordings with cellist Yo-Yo Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano. His other recordings include the concertos of Liszt and Schoenberg, three solo Brahms albums, an album of tangos by Astor Piazzolla, and the premiere recording of John Adams’s Century Rolls with the Cleveland Orchestra for Nonesuch. In the 2004\/05 season Mr. Ax also contributed to an International EMMY\u00ae Award-Winning BBC documentary commemorating the Holocaust that aired on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. In 2013, Mr. Ax’s recording Variations received the Echo Klassik Award for Solo Recording of the Year (19th century music\/Piano).\nA frequent and committed partner for chamber music, he has worked regularly with such artists as Young Uck Kim, Cho-Liang Lin, Mr. Ma, Edgar Meyer, Peter Serkin, Jaime Laredo, and the late Isaac Stern. \nMr. Ax resides in New York City with his wife, pianist Yoko Nozaki. They have two children together, Joseph and Sarah. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honorary doctorates of music from Skidmore College, Yale University, and Columbia University. For more information about Mr. Ax’s career, please visit www.EmanuelAx.com.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2

data-filter="[2019 11|2019 11|2019 11|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|November|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" You’ll know it from the first note! One of the most iconic openings in all of classical music is spun into a staggering tour de force for the ages in Tchaikovsky’s wildly popular concerto. No one plays it better than Daniil Trifonov, an artist who “reaches places other pianists can only dream about” (Daily Telegraph). Just like your favorite art gallery, Mussorgsky’s vivid, sonic sketches offer a feast for the senses and an escape from the ordinary, from the spooky haunts of Baba Yaga’s hut to the majestic gates of Kiev. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Krzysztof Urba\u0144ski|,|bio|:|In September 2018 Krzysztof Urba\u0144ski enters the eight season of his highly acclaimed tenure as Music Director of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.\nIn 2015 Urba\u0144ski became Principal Guest Conductor of the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. In addition to concerts in Hamburg last seasons they toured Japan and Europe. Alongside performances they released for Alpha Classics\u00a0\u2018wholly excellent renderings\u2019\u00a0(Gramophone) of Lutos\u0142awski works, Dvo\u0159\u00e1k Symphony No.9 and\u00a0A\u00a0Hero Song\u00a0and Stravinsky\u2019s\u00a0Rite of Spring.\u00a0His discography also includes Chopin small pieces for piano and orchestra with\u00a0Jan Lisiecki\u00a0and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra for Deutsche Grammophon and Martinu\u2019s Cello Concerto No.1 recorded for Sony with\u00a0Sol Gabetta\u00a0and the Berliner Philharmoniker.\nKrzysztof Urba\u0144ski simultaneously maintains an international presence by appearing as guest conductor for numerous orchestras around the world, including\u00a0the M\u00fcnchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra dell\u2019Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Philharmonia Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Wiener Symphoniker, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Washington and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, among others.\nThis season sees him debut with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris and Chamber Orchestra of Europe.\nUrba\u0144ski served as Chief Conductor and Artistic Leader of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra since 2010 till 2017 and embarked on a concurrent four-season tenure as Principal Guest Conductor of Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in 2012.\u00a0In 2017 he was appointed Honorary Guest Conductor of the Trondheim Symfoniorkester & Opera.\nIn June 2015 Urba\u0144ski received the prestigious\u00a0Leonard Bernstein\u00a0Award at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Notably, he is the first conductor to have ever received this award.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Daniil Trifonov|,|bio|:|Born in Nizhniy Novgorod in 1991, Daniil Trifonov has emerged as one of the most talked-about young musicians in the world. His reputation for outstanding performances, musical insight and expressive intensity has already surpassed the attention he received during the 2010\/11 season when he won medals at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw (Third Prize), the Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv (First Prize) and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow (First Prize and Grand Prix, an additional honour bestowed on the best overall competitor in any category). In 2013, he was also awarded the prestigious Franco Abbiati Prize for Best Instrumental Soloist by Italy\u2019s foremost music critics. Prior to that, Trifonov received awards at the Scriabin Competition of Moscow and at the San Marino International competition, and received a Guzik Foundation Career Grant in 2009.\nRecent and upcoming concerto highlights include the Berlin Philharmonic with Rattle, Vienna Philharmonic with Nelsons, London Symphony and Mariinsky Orchestras with Gergiev, Israel Philharmonic with Mehta, Philharmonia Orchestra with Maazel, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra with Harth-Bedoya, Philadelphia Orchestra with Macelaru, San Francisco Symphony and Minnesota Orchestra with Vanska, Russian National Orchestra with Pletnev, New York Philharmonic with Gilbert, Cleveland Orchestra with Gaffigan, Boston Symphony with Guerrero, Chicago Symphony and Royal Philharmonic with Dutoit, Orchestra Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Elder, Oslo Philharmonic with Petrenko and Danish Radio Symphony with Noseda. In 2017\/18 he will perform throughout Germany with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Vladimir Jurowski, as well as touring with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and Daniele Gatti, to include performances in Vienna, Prague, Dresden and Paris.\nIn the 2016\/17 season, Trifonov was Capell-Virtuos with the Staatskapelle Dresden, which included concerts at the BBC Proms, Salzburg Easter Festival and Vienna Musikverein, and performed the complete Rachmaninov Piano Concerto cycle with the Mariinsky Orchestra and Munich Philharmonic with Gergiev. Trifonov appeared as soloist with orchestras including Berliner Philharmoniker, Tonhalle-Orchester Z\u00fcrich, The Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Philadelphia Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and gave his debut performances in Australia with the Sydney, Melbourne and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. In 2016, he was Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Awards, and was also awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society Award in the Instrumentalist category.\nRecent and upcoming recitals include Stern Auditorium of New York Carnegie Hall, Washington Kennedy Center, Boston Celebrity Series, London\u2019s Royal Festival Hall, Barbican Centre and Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, the Concertgebouw\u2019s Master Piano Series, Philharmonie de Paris, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Zurich Tonhalle and Tokyo Opera City, amongst many others. Daniil Trifonov has also been presented by the major festivals of Europe: Verbier, Lucerne, Montreux, Tivoli, Salzburg, Edinburgh, Lockenhaus, Grafenegg, La Roque d’Anth\u00e9ron, Klavier Festival Ruhr; while in the USA he appeared at Blossom, Ravinia and Chautauqua festivals.\nDaniil Trifonov is a noted chamber musician and performs regularly with artists including Nicholas Angelich, Sergei Babayan, Renaud Capu\u00e7on, Gautier Capu\u00e7on, Yuri Bashmet, Vilde Frang, and the Pavel Haas Quartet.\nDaniil Trifonov began his musical studies at the age of five. He studied at Moscow Gnesin School of Music in the class of Tatiana Zelikman (2000-2009). From 2006 to 2009 he also studied composition and has continued to write piano, chamber and orchestral music since then. When he premiered his own piano concerto in spring 2014, the Cleveland Plain Dealer commented, \u201cEven having seen it, one cannot quite believe it. Such is the artistry of pianist-composer Daniil Trifonov.\u201d Since 2009, he has studied piano at the Cleveland Institute of Music in the class of Sergei Babayan.\nIn February 2013, Deutsche Grammophon announced the signing of an exclusive recording agreement with Daniil Trifonov. His first recording as an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artists (Trifonov: The Carnegie Recital) won a Grammy Award nomination. His latest release, Transcendental, was awarded the ECHO Klassik 2017 award for Best Solo Recording for piano music written in the 19th century. His discography also includes a recording of Rachmaninov Variations with the Philadelphia Orchestra and N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, as well as Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1 with Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra, released on the Mariinsky label in 2012. His first CD was released on Decca in 2011, featuring a selection of Chopin solo works.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} GUILLAUME CONNESSON Celephais from The Cities of Lovecraft TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition

data-filter="[2019 11|2019 11|2019 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][November|November|December|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Just how great is the Houston Symphony? You’ll find out in this program of lush, full-orchestra showpieces from the greatest symphonic poet of all time. To start, hear two of the most soul-stirring works ever written in Strauss’ poignant musings on life, death and transcendence. Then sparks fly and spirits soar as we feel the racing pulse of history’s most legendary ladies’ man and encounter a loveable trickster who always gets the last laugh. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Miah Persson|,|bio|:|Internationally-renowned Swedish soprano Miah Persson has worked all over the world recitalist and concert artist as well as on the operatic stage.\nThroughout her distinguished career Miah has performed Fiordiligi Cosi fan tutte, Gretel Hansel und Gretel and Pamina Die Zauberfl\u00f6te at the Metropolitan Opera; Susanna Le Nozze di Figaro and Zerlina Don Giovanni at Covent Garden; title role L’Incoronazione di Poppea and Governess Turn of the Screw at Teatro alla Scala; Fiordiligi, Sophie and Susanna at the Wiener Staatsoper; Governess The Turn of the Screw, Fiordiligi, Donna Elvira and Anne Trulove The Rake\u2019s Progress at the Glyndebourne Festival; Donna Elvira at the Theatre Champs Elysees and the Liceu Barcelona; Fiordiligi at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Hamburgische Staatsoper, New National Theatre Tokyo, Bayerische Staatsoper, in Stockholm and for a Deutsche Grammophon recording at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden; Iris Sunken Garden for Dallas Opera L\u2019Incoronazione di Poppea at Carnegie Hall; and Michel van der Aa\u2019s Blank Out, a chamber opera for solo soprano, for Netherlands Opera with performances in Amsterdam, Rome and New York. In the 2017\/18 season Miah made her debut as the Countess Capriccio at Garsington Opera, described in The Sunday Times as \u201cone of the most detailed and nuanced acting performances of any singer of the past decade or more…this is a near-immaculate assumption.\u201d\nIn concert Miah has sung Bach Mass in B minor at Teatro La Fenice; Bach St Matthew Passion with the Rotterdam Philharmonic; Beethoven 9 with the London Symphony Orchestra cond. Vladimir Jurowski at the BBC Proms; Brahms Requiem with the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, the Gulbenkian Foundation and the London Philharmonic; Peer Gynt with the Vienna Symphony; Nelson Mass at the Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg; The Seasons with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic; Mahler 2 with the MDR Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, London Symphony, Teatro alla Scala and the Philharmonie Luxembourg; Mahler 4 with the Basque National Orchestra, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Orchestre National de Lille; Des Knabens Wunderhorn for the Gulbenkian Foundation; Mozart Requiem with the LA Philharmonic; Theatre des Champs Elysees; Schumann Faust Szenen with the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester and Vier letzte Lieder with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orkester Berlin, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra, The Creation at the Verbier Festival as well as recitals at London\u2019s Wigmore Hall, Wiener Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Pierre Boulezsaal, Spivey Hall, the Schubert Club of St Paul, Cal Performances at Berkeley, Vancouver Playhouse and Carnegie Hall.\nForthcoming engagements in 2018\/19 include Mahler 4 with the Wiener Symphoniker and on tour to Spain with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg; Michel van der Aa\u2019s Blank Out for the Trondheim Chamber Music and Aix-en-Provence Festivals; performances of Der Hirt auf dem Felsen with the New York Philharmonic; Brahms Requiem with the G\u00e4vle Symfoniorkester; the Countess in concert performances of le Nozze di Figaro with Tokyo Symphony Orchestra; title role Zaide for Munchner Rundfunkorchester; Mahler 2 with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Los Angeles Philharmonic; Mozart Concert Arias on tour with the Freiburger Barockorchester; Bruckner Te Deum and Brahms\u2019 Requiem with Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra alongside a number of European recital engagements. Further ahead Miah will sing Donna Elvira Don Giovanni with Kammerorchester Basel; Elettra Idomeneo for Opera di Roma; Cleopatra Giulio Cesare at the New National Theatre and Blanche Dialogues des Carmelites at the Liceu Barcelona.\n|,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} STRAUSS Death and Transfiguration STRAUSS Four Last Songs STRAUSS Don Juan STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks

data-filter="[2019 12|2019 12|2019 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" No concerto unleashes the singing sweetness or heroic power of the violin more profoundly or poetically. Breathtaking virtuoso Gil Shaham scales the towering heights of Brahms’ masterpiece, widely considered the pinnacle of the repertoire. Music is your gateway to velvet-black skies, celestial grandeur and starry expanses in a monumental world premiere by Houston Symphony Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López. The Houston Symphony’s commitment to new music and continually expanding the symphonic repertoire sees the world premiere in 2019-2020 of a Houston Symphony commission from Composer-in-Residence Jimmy López, in the third and final year of his residency. López’ Symphony No. 2, Ad Astra (December 2019), takes its inspiration from a subject near and dear to Houston’s heart: the space program and humankind’s exploration of the stars. Featuring: JIMMY LÓPEZ Symphony No. 2, Ad Astra (Houston Symphony Commission, World Premiere) Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Gil Shaham|,|bio|:|Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time; his flawless technique combined with his inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit has solidified his renown as an American master. The Grammy Award-winner, also named Musical America\u2019s \u201cInstrumentalist of the Year,\u201d is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors, and regularly gives recitals and appears with ensembles on the world\u2019s great concert stages and at the most prestigious festivals.\nHighlights of recent years include the acclaimed recording and performances of J.S. Bach\u2019s complete sonatas and partitas for solo violin. In the coming seasons in addition to championing these solo works he will join his long time duo partner pianist, Akira Eguchi in recitals throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.\nAppearances with orchestra regularly include the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Israel Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, and San Francisco Symphony as well as multi-year residencies with the Orchestras of Montreal, Stuttgart and Singapore. With orchestra, Mr. Shaham continues his exploration of \u201cViolin Concertos of the 1930s,\u201d including the works of Barber, Bartok, Berg, Korngold, Prokofiev, among many others.\nMr. Shaham has more than two dozen concerto and solo CDs to his name, earning multiple Grammys, a Grand Prix du Disque, Diapason d\u2019Or, and Gramophone Editor\u2019s Choice. Many of these recordings appear on Canary Classics, the label he founded in 2004. His CDs include 1930s Violin Concertos, Virtuoso Violin Works, Elgar\u2019s Violin Concerto, Hebrew Melodies, The Butterfly Lovers and many more. His most recent recording in the series 1930s Violin Concertos Vol. 2, including Prokofiev\u2019s Violin Concerto and Bartok\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 2, was nominated for a Grammy Award.\nMr. Shaham was born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, in 1971. He moved with his parents to Israel, where he began violin studies with Samuel Bernstein of the Rubin Academy of Music at the age of 7, receiving annual scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. In 1981, he made debuts with the Jerusalem Symphony and the Israel Philharmonic, and the following year, took the first prize in Israel\u2019s Claremont Competition. He then became a scholarship student at Juilliard, and also studied at Columbia University.\nGil Shaham was awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1990, and in 2008 he received the coveted Avery Fisher Prize. In 2012, he was named \u201cInstrumentalist of the Year\u201d by Musical America. He plays the 1699 \u201cCountess Polignac\u201d Stradivarius, and lives in New York City with his wife, violinist Adele Anthony, and their three children.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jimmy L\u00f3pez|,|bio|:|Peruvian-born, California-based, award-winning composer Jimmy L\u00f3pez joins the Houston Symphony during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons as the Symphony\u2019s new Composer-in-Residence. Described as \u201cone of the most admired among the younger generation of South American composers\u201d (Chicago Tribune) and \u201cone of the most interesting young composers anywhere today\u201d (Chicago Sun-Times), L\u00f3pez will play an integral role both onstage and in the community. Details about his involvement with Houston\u2019s youth will be released at a later date.\nKnown for his unique working relationship with conductors, musicians and soloists, L\u00f3pez has had his works performed by leading orchestras around the world. His music has been heard in venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House; and at the Tanglewood, Aspen, Darmstadt and Donaueschingen Music Festivals. His first opera\u00a0Bel Canto,\u00a0commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago, premiered Dec. 7, 2015, to wide critical acclaim and was recently broadcast nationwide on PBS\u2019\u00a0Great Performances.\nL\u00f3pez\u2019\u00a0Am\u00e9rica Salvaje, a symphonic poem that blends South American and European musical traditions,\u00a0was performed by the Houston Symphony under the direction of Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada Sept. 18, 2016, during the Symphony\u2019s annual Fiesta Sinf\u00f3nica program. Orozco-Estrada selected L\u00f3pez as the Symphony\u2019s new Composer-in-Residence because he believes the composer\u2019s music is fresh, original and has wide audience appeal.\n|,|title|:|Houston Symphony Composer-in-Residence|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} JIMMY LÓPEZ Symphony No. 2, Ad Astra (Houston Symphony Commission, World Premiere) BRAHMS Violin Concerto

data-filter="[2019 12|2019 12|2019 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:1595,|name|:|Holiday|,|slug|:|holiday-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1595,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:1,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" It’s the most wonderful time of the year—and there’s no better way to celebrate! Former Principal Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski returns, joining Symphony and Chorus for a sparkling concert filled with all the merry sounds of the season. Hear a host of festive favorites, including the Houston Symphony commission Glad Tidings, a musical and narrative telling of the Christmas story packed with classic carols like What Child is This?, Silent Night and Joy to the World. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Michael Krajewski|,|bio|:|Known for his entertaining programs and clever humor, Michael Krajewski is a much sought after conductor of symphonic pops.\u00a0He is Music Director of The Philly Pops and Principal Pops Conductor of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He previously served as Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston Symphony and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.\nAs a guest conductor Michael has performed with the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras; the Boston and Cincinnati Pops; the San Francisco, Baltimore, Detroit, Indianapolis, Seattle, Dallas, St. Louis, Pittsburgh and National Symphonies, and numerous other orchestras across the United States. In Canada he has led Ottawa\u2019s National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic, and the Edmonton, Winnipeg and Kitchener-Waterloo Symphonies. Other international appearances include performances in Dublin and Belfast with the Ulster Orchestra as well as performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Spain\u2019s Bilbao Symphony Orchestra.\nWith degrees from Wayne State University in Detroit and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Michael furthered his training at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors. Michael lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Darcy. When not conducting he enjoys travel, photography and solving crossword puzzles.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 12|2019 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:6,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" ’Twas the Night Before Christmas and all through Jones Hall, the Symphony played to delight one and all. Envision sugar plums, flying reindeer and a sleigh filled with toys as the classic holiday story ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas comes to life with live music and narration, plus sing along to festive favorites like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” If you sing loudly enough, you might even receive a visit from a very special man in a red suit… {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2019 12|2019 12|2019 12|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][December|December|December|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|},{|term_id|:1598,|name|:|Specials|,|slug|:|symphony-specials|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1598,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:5,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" This Christmas, be moved by Handel’s ever-glorious setting of the greatest story ever told. The Houston Symphony, chorus and guest soloists join forces to fill Jones Hall with joyous refrains and exultant arias, including the powerful “Hallelujah” Chorus. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nicholas McGegan|,|bio|:|As he embarks on his sixth decade on the podium, Nicholas McGegan \u2014 long hailed as \u201cone of the finest baroque conductors of his generation\u201d (London Independent) and \u201can expert in 18th-century style\u201d (The New Yorker) \u2014 is recognized for his probing and revelatory explorations of music of all periods. The 2018\/19 season marks his 33rd year as music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale and he is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Pasadena Symphony.\nMcGegan has established the San Francisco-based Philharmonia as one of the world\u2019s leading period- performance ensembles, with notable appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the London Proms, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, and the International Handel Festival, G\u00f6ttingen. One of their greatest successes was the recent fully-staged modern-day premiere of Jean-Philippe Rameau\u2019s 1745 opera-ballet Le Temple de la Gloire. A recording of the live performance was released in summer 2018, marking the 10th album produced on the Philharmonia Baroque Productions label. As part of their initiative of performing new music written for period instruments, PBO gave the world premiere of Sally Beamish\u2019s The Judas Passion in 2017.\nHighlighting PBO\u2019s 2018\/19 season is the completion of a PBO-commissioned song cycle by Caroline Shaw featuring mezzo Anne Sofie von Otter. The program will be toured to Alice Tully Hall at New York\u2019s Lincoln Center. McGegan and PBO also bring Handel\u2019s Atalanta to Caramoor Music Festival in addition to presenting Saul, one of the composer\u2019s most inventive and popular oratorios, on their west coast subscription series.\nThroughout his career, McGegan has defined an approach to period style that sets the current standard: intelligent, infused with joy, and never dogmatic. Under his leadership Philharmonia continues to expand its repertoire into the Romantic Era and beyond. Calling the group\u2019s recent recording of the Brahms Serenades \u201ca truly treasurable disc,\u201d James R. Oestreich in The New York Times made special note of the performance\u2019s \u201cenergy and spirit.\u201d The recording, said Voix des Arts, offers \u201cevidence that \u2018period\u2019 instruments are in no way inhibited in terms of tonal amplitude and beauty. These are \u2026 exceptionally beautifully played performances.\u201d\nMcGegan\u2019s ability to engage players and audiences alike has made him a pioneer in broadening the reach of historically informed practice beyond the world of period ensembles to conventional symphonic forces. His guest-conducting appearances with major orchestras \u2014 including the New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong Philharmonics; the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Toronto, Sydney, and New Zealand Symphonies; the Cleveland and the Philadelphia Orchestras; and the Royal Northern Sinfonia and Scottish Chamber Orchestra \u2014 often feature Baroque repertoire alongside Classical, Romantic, 20th- century and even brand-new works: Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Britten, Bach and Handel with the Utah Symphony; Poulenc and Mozart with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Mahler and Mozart with the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra; and the premiere of Stephen Hough\u2019s Missa Mirabilis with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, paired with Haydn, Brahms and Mendelssohn. His position in Pasadena provides the opportunity to conduct a wider range of his favorite repertoire, including Dvo\u0159\u00e1k, Britten, Elgar, Mahler, Brahms and Wagner.\nHis 18\/19 guest appearances in North America include his annual return to St. Louis Symphony as well as engagements with Baltimore, Detroit, Calgary, National and Pasadena Symphonies. Abroad, McGegan makes returns to the New Zealand Symphony, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and appears with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in performance and in the recording studio for an upcoming release with soloist Gil Shaham. Summer Festivals include Aspen, Music Academy of the West, and MDR Musiksommer in Germany. In the summer of 2017, McGegan conducted the Royal Northern Sinfonia for the BBC Proms in Hull, marking 300 years since Handel’s Water Music was first famously performed on the River Thames. It was the first time since the 1930s a festival performance had been moved outside London.\nActive in opera as well as the concert hall, McGegan was principal conductor of Sweden\u2019s perfectly preserved 18th-century Drottningholm Theater from 1993 to 1996, Artistic Director and conductor at the G\u00f6ttingen Handel Festival for 20 years (1991-2011), and Principal Guest Conductor at Scottish Opera in the 1990s. Guest appearances have brought him to the podium at Covent Garden, San Francisco, Santa Fe, and Washington. Mr. McGegan has enjoyed a long collaboration with groundbreaking choreographer Mark Morris, notably the premiere performances of Morris\u2019s production of Rameau\u2019s Plat\u00e9e at the Edinburgh Festival, and Handel\u2019s Acis and Galatea and L\u2019Allegro at venues including the Ravinia Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York, and Cal Performances in Berkeley.\nMcGegan\u2019s prolific discography includes more than 100 releases spanning five decades. Having recorded more than 50 albums of of Handel, McGegan has explored the depths of the composer\u2019s output with a dozen oratorios and close to twenty of his operas. Under its own label, Philharmonia Baroque Productions (PBP), Philharmonia has recently released almost a dozen acclaimed albums of Handel, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven, and more. McGegan\u2019s latest release with PBO is the first-ever recording of the recently rediscovered 300-year-old work La Gloria di Primavera by Alessandro Scarlatti, recorded live at the U.S. premiere. Since the 1980s, Nic has released more than 20 recordings with Hungary\u2019s Capella Savaria on the Hungaroton label, including groundbreaking opera and oratorio recordings of repertoire by Handel, Monteverdi, Scarlatti, Telemann and Vivaldi. Recently, the collaboration has produced albums of Kraus, Mendelssohn, Schubert, a 2-CD set of the complete Mozart violin concerti, and in fall of 2018, Haydn\u2019s Symphonies 79, 80, and 81. A new album of early horn concertos was released in spring of 2018, with McGegan conducting the Swedish Chamber Orchestra along with soloist Alec Frank-Gemmill. Grammy nominations include Handel\u2019s Susanna for Best Choral Performance and Haydn\u2019s Symphonies 104, 88 & 101 for Best Orchestral Performance, both with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra\nMr. McGegan is committed to the next generation of musicians, frequently conducting and coaching students in residencies and engagements at Yale University, the Juilliard School, Harvard University, the Colburn School, Aspen Music Festival and School, Sarasota Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. He returns to Yale in Fall 2018 for a residency and performance with the Institute of Sacred Music. He has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Music by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; an honorary professorship at Georg-August University, G\u00f6ttingen; and in 2016 was the Christoph Wolff Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Harvard. McGegan\u2019s fun and informative lectures have delighted audiences at Juilliard, Yale Center for British Art, American Handel Society, and San Francisco Conservatory.\nBorn in England, Nicholas McGegan was educated at Cambridge and Oxford and taught at the Royal College of Music, London. He was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen\u2019s Birthday Honours for 2010 \u201cfor services to music overseas.\u201d His awards also include the Halle Handel Prize; an honorary professorship at Georg-August University, G\u00f6ttingen; the Order of Merit of the State of Lower Saxony (Germany); the Medal of Honour of the City of G\u00f6ttingen; and an official Nicholas McGegan Day, declared by the Mayor of San Francisco in recognition of his distinguished work with Philharmonia.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Sherezade Panthaki|,|bio|:|Soprano Sherezade Panthaki’s international success has been fueled by superbly honed musicianship; \u201cshimmering sensitivity\u201d (Cleveland Plain Dealer); \u201cradiant\u201d voice (The Washington Post); and vividly passionate interpretations, \u201cmining deep emotion from the subtle shaping of the lines\u201d (The New York Times). An acknowledged star in the early-music field, Ms. Panthaki has ongoing collaborations with leading early music interpreters including Nicholas McGegan, Simon Carrington, Matthew Halls, and Masaaki Suzuki, with whom she made her New York Philharmonic debut.\nA recent performance with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and conductor Nicholas McGegan was described as \u201ca breathtaking combination of expressive ardor, tonal clarity, technical mastery and dramatic vividness\u201d by The San Francisco Chronicle.\nMs. Panthaki\u2019s 2018\/19 season includes orchestral performances with Detroit Symphony and Calgary Philharmonic (both with conductor Nicholas McGegan) as well as with Minnesota Orchestra with Nicholas Kraemer conducting. She makes returns to Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Music of the Baroque, Ars Lyrica, Bach Festival Society of Winter Park, and Tafelmusik, and debuts with Musica Angelica. Throughout the season, Panthaki tours with the viol consort Parthenia, with stops in Ohio, Houston, and Pennsylvania. Abroad, she performs Handel\u2019s Samson with NDR Radiophilharmonie.\nMs. Panthaki’s repertoire extends well beyond the music of the Renaissance and Baroque to works such as Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana with the Houston Symphony, John Tavener\u2019s The Last Discourse with Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s, Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 9 with American Classical Orchestra, and Rachmaninoff\u2019s Vocalise and Strauss lieder at the Bari International Music Festival.\nMs. Panthaki holds an Artist Diploma from the Yale School of Music and a Masters degree from the University of Illinois.\n|,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Diana Moore|,|bio|:|English mezzo-soprano Diana Moore is being lauded on both sides of the Atlantic for her \u201cemotional depth\u201d (The Guardian), \u201cthrilling\u201d technical bravura (Gramophone), and \u201crich, evocative sound\u201d (San Francisco Chronicle). She enjoys a varied and international career of opera, oratorio, and concert performances, and is a popular soloist at many major music festivals.\nMs. Moore\u2019s tall and graceful stature has made her the ideal trouser-role performer. With conductor Nicholas McGegan and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Moore performed the role of \u201cMedoro\u201d in Handel\u2019s Orlando in an acclaimed American tour at the Ravinia Festival, Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall, and Tanglewood Festival. Recent concert engagements of note include Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony along with selections from Mahler\u2019s Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Royal Northern Sinfonia and Elgar\u2019s The\u00a0Dream of Gerontius at Royal Albert Hall and Winchester, Ely, Gloucester, and York Minster Cathedrals.\nAs a recording artist, Moore is a soloist on the premiere recording of Scarlatti\u2019s La Gloria di Primavera released in 2016 with Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra which was selected as an \u201c Editor\u2019s Choice\u201d recording in Gramophone. Her recording of Handel’s Parnasso in Festa with King\u2019s Consort and conductor Matthew Halls was the winner of the Stanley Sadie Handel Recording Prize.\nMs. Moore’s charismatic vocal quality and training place her firmly within the fine heritage of English mezzo-sopranos. She is committed to celebrating the music and musicians of her homeland and has built a reputation as a leading exponent of English song. In 2007, she devised Kathleen Ferrier \u2014 Her Life, Letters & Music, to honor that legendary English singer, a program that has been endorsed by the Kathleen Ferrier Society.\nVisit Diana Moore at www.dianamooremezzo.com | schwalbeandpartners.com\/diana-moore- mezzo-soprano\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Benjamin Butterfield|,|bio|:|Praised by The New York Times as, “clarion- voiced and vibrant”, Benjamin Butterfield is known for his performances throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. He has performed with many of the world\u2019s leading conductors including Sir Andrew Davis, James Conlon, Nicholas McGegan, Charles Dutoit, Leonard Slatkin, Bramwell Tovey, Seiji Ozawa, Bernard Labadie, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Jeffrey Thomas, Trevor Pinnock, Bruno Weil and Marc Minkowski.\nIn the 2018\/19 season Butterfield makes returns to the Baltimore Symphony (Messiah), Calgary Philharmonic (Mendelssohn\u2019s Elijah), and Vancouver Symphony (Dvorak\u2019s Stabat Mater). He makes his debut with the Nashville Symphony singing Messiah under Giancarlo Guerrero. During the season, Mr. Butterfield also performs with University of King\u2019s College Chapel Choir, returns to the Bach Choir of Bethlehem, and performs in his hometown with Victoria Symphony, Victoria Choral Society, Victoria Philharmonic Choir.\nRecent performances include Carnegie Hall with Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s (Haydn\u2019s Creation), Lincoln Center with American Classical Orchestra, Utah Symphony (Mozart\u2019s Requiem), Kansas City Symphony (Messiah), Haydn Masses with San Diego Symphony and Orchestre Symphonique de Qu\u00e9bec, and Britten\u2019s Serenade and War Requiem with L\u2019 Orchestre Lyrique de Montreal and Victoria Symphony. Butterfield has also appeared at Pacific Baroque Festival under conductor Marc Destrub\u00e9, Luminous Voices (Mozart\u2019s Requiem), Elgin Symphony (Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony), and the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival in Vermont (Schubert\u2019s Auf dem Strom and Janacek\u2019s The Diary of one who Disappeared). He makes frequent appearances with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem including their annual 2-week Bach Festival.\nMost recently as an interpreter of opera, he portrayed the role of Mime in Das Rheingold with Pacific Opera and was stage director for Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi at the Amalfi Coast Music Festival. Other operatic roles include Grimoaldo in Handel\u2019s Rodelinda and Jupiter in Semele with Pacific Opera Victoria, Fr\u00e8re Mass\u00e9e in Messiaen\u2019s St. Fran\u00e7ois d\u2019Assise with Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony, Tamino in The Magic Flute with the Toronto Symphony and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Calgary Opera.\nA prolific recording artist, he has recorded for Analekta, Dorian, CBC Records, Koch International and Timpani (France). He has also been featured in Messiah on ZDF at the Handel- Festspiele Halle with Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert and on CBC Radio as a guest host for This is my Music. Recently Mr. Butterfield recorded the St. John Passion with the Bach Choir of Bethlehem (Analekta), the Rhien transcription of Mahler\u2019s Das Lied von der Erde for Yellow Barn and a sixth CD of Ukrainian Art Song for the Ukrainian Art Song Project in Toronto.\nIn fall of 2018, Butterfield was named a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the country\u2019s highest academic honor. Associate Professor, head of voice, and co-head of performance for the School of Music at the University of Victoria, he was the 2015 recipient of the UVic. Craigdarroch Award for Excellence in Artistic Expression. He has also served as guest faculty for Opera Nuova, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival in Italy, The Victoria Conservatory Summer Vocal Academy, Vancouver International Song Institute, Yellow Barn, and Opera on the Avalon.\n|,|title|:|tenor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Hadleigh Adams|,|bio|:|New Zealand baritone Hadleigh Adams has been featured in Opera News magazine as a Soundbyte artist and has received international acclaim for his performances on stage and in concert. He is renowned for his dynamic stage presence and ability to draw true, honest characters in his performances. His broad repertoire spans from Baroque and Bel Canto through Britten and to contemporary composition. He has collaborated with some of today\u2019s greatest artists on the concert platform, and on the opera stage.\nOver the past season Hadleigh has made his debut performances with some of the United States\u2019 top companies. He has performed with Pittsburgh Opera, London\u2019s Philharmonia Orchestra, Cincinnati opera, Oakland Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony, Michigan Opera Theatre, the Colorado Symphony, and Opera Omaha. He has performed repeatedly with the San Francisco Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony. Later this season he performs with the American Bach Soloists, Philharmonia Baroque, and the Los Angeles Philharmonia.\nFollowing his formal studies, Hadleigh made his debut at London\u2019s Royal National Theatre singing the role of Christ in Jonathan Miller\u2019s staged production of Bach\u2019s St Matthew Passion to critical acclaim. He performed in concert at London\u2019s St Martin-in-the-Fields, the London Song Recital series, and has performed at the Wigmore Hall as a Voiceworks series artist.\nFollowing these performances, Hadleigh was invited to join the Merola Opera Program at the San Francisco Opera. He was then invited to join the San Francisco Opera as an Adler Fellow, the first New Zealander to ever hold the position. During his two-year tenure with the company Hadleigh appeared in over 75 main stage performances, and over 20 concert performances. His final performance with the company was in the role of Schaunard in\nIn 2015 Hadleigh made his New York debut in RB Schlather\u2019s production of Handel\u2019s Orlando at Whitebox NYC. This production, conducted by Geoffrey McDonald, won praise from critics for its visceral, modern treatment of the work. The New York Times wrote: \u201cA muscular stud in head-to-toe skin-tight leather…Overseeing all is the magician Zoroastro, sung by Hadleigh Adams with a dark yet flexible bass and a glowering presence\u201d\nHadleigh began his operatic education at the University of Auckland gaining a Bachelor of Music, with first class, first division honors and then completing his Masters of Music at the New Zealand School of Music. From there he was invited to join the New Zealand Opera as a company Artist. In 2009 he relocated to Australia as the inaugural Gertrude Johnson Scholar at The Opera Studio, Melbourne. He then received a full scholarship to London\u2019s Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studied with Rudolf Piernay and Janice Chapman, gaining a Masters of Music with Distinction, and completing the opera program with first class, first division honors.\nMore information at www.hadleighadams.com\n|,|title|:|bass|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]} HANDEL Messiah

data-filter="[2020 01|2020 01|2020 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" “DeSare is a lean, baby Sinatra with burning brown eyes and flashing teeth…his intonation and enunciation are impeccable.” – The New York Times The legend. The icon. The Voice. Frank Sinatra defined an entire generation of cool, and he did it His Way. Step back in time as Houston favorite Tony DeSare, one of today’s leading Sinatra interpreters, recreates the Rat Pack swagger and timeless magic of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, delivering showstoppers like Come Fly with Me, It Was a Very Good Year and New York, New York. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Tony DeSare|,|bio|:|Tony DeSare performs with infectious joy, wry playfulness and robust musicality. Named a Rising Star Male Vocalist in Downbeat magazine, DeSare has lived up to this distinction by winning critical and popular acclaim for his concert performances throughout North America and abroad. From jazz clubs to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas headlining with Don Rickles and major symphony orchestras, DeSare has brought his fresh take on old school class around the globe. DeSare has three top ten Billboard jazz albums under his belt and has been featured on the CBS Early Show, NPR, A Prairie Home Companion, the Today Show and his music has been posted by social media celebrity juggernaut, George Takei. DeSare has also collaborated with Youtube icons Postmodern Jukebox.\nNotwithstanding his critically acclaimed turns as a singer\/pianist, DeSare is also an accomplished award-winning composer. He not only won first place in the USA Songwriting Contest, but has written the theme song for the motion picture,\u00a0My Date With Drew, several broadcast commercials and has composed the full soundtracks for the Hallmark Channel’s\u00a0Love Always, Santa\u00a0and Lifetime’s\u00a0Nanny Nightmare. His sound is romantic, swinging and sensual, but what sets DeSare apart is his ability to write original material that sounds fresh and contemporary, yet pays homage to the Great American Songbook. His compositions include a wide-range of romantic, funny, and soulful sounds that can be found on his top-selling recordings.\nDeSare\u2019s forthcoming appearances include the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Smith Center in Las Vegas.\nDeSare releases new recordings, videos of standards and new originals every few weeks on his YouTube channel, iTunes and Spotify. Follow Tony on Facebook, Twitter and subscribe on YouTube to stay connected.\nTony DeSare is a Yamaha Artist.\n|,|title|:|vocalist and pianist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 01|2020 01|2020 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" He was the original showman—and Paganini’s bag of musical tricks knows no limit in his Violin Concerto No. 1, a work of mind-blowing virtuosity that pushes the instrument to its very limits. Performing it is not for the faint of heart, but when it comes to daredevil violin feats, Grammy Award winner Augustin Hadelich has a knack for making it look easy. Visions of the Eternal City are brushed with a palette of infinite color in Respighi’s glittering tone poems. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Jader Bignamini|,|bio|:|Jader Bignamini is Resident Conductor of the Orchestra Sinfonica la Verdi, following his appointment as Assistant Conductor in 2010 by Riccardo Chailly.\nHighlights of the 18-19 season include debuts at the Vienna State Opera and Dutch National Opera conducting Madama Butterfly and a debut with the Milwaukee Symphony; return engagements with Oper Frankfurt conducting La forza del destino and Santa Fe Opera conducting La Boh\u00e8me; La Traviata in Tokyo directed by Sofia Coppola; and return engagements with the Slovenian and Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestras. He continues to tour extensively with soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov.\nBignamini’s 17-18 season included his Metropolitan Opera debut conducting Madama Butterfly, \u00d3pera de Tenerife conducting Don Carlo, and the San Diego Symphony, as well as a return engagement with Teatro Massimo. He made his debut stepping in for Leonard Slatkin with the Detroit Symphony that resulted in an immediate reinvitation.\nRecent engagements include Manon Lescaut at the Bolshoi, Turandot at the Teatro Filarmonica, Il Trovatore at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera, the opening concert of the Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna conducting Carmina Burana; La Boh\u00e8me at the Municipal de S\u00e3o Paulo and La Fenice; L’Elisir d’Amore in Ancona; Tosca at the Comunale di Bologna; La Forza del Destino at the Verdi Festival in Parma; La Boh\u00e8me, Cavalleria Rusticana, and L’Amor Brujo at Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; Aida at Rome’s Teatro dell’Opera; Madama Butterfly at La Fenice; engagements with Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, and the MITO Festival conducting Berlioz’ Messe Solennelle. In 2013, Bignamini assisted Riccardo Chailly on concerts of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony in Milan. He made his concert debut at La Scala in 2015.\nBignamini was born in Crema and studied at the Piacenza Music Conservatory.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Augustin Hadelich|,|bio|:|Augustin Hadelich has firmly established himself as one of the great violinists of today. Showcasing a wide-ranging and adventurous repertoire, he is consistently cited for his phenomenal technique, soulful approach, and beauty of tone. He has performed with every major orchestra in the U.S., as well as an ever-growing number of orchestras around the world, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Danish National Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, NHK Symphony (Tokyo), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, and the radio orchestras of Frankfurt, Saarbr\u00fccken, Stuttgart and Cologne.\nMr. Hadelich is the winner of a 2016 Grammy Award for his recording of Dutilleux\u2019s Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony and Ludovic Morlot. Other releases include Paganini\u2019s 24 Caprices for Warner Classics, Tchaikovsky and Lalo Concertos with the London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO Live), Sibelius and Ad\u00e8s Concertos with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Hannu Lintu (AVIE), which was nominated for a Gramophone Award, and Mendelssohn and Bart\u00f3k Concertos with the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and Miguel Harth-Bedoya (AVIE).\nAugustin Hadelich\u2019s career took off when he won the Gold Medal at the 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Since then, he has garnered an impressive list of honors, including a Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in the UK (2011), the inaugural Warner Music Prize (2015) and Musical America\u2019s \u201c2018 Instrumentalist of the Year.\u201d\nMr. Hadelich plays the 1723 \u201cEx-Kiesewetter\u201d Stradivari violin, on loan from Clement and Karen Arrison through the Stradivari Society of Chicago.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} ROSSINI Overture to William Tell PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1 RESPIGHI Fountains of Rome RESPIGHI Pines of Rome

data-filter="[2020 01|2020 01|2020 01|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|January|January|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" “I have put my whole soul into this work…” –Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky’s ardent, deeply felt final Symphony awakens us to a universe of emotion, from wild euphoria to desolate caverns of despair. Get ready for a visceral, edge-of-your-seat experience when the Houston Symphony performs this unforgettable masterwork, known for its haunting conclusion that fades to black. Pristine, ethereal beauty meets frenetic energy in Shostakovich’s razor-sharp concerto, featuring unparalleled superstar Vadim Gluzman. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|John Storg\u00e5rds|,|bio|:|\u201cThe [New York] Philharmonic sounded sensational.\u201d New York Times\nChief Guest Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of Canada\u2019s National Arts Centre Orchestra Ottawa and Artistic Partner of the M\u00fcnchener Kammerorchester, John Storg\u00e5rds has a dual career as a conductor and violin virtuoso and is widely recognised for his creative flair for programming. He additionally holds the title of Artistic Director of the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland.\nStorg\u00e5rds appears with such orchestras as WDR Sinfonieorchester K\u00f6ln, Bamberger Symphoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, BBC Symphony Orchestra as well as all the major Nordic orchestras including Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra where he was Chief Conductor 2008-2015. Further afield, he appears with the Sydney, Melbourne and NHK Symphonies as well as the Boston, St Louis, Toronto and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Soloists with whom he collaborates include Yefim Bronfman, Sol Gabetta, H\u00e5kan Hardenberger, Kari Kriikku, Gil Shaham, Baiba Skride, Christian Tetzlaff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Frank Peter Zimmermann.\nStorg\u00e5rds\u2019s vast repertoire includes all symphonies by Sibelius, Nielsen, Bruckner, Brahms, Beethoven, Schubert and Schumann. He gave a historical cycle of all 54 symphonies by Mozart (including the unnumbered works) and conducted Finnish premieres of Schumann\u2019s only opera \u2018Genoveva\u2019, his early \u2018Zwickau\u2019 symphony, plus world premieres of Sibelius\u2019 Suite op. 117 for violin and strings and the Late Fragments. As a violinist, Storg\u00e5rds gave the Finnish premiere of Schumann\u2019s own violin version of the cello concerto and his Violin Sonata No 3. Storg\u00e5rds regularly performs world premieres of works by contemporary composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Brett Dean, Per N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd and P\u0113teris Vasks. Many of these composers have dedicated their works to him. In opera he conducted the Finnish premiere of Haydn\u2019s Orlando Paladino at the Finnish National Opera, a production which remains one of the most successful in Finland. He conducted major titles by Strauss, Verdi and most Mozart operas. Recently he led a new production by Paul-Emile Fourny of Mozart\u2019s Don Giovanni at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.\nHighlights of his 2017\/18 season include Storg\u00e5rds\u2019 return to the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. He will give debut appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien at Vienna\u2019s prestigious Musikverein and with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal Festival Hall. Following their recent touring success, Storg\u00e5rds is taking the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland on tour to Ottawa. In opera Storg\u00e5rds will give the world premiere of Sebastian Fagerlund\u2019s new opera H\u00f6stsonaten \u2013 Autumn Sonata at the Finnish National Opera with Anne Sofie von Otter in the leading role of Charlotte.\nStorg\u00e5rds\u2019 award winning discography includes recordings of works by Schumann, Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn but also rarities by Holmboe and Vasks\u2019 featuring him as soloist. Two cycles of symphonies by Sibelius (2014) and Nielsen (2015) with the BBC Philharmonic were released to critical acclaim by Chandos. Their latest recording, released earlier this year, includes works by American avant-garde composer George Antheil. Other successes include discs of works by N\u00f8rg\u00e5rd, Korngold and Rautavaara, the latter receiving a Grammy nomination and a Gramophone Award in 2012. Storg\u00e5rds\u2019s recording with the Chamber Orchestra of Lapland of concertos for theremin and horn by Kalevi Aho received the distinguished ECHO Klassik award in 2015.\nStorg\u00e5rds studied violin with Chaim Taub and subsequently became concert master of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen, before studying conducting with Jorma Panula and Eri Klas. He received the Finnish State Prize for Music in 2002 and the Pro Finlandia Prize 2012.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Vadim Gluzman|,|bio|:|Universally recognized among today\u2019s top performing artists, Vadim Gluzman brings to life the glorious violinistic tradition of the 19th and 20th centuries. Gluzman\u2019s wide repertoire embraces new music and his performances are heard around the world through live broadcasts and a striking catalogue of award-winning recordings exclusively for the BIS label.\nThe Israeli violinist has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Leipzig Gewandhaus, Israel Philharmonic, London Symphony Royal Concertgebouw and many others. He collaborates with leading conductors including Riccardo Chailly, Christoph von Dohn\u00e1nyi, Tugan Sokhiev, Sir Andrew Davis, Neeme J\u00e4rvi, Michael Tilson Thomas, Semyon Bychkov and Hannu Lintu. Festival appearances include performances at Ravinia, Tanglewood, Verbier, and the North Shore Chamber Music Festival in Chicago, founded by Gluzman and pianist Angela Yoffe, his wife and recital partner.\nHighlights of the current season include performances with the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Sydney and Melbourne Symphonies, Tokyo\u2019s NHK Symphony Orchestra, and the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra in Ohio, where he leads performances as its Creative Partner and Principal Guest Artist. He celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of violinist Henryk Szeryng with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Hamburg NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony and the Warsaw Philharmonic.\nGluzman serves as Distinguished Artist in Residence at the Peabody Conservatory and performs on the legendary 1690 \u2018ex-Leopold Auer\u2019 Stradivari, on extended loan to him through the generosity of the Stradivari Society of Chicago.\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} OUTI TARKIAINEN Midnight Sun Variations (N. American premiere) SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No. 2 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, Pathétique

data-filter="[2020 01|2020 02|2020 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][January|February|February|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" It captivated listeners so completely when first premiered that an immediate, mid-symphony encore was demanded. More than 200 years later, from Hollywood to the concert hall, the bewitching “Allegretto” from Beethoven’s Seventh speaks to the heart just as intently—a vast, brooding midnight amidst a Symphony of sunny exuberance and surging high spirits. Kirill Gerstein kindles enough piano pyrotechnics to light up all of Texas with Liszt’s fiendish, explosive Totentanz (“Dance of Death”). {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dima Slobodeniouk|,|bio|:|\u201cSlobodeniouk\u2019s calm, clean direction helped hold the sprawling symphony tightly\u00a0together, ensuring that even the softest, slowest-moving passages had a compelling\u00a0edge.\u201d Baltimore Sun\nLauded for his deeply informed and intelligent artistic leadership, Dima Slobodeniouk has held the position of Music Director of the Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Galicia since 2013, which he combines with his more recent positions as Principal Conductor of the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director of the Sibelius Festival following his appointment in 2016. Linking his native Russian roots with the cultural influence of his later homeland Finland, he draws on the powerful musical heritage of these two countries. He works with orchestras such as the Berliner Philharmoniker, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, Chicago, Houston and Baltimore as well as Sydney Symphony Orchestras.\nSummer 2018 sees Slobodeniouk give his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Joshua Bell at the Tanglewood Music Festival. Further highlights are his debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Rotterdam Philharmonic, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien at the Musikverein, Bayerisches Staatsorchester Munich, Minnesota, Seattle and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestras, NHK Symphony Orchestra and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra as well as West Australian Symphony Orchestra. He returns to WDR Sinfonieorchester Cologne with Yefim Bronfman, Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Dresdner Philharmonie, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. In Lahti, Slobodeniouk opens the 2018\/19 season with Joseph Canteloupe\u2019s Chants Auvergene and Beethoven\u2019s Eroica Symphony, before he takes the orchestra on tour to China including Shanghai Arts Festival. In Galicia he launches the new season with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Shostakovich Symphony No 11. Other soloists he works with include Nicolas Altstaedt, Leif Ove Andsnes, Khatia Buniatishvili, Vilde Frang, Vadim Gluzman, Johannes Moser, Baiba Skride, Simon Trp\u010deski, Yuja Wang and Frank Peter Zimmermann.\nSlobodeniouk\u2019s discography was recently extended by recordings of works by Stravinsky with Ilya Gringolts and Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Galicia (BIS) and works by Aho with Lahti Symphony Orchestra (BIS), the latter received the BBC Music Magazine award 2018. He has previously recorded works by Lotta Wenn\u00e4koski with Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (Ondine) and works by Sebastian Fagerlund with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (BIS).\nMoscow-born Dima Slobodeniouk studied violin at Moscow Central Music School under Zinaida Gilels and J. Chugajev, the Middle Finland Conservatory as well as the Sibelius Academy under Olga Parhomenko. He continued his Sibelius Academy studies with Atso Almila also under the guidance of Leif Segerstam and Jorma Panula, and has also studied under Ilya Musin and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Striving to inspire young musicians of the future, Slobodeniouk has worked with students at the Verbier Festival Academy over recent years and furthermore began a conducting initiative with the Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Galicia, providing an opportunity for students to work on the podium with a professional orchestra.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Kirill Gerstein|,|bio|:|Kirill Gerstein\u2019s natural versatility and curiosity has led him to explore a wide range of repertoire and styles. From Bach to Ad\u00e8s, his playing is distinguished by a discerning intelligence, great virtuosity and a clarity of expression which he combines with an energetic and imaginative musical presence. He has been described as \u201cgloriously free and unfazed by technical difficulties, he made the piano sing\u2026 The concerto that we\u2019ve heard so many times before gained new life.\u201d (Leipziger Volkszeitung)\nIn the 2018\/19 season Gerstein will give the world premiere performance of Thomas Ad\u00e8s\u2019 new Piano Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer, with performances in Boston and in Carnegie Hall, New York. Gerstein and Ad\u00e8s will also give the European premiere with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. They will also collaborate for performances of In Seven Days in London with the London Philharmonic and in Los Angeles with the LA Philharmonic, and in recitals in New York and Boston.\nElsewhere in this season, Gerstein appears with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov, and will return to the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Mark Elder. He will perform in China with the Shanghai and Guangzhou Symphony Orchestras, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, and the Orquestra Sinf\u00f4nica de S\u00e3o Paolo. He plays recitals in London, Stuttgart, Lisbon, Singapore, Melbourne and Copenhagen, as well as chamber performances with the Hagen Quartet, Veronika Eberle and Clemens Hagen in Lucerne, and with actor Bruno Ganz for recitals in Germany and Austria.\nIn Autumn 2018 Gerstein\u2019s recording of Scriabin\u2019s Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, with the Oslo Philharmonic and Vasily Petrenko will be reeleased on LAWO Classic\u2019s. Future recording releases this season include Busoni\u2019s Piano Concerto on myrios classics in spring 2019 and Tchaikovsky\u2019s Piano Concerto Nos. 1-3 in summer 2019, part of Semyon Bychkov\u2019s Tchaikovsky Project recorded for Decca with the Czech Philharmonic. Recent recordings for myrios classics include The Gershwin Moment, released earlier this year; Liszt\u2019s Transcendental \u00c9tudes, picked by The New Yorker as one of 2016\u2019s notable recordings; and Tchaikovsky\u2019s First Piano Concerto in the composer\u2019s own final version from 1879. He also released Imaginary Pictures which couples Mussorgsky\u2019s Pictures at an Exhibition with Schumann\u2019s Carnaval, two discs with Tabea Zimmerman of sonatas for viola and piano by Brahms, Schubert, Franck, Clarke and Vieuxtemps, and a recital disc of works by Schumann, Liszt and Knussen.\nKirill Gerstein was brought up in the former Soviet Union studying both classical and jazz piano, and at the age of 14 years he moved to the US where he was the youngest student to attend Boston\u2019s Berklee College of Music. He subsequently shifted his focus to the classical repertoire and studied with Solomon Mikowsky in New York, Dmitri Bashkirov in Madrid and Ferenc Rados in Budapest. Gerstein won the first of a series of prestigious accolades in 2001: First Prize at the 10th Arthur Rubinstein Competition. In 2002, he won a Gilmore Young Artist Award, and in 2010 both an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Gilmore Artist Award, which provided the funds for him to commission new works from Timothy Andres, Chick Corea, Alexander Goehr, Oliver Knussen and Brad Mehldau.\nA committed teacher and pedagogue, Gerstein taught at the Stuttgart Musik Hochschule from 2007-2017 and from autumn 2018, will teach as part of Kronberg Academy\u2019s newly announced Sir Andr\u00e1s Schiff Performance Programme for Young Artists.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} JÖRG WIDMANN Con Brio LISZT Totentanz BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7

data-filter="[2020 02|2020 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Robert Schumann’s music speaks to us in a timeless, universal language. His romance with virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck is a love story for the ages, while his ongoing battle with depression, and eventual descent into insanity, makes his noble, life-affirming creations all the more remarkable. Join us for a deep dive into the trials and the triumphs, the love and the madness, the man and the music. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Benjamin Grosvenor|,|bio|:|British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is internationally recognised for his electrifying performances, distinctive sound and insightful interpretations. His virtuosic command over the most arduous technical complexities underpins the remarkable depth and understanding of his music making. Described as \u201cone in a million…several million\u201d by The Independent, he has also been lauded as \u201ca keyboard visionary\u201d by the S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung.\nBenjamin first came to prominence as the outstanding winner of the Keyboard Final of the 2004 BBC Young Musician Competition at the age of eleven, and he was invited to perform with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the First Night of the 2011 BBC Proms aged just nineteen. A pianist of widespread international acclaim, he was announced as the inaugural recipient of The Ronnie and Lawrence Ackman Classical Piano Prize with the New York Philharmonic in 2016.\nRecent and forthcoming concerto highlights include engagements with the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, The Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, G\u00fcrzenich-Orchestra Cologne, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orquesta Nacional de Espa\u00f1a, Filarmonica della Scala, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the London, Melbourne, San Francisco, and Washington National Symphony Orchestras. Benjamin works with such esteemed conductors as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Andrey Boreyko, Semyon Bychkov, Riccardo Chailly, Sir Mark Elder, Edward Gardner, Alan Gilbert, Manfred Honeck, Vladimir Jurowski, Emmanuel Krivine, Andrew Manze, Ludovic Morlot, Kent Nagano, Sir Roger Norrington, Gianandrea Noseda, Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Leonard Slatkin, Nathalie Stutzmann, Michael Tilson Thomas, Krzysztof Urba\u0144ski, and with Kazuki Yamada.\nAmong Benjamin\u2019s major recital dates in the 2018\/19 season are London\u2019s Barbican Hall, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es Paris, Madrid\u2019s Ciclo Grandes Int\u00e9rpretes, San Francisco Performances, Sydney Symphony Orchestra\u2019s recital series, Munich\u2019s Herkulessaal, Milan\u2019s Societ\u00e1 dei Concerti and Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana Barcelona. Also a keen chamber musician, he joins Tabea Zimmermann and others for a performance of Schubert\u2019s Trout Quintet at Bonn\u2019s Beethovenwoche 2019, and together with the Doric String Quartet performs piano quintets by Faur\u00e9 and Dvo\u0159\u00e1k as well as chamber settings of Chopin\u2019s Piano Concertos as part of his concert series at London\u2019s Barbican in 2019.\nIn 2011 Benjamin signed to Decca Classics, becoming the youngest British musician ever, and the first British pianist in almost 60 years, to sign to the label. Benjamin\u2019s fourth CD on the label, Homages (2016), explores a number of works in which great composers pay tribute to their predecessors, including Busoni\u2019s transcription of Bach\u2019s great solo violin Chaconne, Franck\u2019s Choral, Prelude and Fugue and Liszt\u2019s tribute to Italian folk song, Venezia e Napoli. Named Instrumental Recording of the Month in BBC Music Magazine, the disc was also awarded a Diapason d’Or, with Diapason’s critic declaring that \u201chis pianistic ingenuity, his lyrical voice and aristocratic distinction remind one of the young Josef Hofmann or Ignaz Friedman. The whole recital is charged with Romantic \u00e9lan.\u201d\nDuring his sensational career to date, Benjamin has received Gramophone\u2019s Young Artist of the Year and Instrumental Awards, a Classic Brits Critics\u2019 Award, UK Critics\u2019 Circle Award for Exceptional Young Talent and a Diapason d\u2019Or Jeune Talent Award. He has been featured in two BBC television documentaries, BBC Breakfast and The Andrew Marr Show, as well as in CNN\u2019s Human to Hero series.\nThe youngest of five brothers, Benjamin began playing the piano aged 6. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Christopher Elton and Daniel-Ben Pienaar, where he graduated in 2012 with the \u2018Queen\u2019s Commendation for Excellence\u2019 and in 2016 was awarded a Fellowship. Benjamin has been supported since 2013 by EFG International, the widely respected global private banking group.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SAT., FEB. 8 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2 SUN., FEB. 9 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 SCHUMANN Piano Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4

data-filter="[2020 02|][jones-hall|][February|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Celebrate Valentine’s Day week with romantic ballads and grand choral music including highlights from Scenes from Goethe’s Faust and Pilgrimage of the Rose. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Scott Holshouser|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/musicians\/scott-holshouser\/|}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}

data-filter="[2020 02|2020 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Robert Schumann’s music speaks to us in a timeless, universal language. His romance with virtuoso pianist Clara Wieck is a love story for the ages, while his ongoing battle with depression, and eventual descent into insanity, makes his noble, life-affirming creations all the more remarkable. Join us for a deep dive into the trials and the triumphs, the love and the madness, the man and the music. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Alisa Weilerstein|,|bio|:|“A young cellist whose emotionally resonant performances of both traditional and contemporary music have earned her international recognition, … Weilerstein is a consummate performer, combining technical precision with impassioned musicianship.” So stated the MacArthur Foundation when awarding Alisa Weilerstein a 2011 MacArthur “genius grant” Fellowship, prompting the New York Times to respond: “Any fellowship that recognizes the vibrancy of an idealistic musician like Ms. Weilerstein … deserves a salute from everyone in classical music.” In performances marked by intensity, sensitivity, and a wholehearted immersion in each of the works she interprets, the American cellist has long proven herself to be in possession of a distinctive musical voice.\nIn the 2017-18 season Weilerstein gives two performances of Schumann’s Cello Concerto, with the Pittsburgh Symphony under Manfred Honeck and the Philadelphia Orchestra led by Christoph Eschenbach; two performances of the Barber Concerto, with the Chicago Symphony led by Jir\u00ed Belohl\u00e1vek and the Cleveland Orchestra under Alan Gilbert; and a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme with conductor Jeffrey Kahane leading the New York Philharmonic. She also plays a series of duo recitals on tour with her regular recital partner, Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan, beginning at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and Carnegie Hall. Repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata No. 2, the sole cello sonatas of Rachmaninoff and Britten, and a new work by Grammy-winning guitarist and composer Steven Mackey, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall and Wigmore Hall, where Weilerstein and Barnatan give its UK premiere in November. Other concerto appearances include Shostakovich with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester and James Conlon; Prokofiev with the Dallas Symphony under Jaap van Zweden; tours of the UK with the Czech Philharmonic and Belohl\u00e1vek playing Shostakovich and Dvor\u00e1k; and performances of Lutoslawski’s Cello Concerto with the Indianapolis Symphony under the baton of Krzysztof Urban\u00b4ski.\nThe 2016-17 season saw Weilerstein release her new album of Shostakovich’s two cello concertos with the Bavarian Radio Symphony under Pablo Heras-Casado. In a career first, she gave performances of Bach’s complete suites for unaccompanied cello; toured nine U.S. cities, capped by a Lincoln Center performance at Alice Tully Hall, with Barnatan and New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill; and toured Europe with Barnatan, culminating with a return to London’s Wigmore Hall. In concerts around the globe she performed Britten’s Cello Symphony with the New World Symphony; Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, the Netherlands Philharmonic, and the National Symphony in both Washington, DC and Moscow; Prokofiev’s Sinfonia concertante with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and the Dallas Symphony; Schumann with the San Francisco Symphony and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the latter at Carnegie Hall and on tour in Italy and Spain; Elgar with the Staatskapelle Weimar; Walton with Amsterdam’s Residentie Orkest; and Dvor\u00e1k with the Minnesota Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, and the Tokyo Symphony on a three-stop tour of Japan, where she also played four solo recitals. The cellist also performed Henri Dutilleux’s Tout un monde lointain… with Lisbon’s Gulbenkian Orchestra, and gave the world premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s Cello Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, which co-commissioned the piece for her.\nIn recent years, Weilerstein recorded the Elgar and Elliott Carter cello concertos with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin. The disc was named “Recording of the Year 2013” by BBC Music, which featured the cellist on the cover of its May 2014 issue. Her next release, on which – as in concerts this season – she plays Dvor\u00e1k’s Cello Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic, topped the U.S. classical chart. Her third album, a compilation of unaccompanied 20th-century cello music titled Solo, was pronounced an “uncompromising and pertinent portrait of the cello repertoire of our time” (ResMusica, France). Solo’s centerpiece is the Kod\u00e1ly sonata, a signature work that Weilerstein revisits on the soundtrack of If I Stay, a 2014 feature film starring Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz in which the cellist makes a cameo appearance as herself. In 2015 she released a recording of sonatas by Chopin and Rachmaninoff, marking her duo album debut with Inon Barnatan, which earned praise from Voix des Arts as “a ravishing recording of fantastic music.\nWeilerstein has appeared with all the foremost orchestras of the United States and Europe, collaborating with conductors including Marin Alsop, Sir Andrew Davis, Gustavo Dudamel, Sir Mark Elder, Giancarlo Guerrero, Bernard Haitink, Marek Janowski, Neeme J\u00e4rvi, Paavo J\u00e4rvi, Lorin Maazel, Cristian Macelaru, Zubin Mehta, Ludovic Morlot, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Peter Oundjian, Matthias Pintscher, Donald Runnicles, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson Thomas, Osmo V\u00e4nsk\u00e4, Simone Young and David Zinman. Her major career milestones include an emotionally tumultuous account of Elgar’s concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Daniel Barenboim in Oxford, England, for the orchestra’s 2010 European Concert, which was televised live to an audience of millions worldwide and subsequently released on DVD by EuroArts. She and Barenboim reunited in 2012-13 to play Elliott Carter’s concerto on a German tour with the Berlin Staatskapelle. In 2009, she was one of four artists invited by Michelle Obama to participate in a widely celebrated and high profile classical music event at the White House, featuring student workshops hosted by the First Lady, and performances in front of an audience that included President Obama and the First Family. A month later, Weilerstein toured Venezuela as soloist with the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Symphony Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel. She has since made numerous return visits to teach and perform with the orchestra as part of its famed El Sistema music education program. Other highlights of recent seasons include her debut at the BBC Proms in 2010, and with England’s Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, which she joined in 2013 for a 16-city U.S. tour.\nCommitted to expanding the cello repertoire, Weilerstein is an ardent champion of new music. Two seasons ago she gave the world premiere of Pascal Dusapin’s Outscape, which she performed with the co-commissioning Chicago Symphony before giving its first European performances with the Stuttgart and Paris Opera Orchestras; this past season she premiered Matthias Pintscher’s Cello Concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She gave the New York premiere of Pintscher’s Reflections on Narcissus under the composer’s own direction during the New York Philharmonic’s inaugural 2014 Biennial, and subsequently the two also performed the work at the BBC Proms. She has worked extensively with Osvaldo Golijov, who rewrote Azul for cello and orchestra (originally premiered by Yo-Yo Ma) for her New York premiere performance at the opening of the 2007 Mostly Mozart Festival. Weilerstein has since played the work with orchestras around the world, besides frequently programming the Argentinean composer’s Omaramor for solo cello. At the 2008 Caramoor festival, she gave the world premiere of Lera Auerbach’s 24 Preludes for Violoncello and Piano with the composer at the keyboard, and the two have subsequently reprised the work at the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Kennedy Center, and for San Francisco Performances. Joseph Hallman, a 2014 Grammy Award nominee, has also written multiple works for Weilerstein, including a cello concerto that she premiered with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in 2008, and a trio that she premiered on tour with Inon Barnatan and clarinetist Anthony McGill last season.\nWeilerstein has appeared at major music festivals throughout the world, including Aspen, Bad Kissingen, Delft, Edinburgh, Jerusalem Chamber Music, La Jolla SummerFest, Mostly Mozart, Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Tanglewood, and Verbier. In addition to her appearances as a soloist and recitalist, Weilerstein performs regularly as a chamber musician. She has been part of a core group of musicians at the Spoleto Festival USA for the past eight years and also performs with her parents, Donald and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, as the Weilerstein Trio, the trio-in-residence at Boston’s New England Conservatory.\nThe cellist is the winner of both Lincoln Center’s 2008 Martin E. Segal prize for exceptional achievement and the 2006 Leonard Bernstein Award. She received an Avery Fisher Career Grant in 2000 and was selected for two prestigious young artist programs in the 2000-01 season: the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) “Rising Stars” recital series and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Society Two.\nBorn in 1982, Weilerstein discovered her love for the cello at just two and a half, when her grandmother assembled a makeshift set of instruments from cereal boxes to entertain her while she was ill with chicken pox. Although immediately drawn to the Rice Krispies box cello, Weilerstein soon grew frustrated that it didn’t produce any sound. After persuading her parents to buy her a real cello at the age of four, she developed her natural affinity for the instrument and gave her first public performance six months later. At 13, in October 1995, she played Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo” Variations for her Cleveland Orchestra debut, and in March 1997 she made her first Carnegie Hall appearance with the New York Youth Symphony. A graduate of the Young Artist Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Richard Weiss, the cellist also holds a degree in history from Columbia University, from which she graduated in May 2004. In November 2008, Weilerstein, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was nine, became a Celebrity Advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.\n|,|title|:|cello|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} SAT., FEB. 15 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 3 SCHUMANN Cello Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4 SUN., FEB. 16 SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 SCHUMANN Cello Concerto SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2

data-filter="[2020 02|2020 02|2020 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|March|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" His warm, velvety voice is unmistakable. His legacy is Unforgettable. Join the world in celebrating legendary crooner Nat King Cole in his centennial year as Ryan Shaw performs all the songs that made us fall in L-O-V-E with Nat—“When I Fall in Love,” “Mona Lisa,” “Stardust,”  “Straighten Up and Fly Right” and many more. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ryan Shaw|,|bio|:|Ryan Shaw was born December 25, 1975 in Decatur, Georgia and grew up in a deeply religious Pentecostal family. He began singing in church at the age of five and later formed a family group with four of his brothers called the Shaw Boys. \u201cWe didn\u2019t listen to secular or pop music either in or out of our house,\u201d he explains. \u201cSo my early musical influences are all from the gospel world\u2014singers like Darryl Coley, Keith Brooks, James Moore, and the Pace Sisters.\u201d\nAfter briefly attending Georgia State University, Ryan successfully auditioned for the gospel musical A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Part II). In 1998, he joined the cast of I Know I\u2019ve Been Changed, written and directed by Tyler Perry (Diary of a Mad Black Woman). Ryan came to New York with this production and performed to sold-out crowds at the Beacon Theater.\nAfter the closing of I Know I\u2019ve Been Changed, Ryan joined the resident cast of the Motown Caf\u00e9 on West 57th Street where he performed Detroit soul favorites by the Four Tops and Marvin Gaye. Later he found another steady gig with a group that he says played \u201cjust about anything from the Fifties and Sixties that you could dance to\u2014Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole, Stax and Motown, Dion & the Belmonts, you name it.\u201d\n\u201cWith my church background, a lot of this material was new to me. But when I saw how those songs affected people, I began to understand how their own memories and emotions were invested in the music. Now that was pretty cool.\u00a0 The more Ryan heard of the sounds of the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies, the more aware he became of the missing ingredients in contemporary music. \u201cI\u2019m into chords, melodies, lyrics, arrangements\u2014I\u2019m into music in all its aspects. It seems like the late Eighties were the last time we really had all these elements in Black music, with artists like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross. By the mid-Nineties, we were down to two chords and a drum loop.\u201d\nIn 2004 Ryan was recruited into the Fabulous Soul Shakers, a vocal group specializing in classic soul and doo-wop. Johnny Gale, the group\u2019s guitarist, is a New York music veteran who\u2019s worked with everyone from Hank Ballard to the Ramones. Deeply im- pressed by Ryan\u2019s talent, Johnny urged his old friend Jimmy Bralower to check him out. As a percussionist and drum programmer, Jimmy was among the city\u2019s most in- demand session players, having worked with superstars like Madonna, Peter Gabriel, and Steve Winwood.\nOne night in 2006, Bralower came down to hear Ryan sing at a small Lower East Side club\n\u2026and was blown away by what he heard. He and Johnny Gale invited Ryan back to Jimmy\u2019s basement studio on Long Island where they quickly cut four of Ryan\u2019s featured numbers with the Soul Shakers including \u201cDo the 45\u201d and \u201cI Found a Love.\u201d\nThe collaboration proved to be heaven-sent. Ryan carefully chose from dozens of suggested songs and shaped his own interpretations as Jimmy and Johnny \u201cpowered up\u201d the original arrangements with muscular bass and drums while adding a guitar riff here or some handclaps there.\nEven as they reinvented such nuggets as Jackie Wilson\u2019s \u201cI\u2019ll Be Satisfied\u201d and Bobby Womack\u2019s \u201cLookin’ For A Love,\u201d the team created new original songs that meshed seamlessly with the old ones. \u201cThe core songwriting values of that period are so strong and so timeless that even many of the non-hit soul records of the Sixties sound like \u2018hits\u2019 today,\u201d says Jimmy. \u201cThose are the values we adhered to in writing and recording songs like \u2018Nobody\u2019 and \u2018We Got Love.\u2019\u201d Their efforts did not go unrewarded. \u201cNobody\u201d was the first single from This Is Ryan Shaw while \u201cWe Got Love\u201d was prominently featured in January 2007 promos for the ABC network television series \u201cBrothers and Sisters.\u201d\nRyan delivers every song with the kind of emotional commitment and vocal panache that have nearly vanished from the mainstream musical landscape.\u00a0 On stage, Ryan brings it all together with a combination of Southern warmth and New York vitality. Using just a small rhythm section and two male backing vocalists, he\u2019s able to effectively reproduce the sound of his album while stretching some tunes into full-on vocal rave-ups. Ryan\u2019s thrilling voice and charismatic presence are all that he needs to get over with an audience. There\u2019s no posturing or mindless booty-shaking, no need for contrived antics: Ryan Shaw is the real deal.\n\u201cThe strength of his own writing shows that Ryan Shaw isn’t just a great singer\u201d Jimmy Bralower declares. \u201cHe\u2019s a real artist, he\u2019s got something to say, and he\u2019s going to be around for a long, long time.\u201d\n|,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Nikki Ren\u00e9e Daniels|,|bio|:||,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}

data-filter="[2020 02|2020 02|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][February|February|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:6,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Batter up! Put on your baseball cap and root, root, root for your hometown orchestra – we’re gearing up for Spring Training with this fun program inspired by America’s favorite pastime! A star slugger swings for the fences in a musical narration of the humorous poem Casey at the Bat. And, show your Texas pride as you sing and clap along to “Deep in the Heart of Texas” during a special Seventh Inning Stretch! {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 03|2020 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Imagine Handel’s Messiah, updated for the 21st century. This is the starting point of John Adams’ El Niño, which combines mesmerizing music with biblical verse and the words of Spanish and Latin American poets—trailblazing women writers, both ancient and contemporary, in particular—for a unique and captivating account of the story of Christ’s birth. Featuring a stellar cast of soloists alongside the awe-inspiring forces of Symphony and Chorus, this is music that invites you to reflect: an immensely powerful and moving journey and a concert experience never to be forgotten. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|David Robertson|,|bio|:|David Robertson – conductor, artist, thinker, and American musical visionary – occupies some of the most prominent platforms on the international music scene.\u00a0 A highly sought-after podium figure in the worlds of opera, orchestral music, and new music, Robertson is celebrated worldwide as a champion of contemporary composers, an ingenious and adventurous programmer, and a masterful communicator whose passionate advocacy for the art form is widely recognized.\u00a0 A consummate and deeply collaborative musician, Robertson is hailed for his intensely committed music making.\nFollowing a Fall 2018 tour of European musical capitals with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Robertson kicks off his valedictory season as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director with the Orchestra, February – November 2019, navigating oceans of music from Australian composers to Australian premieres, including Christopher Rouse’s Bassoon Concerto, the presence of American musical compatriots Wynton Marsalis and John Adams, concert performances of Britten’s Peter Grimes, and show-stoppers, including Andre Previn and Tom Stoppard’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour.\u00a0 As always, musical friends from around the world will join in – Australian oboist Diana Doherty, Lang Lang, Susan Graham, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, and a wealth of others.\u00a0 Robertson will continue to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in future seasons as the city undertakes a major renovation of its beloved Sydney Opera House.\nIn the 2018-19 season, Robertson continues his rich collaboration with the New York Philharmonic, as part of Music Director Jaap van Zweden’s first festival for the Orchestra, The Art of Andriessen.\u00a0 He ventures north to conduct two Canadian Orchestras: the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra, and in the US, he conducts the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestras, in addition to the Juilliard Orchestra, where he begins his tenure as Director of Conducting Studies, Distinguished Visiting Professor.\u00a0 Robertson will return to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, and to the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and will conduct in Munich, Prague, and Spain.\nDavid Robertson recently completed his transformative 13-year tenure as Music Director of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, where he solidified the orchestra’s status as one of the nation’s most enduring and innovative.\u00a0 For the SLSO, he established fruitful relationships with a wide spectrum of artists, and garnered a 2014 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for the Nonesuch release of John Adams’ City Noir.\nRobertson has served in artistic leadership positions at musical institutions including the Orchestre National de Lyon, and, as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Pierre Boulez, the Ensemble InterContemporain, which he led on its first North American tour.\u00a0 At the BBC Symphony Orchestra, he served as Principal Guest Conductor.\u00a0 Robertson has served as a Perspectives Artist at Carnegie Hall, where he has conducted, among others, The Met Orchestra, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 He appears regularly in Europe with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, the Bayerische Rundfunk and the Dresden Staatskapelle, and at the Berlin Festival, the Edinburgh Festival, the BBC Proms, and the Musica Viva Festival in Munich.\nIn Spring 2018, Robertson built upon his longstanding relationship with The Metropolitan Opera, conducting the premiere of Phelim McDermott’s celebrated production of Cos\u00ec fan tutte, set in 1950s Coney Island.\u00a0 Since his Met Opera debut in 1996, with The Makropulos Case, he has conducted a breathtaking range of Met projects, including the Met premiere of John Adams’ The Death of Klinghoffer (2014); the 2016 revival of Jan\u00e1cek’s Jenufa, then its first Met performances in nearly a decade; the premiere production of Nico Muhly’s Two Boys (2013); and many favorites, from Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro to Britten’s Billy Budd.\u00a0 Robertson has frequent projects at the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including La Scala, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet, Bayerische Staatsoper (orchestra), the San Francisco Opera, and the Santa Fe Opera.\nRobertson is the recipient of numerous musical and artistic awards, and in 2010 was made a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.\u00a0 He is devoted to supporting young musicians and has worked with students at the festivals of Aspen, Tanglewood, Lucerne, at the Paris Conservatoire, the Juilliard School, Music Academy of the West, and the National Orchestra Institute.\u00a0 In 2014, he led the Coast to Coast tour of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA.\nBorn in Santa Monica, California, Robertson was educated at London’s Royal Academy of Music, where he studied horn and composition before turning to orchestral conducting.\u00a0 He is married to pianist Orli Shaham, and lives in New York.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Susanna Phillips|,|bio|:|Alabama-born soprano Susanna Phillips, recipient of The Metropolitan Opera\u2019s 2010 Beverly Sills Artist Award, continues to establish herself as one of today\u2019s most sought-after singing actors and recitalists. The 2016-17 season will see Ms. Phillips return to the Metropolitan Opera for a ninth consecutive season starring as Cl\u00e9mence in the Met premiere of Kaija Saariaho\u2019s L\u2019amour de Loin conducted by Susanna M\u00e4lkki, as well as a return of her acclaimed Musetta in Puccini\u2019s La Boh\u00e8 me. In March 2017, Ms. Phillips will make her Zurich Opera debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. She also appears as Cleopatra in Handel\u2019s Giulio Cesare with Boston Baroque and Martin Pearlman.\n2016-2017 orchestra engagements include a return to the San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas conducting a program of American songs, Mozart\u2019s \u201cExsultate Jubilate\u201d and his Mass in C Minor with Jane Glover and the Music of the Baroque, the Britten War Requiem with Kent Tritle and the Oratorio Society of New York, as well as Euridice in Gluck\u2019s Orfeo ed Euridice with Robert Spano leading the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Phillips will also perform recitals at the Celebrity Series of Boston, the National Museum for Women in the Arts, and her popular dual recital program with Eric Owens at Carnegie Hall and the Washington Performing Arts.\nLast season saw Ms. Phillips return to the Metropolitan Opera starring as Rosalinde in the Jeremy Sams production of Die Fledermaus conducted for the first time by music director James Levine, as well as a reprise of her house debut role of Musetta in La Boh\u00e8me. Additional engagements included a return to the stage of Lyric Opera of Chicago as Juliette in Gounod\u2019s Romeo and Juliet under the baton of Emmanuel Villaume. Additional engagements included Knoxville: Summer of 1915 with Michael Tilson Thomas leading the San Francisco Symphony, the Filas Requiem with Kent Tritle leading the Oratorio Society of New York, Mahler\u2019s Fourth Symphony with the St. Louis Symphony and David Robertson, Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis with David Robertson leading the Sydney Symphony, as well as a recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Brian Zeger.\nHighlights of Ms. Phillips\u2019 previous opera seasons include numerous additional Metropolitan Opera appearances as Fiordiligi in Cos\u00ec fan tutte in what the New York Times called a \u201cbreakthrough night,\u201d Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Pamina in Julie Taymor\u2019s production of The Magic Flute, Musetta in La Boh\u00e8me (both in New York and on tour in Japan), Antonia in Les Contes d\u2019Hoffmann, and as a featured artist in the Met\u2019s Summer Recital Series in both Central Park and Brooklyn Bridge Park. She also appeared at Carnegie Hall for a special concert performance as Stella in Previn\u2019s A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Rene\u00e9 Fleming \u2013 a role she went on to perform, to rave reviews, at Lyric Opera of Chicago and as Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes with the St. Louis Symphony. She made her Santa Fe Opera debut as Pamina, and subsequently performed a quartet of other Mozart roles with the company as Fiordiligi in Cos\u00ec fan tutte, Countess Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Arminda in La Finta Giardiniera, and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. As a member of the Ryan Opera Center, Phillps sang the female leads in Rom\u00e9o et Juliette and Die Fledermaus. Additional roles include Elmira in Reinhard Keiser\u2019s The Fortunes of King Croesus, and the title roles in Lucia di Lammermoor and Agrippina, as well as appearances with the Oper Frankfurt, Dallas Opera, Minnesota Opera, Fort Worth Opera Festival, Boston Lyric Opera and Opera Birmingham.\nHighly in demand by the world\u2019s most prestigious orchestras, Ms. Phillips has appeared with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic under Alan Gilbert, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Oratorio Society of New York, Santa Fe Symphony, Santa Barbara Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s, and Santa Fe Concert Association.\nA fervent chamber music collaborator, Ms. Phillips recently teamed with bass-baritone Eric Owens for a recital of all Schubert which they have taken on tour in Chicago with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, at the Gilmore Festival, and Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. Additional recital engagements included chamber music concerts with Paul Neubauer and Anne Marie McDermott, an appearance at the Parlance Chamber Music Series with Warren Jones, the 2014 Chicago Collaborative Works Festival, the Emerson String Quartet in Thomasville, Georgia with Warren Jones and colleagues from the Metropolitan Opera, and at Twickenham Fest, a chamber music festival she co-founded in her native Huntsville, Alabama. The soprano also made her solo recital debut at Carnegie\u2019s Weill Recital Hall with pianist Myra Huang.\nOther recent concert and oratorio engagements include Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony, Mahler\u2019s Fourth Symphony, Mozart\u2019s Coronation Mass, the Faur\u00e9 and Mozart Requiems, Carmina Burana, and Handel\u2019s Messiah. She made her Carnegie Hall debut with Skitch Henderson, Rob Fisher, and the New York Pops. Following her Baltimore Symphony Orchestra debut under Marin Alsop, the Baltimore Sun proclaimed: \u201cShe\u2019s the real deal.\u201d\nIn August 2011, Ms. Phillips was featured at the opening night of the Mostly Mozart Festival, which aired live on Live From Lincoln Center on PBS. The same year saw the release of Paysages, her first solo album on Bridge Records, which was hailed as \u201csumptuous and elegantly sung\u201d (San Francisco Chronicle). The following year saw her European debut as Pamina in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te at the Gran Teatro del Liceu Barcelona.\nAs resident artist at the 2010 and 2011 Marlboro Music Festivals, she was part of Marilyn Horne Foundation Gala at Carnegie Hall, made her New York solo recital debut at Lincoln Center\u2019s Alice Tully Hall, and appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC under the auspices of the Vocal Arts Society.\nIn 2005 Ms. Phillips won four of the world\u2019s leading vocal competitions: Operalia (both First Place and the Audience Prize), the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, the MacAllister Awards, and the George London Foundation Awards Competition. She has also claimed the top honor at the Marilyn Horne Foundation Competition, and has won first prizes from the American Opera Society Competition and the Musicians Club of Women in Chicago. Ms. Phillips has received grants from the Santa Fe Opera and the Sullivan Foundation, and is a graduate of Lyric Opera of Chicago\u2019s Ryan Opera Center. She holds both a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and continues collaboration with her teacher Cynthia Hoffmann. A native of Huntsville, Alabama, over 400 people traveled from her hometown to New York City in December 2008 for Ms. Phillips\u2019 Metropolitan Opera debut in La Boh\u00e8me. She returns frequently to her native state for recitals and orchestral appearances.\n|,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Kelley O\u2019Connor|,|bio|:|Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy\u00ae Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O’Connor has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation.\nDuring the 2018-19 season, the artist\u2019s impressive symphonic calendar features Mahler\u2019s Second Symphony with Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony, his Third Symphony with Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra, Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra, and with Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Das Lied von der Erde both with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. \u00a0Sought after by many of the most heralded composers of the modern day, Kelley O\u2019Connor gives the world premiere of Joby Talbot\u2019s A Sheen of Dew on Flowers with the Britten Sinfonia at the Victoria & Albert Museum to celebrate the opening of the institution\u2019s new jewellery wing, debuts with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in the title role of John Adams\u2019 The Gospel According to the Other Mary under the baton of the composer, presents the west coast premiere of Bryce Dessner\u2019s Voy a Dormir with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra led by Jaime Mart\u00edn, and brings Peter Lieberson\u2019s Neruda Songs to life in performances with St\u00e9phane D\u00e9n\u00e9ve and the St. Louis Symphony and with Brett Mitchell and the Colorado Symphony.\u00a0 Bernstein\u2019s Songfest serves the American mezzo-soprano with her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut under the baton of Bramwell Tovey and she is heard in performances of this work with Thomas Dausgaard leading the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 Kelley O\u2019Connor returns to the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a Stravinsky Festival singing multiple works there under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen and she assays the title role of Britten\u2019s The Rape of Lucretia presented by Boston Lyric Opera in a new production by Broadway theater director Sarna Lapine conducted by David Angus.\nJohn Adams wrote the title role of The Gospel According to the Other Mary for Kelley O\u2019Connor and she has performed the work, both in concert and in the Peter Sellars fully staged production, under the batons of Gustavo Dudamel, Grant Gershon, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Simon Rattle, and David Robertson.\u00a0 She has sung the composer\u2019s El Ni\u00f1o with Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic Orchestra and continues to be the eminent living interpreter of Peter Lieberson\u2019s Neruda Songs having given this moving set of songs with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra, with Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, with Robert Spano and the Minnesota Orchestra, and with David Zinman and the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Tonhalle-Orchester Z\u00fcrich among many others.\nRecent seasons include performances of Wagner\u2019s Wesendonck Lieder with Matthias Pintscher and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven\u2019s Missa Solemnis with David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony, and Mahler\u2019s Eighth Symphony with Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada and the Tonk\u00fcnstler-Orchester Nieder\u00f6sterreich. She has sung Mahler\u2019s Des knaben Wunderhorn with Krzysztof Urba\u0144ski and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and Das Lied von der Erde with Louis Langr\u00e9e and the Detroit Symphony and with Donald Runnicles and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.\u00a0 Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony has been performed with Iv\u00e1n Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ravel\u2019s Sh\u00e9h\u00e9razade with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra, Berio\u2019s Folk Songs with Daniel Harding and the London Symphony Orchestra, and the role of Erda in Wagner\u2019s Das Rheingold with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Alan Gilbert.\u00a0 Recital appearances include performances in Boston with Thomas Ad\u00e8s in a program of Brahms, Purcell, and Stravinsky, in Chicago offering works of Debussy, Massenet, and Chausson, in Cincinnati with pianist Louis Langr\u00e9e in programs of Brahms and Ravel, and in Jackson Hole with the music of Brahms and Bernstein in a collaboration with Donald Runnicles.\nMiss O\u2019Connor has appeared numerous times with Gustavo Dudamel, including in performances of Bernstein\u2019s \u201cJeremiah\u201d Symphony on an international tour with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and of Mahler\u2019s \u201cResurrection\u201d Symphony with the Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar Orchestra.\u00a0 She enjoys a rich musical collaboration with Franz Welser-M\u00f6st and the Cleveland Orchestra with whom she has sung Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony and Mass in C, Bernstein\u2019s \u201cJeremiah\u201d Symphony, staged performances of Falstaff both in Cleveland and at the Lucerne Festival, and Stravinsky\u2019s Requiem Canticles.\nOperatic highlights include Carmen with Los Angeles Opera conducted by James Conlon, Donizetti\u2019s Anna Bolena at the Lyric Opera of Chicago conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by Kevin Newbury, Madama Butterfly in a new production by Lillian Groag at the Boston Lyric Opera and at the Cincinnati Opera under the baton of Ram\u00f3n Tebar, Berlioz\u2019s B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9n\u00e9dict at Opera Boston, Falstaff with the Santa Fe Opera, and A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Canadian Opera Company.\nKelley O\u2019Connor has received unanimous international, critical acclaim for her numerous performances as Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar.\u00a0 Miss O’Connor created the role for the world premiere at Tanglewood, under the baton of Robert Spano, and subsequently joined Miguel Harth-Bedoya for performances of Golijov\u2019s piece with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.\u00a0 She reprised her \u201cmusically seductive, palpably charismatic\u201d (Washington Post) portrayal of Lorca in the world-premiere of the revised edition of Ainadamar at the Santa Fe Opera in a new staging by Peter Sellars during the 2005 season, which was also presented at New York City\u2019s Lincoln Center and Madrid\u2019s Teatro Real.\nFor her debut with the Atlanta Symphony in Ainadamar, she joined Robert Spano for performances and a Grammy\u00ae Award-winning Deutsche Grammophon recording.\u00a0 Her discography also includes Mahler\u2019s Third Symphony with Jaap van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Lieberson\u2019s Neruda Songs with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony, Adams\u2019 The Gospel According to the Other Mary with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Beethoven\u2019s Ninth Symphony with Franz Welser-M\u00f6st and the Cleveland Orchestra.\n|,|title|:|mezzo-soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dav\u00f3ne Tines|,|bio|:|\u201cIn a just world, one in which\u00a0fame was proportionate to talent,\u00a0Dav\u00f3ne Tines\u00a0would be as big a name as Kanye West\u201d proclaimed KQED following concerts given with the San Francisco Symphony.\u00a0 Breakout performances were given on both sides of the Atlantic in 2015-16 when Dav\u00f3ne Tines made a Dutch National Opera debut in the premiere of Kaija Saariaho\u2019s Only the Sound Remains directed by Peter Sellars.\u00a0 The bass-baritone was exalted by The Los Angeles Times as \u201cthe find of the season,\u201d for performances of works by Caroline Shaw and Kaija Saariaho with the Calder Quartet and with members of ICE at the Ojai Music Festival.\nPerformances of 2018-19 include the world premiere of The Black Clown by composer Michael Schachter with a libretto adapted from the Langston Hughes poem by Dav\u00f3ne Tines and Michael Schachter; presented by the American Repertory Theater, The Black Clown \u2013 in a production directed by Zack Winokur – is a music theater experience that animates a black man\u2019s resilience against America\u2019s legacy of oppression by fusing vaudeville, opera, jazz, and spirituals to bring Hughes\u2019 verse to life onstage.\u00a0 Kaija Saariaho\u2019s Only the Sound Remains returns to Dav\u00f3ne Tines\u2019 calendar in performances at the Teatro Real and Lincoln Center and John Adams\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o serves his debut with Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.\u00a0 The artist reprises his acclaimed portrayal of Ned Peters in the European premiere of John Adams and Peter Sellars\u2019 Girls of the Golden West at Dutch National Opera and he assays the title role of Henze\u2019s El Cimarr\u00f3n in a new production by Zack Winokur at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in collaboration with the American Modern Opera Company.\u00a0 Dav\u00f3ne Tines makes a debut at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis in the world premiere of Fire Shut Up In My Bones by the creative team of Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons and symphonic appearances of the season include concerts with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony, and Aram Demirjian leading the Kansas City Symphony.\nDav\u00f3ne Tines made a San Francisco Opera debut in 2017-18 in the world premiere of John Adams and Peter Sellars\u2019\u00a0Girls of the Golden West, a debut at the Op\u00e9ra national de Paris in Kaija Saariaho\u2019s\u00a0Only the Sound Remains\u00a0directed by Peter Sellars, and a debut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the role he originated in a production of Matthew Aucoin\u2019s\u00a0Crossing directed by multi Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus.\u00a0 He bowed in performances of Handel\u2019s rarely staged serenata, Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo at National Sawdust in a new production by Christopher Alden that examined parallels between an 18thcentury telling of Ovid\u2019s mythological tale and our own contemporary aesthetic driven by power, class, race, and the cruelty of thwarted desire. \u00a0Other appearances of the season included a debut at the Baltic Sea Festival in Stravinsky\u2019s\u00a0Oedipus Rex conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen and Coming Together\u00a0by Frederic Rzewski and Schumann\u2019s\u00a0Das Paradies und die Peri, both under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a fully-staged production by Peter Sellars.\nHighlights of past seasons include John Adams\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o under the composer\u2019s baton with the London Symphony Orchestra in London and in Paris as well as with Grant Gershon conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Bruckner\u2019s Te Deum with Christopher Warren-Green and the Charlotte Symphony, Kaija Saariaho\u2019s True Fire with the Orchestre national de France, and a program exposing the Music of Resistance by George Crumb, Julius Eastman, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Caroline Shaw with conductor Christian Reif and members of the San Francisco Symphony at SoundBox.\u00a0 On the opera stage, Dav\u00f3ne Tines has debuted at Lisbon\u2019s Teatro Nacional de S\u00e3o Carlos in a new production of Oedipus Rex led by Leo Hussain and at the Finnish National Opera in Only the Sound Remains directed by Peter Sellars.\nDav\u00f3ne Tines is a founding core member of the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) and the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Artists Award given by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.\u00a0 He was graduated from Harvard University and received a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School.\n|,|title|:|bass|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|The Three Countertenors:|,|bio|:|Daniel Bubeck, countertenor 1, has earned an international reputation on both the opera and concert stages in repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to John Adams. He has performed with the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Musical de Paris-Ch\u00e2telet, English National Opera, Spoleto and Adelaide Festivals, London Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, the Radio Orchestras of Berlin and The Netherlands, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Estonian National Philharmonic, Concerto K\u00f6ln, Vancouver Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Boston Symphony, working with Gustavo Dudamel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Jurowski, Kent Nagano, David Robertson, Robert Spano, Christopher Hogwood and Nicholas McGegan. Career highlights include the premieres and subsequent performances of John Adams: El Ni\u00f1o and The Gospel According to the Other Mary.\u00a0 Mr. Bubeck is a noted Handelian sing the roles of Cesare, Rinaldo, Solomon, Medoro (Orlando), Arsamene (Serse), David (Saul), Guido (Flavio) Armindo (Partenope), Tauride (Arianna in Creta), Didymus (Theodora) Israel in Egypt and Messiah. He can heard on recordings of Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary (Deutsche Gramophone), El Ni\u00f1o (Nonesuch CD \/Art Haus Musik DVD), Vivaldi cantatas with Musica Sequenza (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Sony Music) and on the soundtrack of the Warner Brothers thriller, I Am Legend. Recent performancesinclude Britten\u2019s A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream with Hawaii Opera Theater, Stradella\u2019s San Giovanni Battista in Chicago, and Bach\u2019s Johannes Passion with the American Classical Orchestra. He can be heard in upcoming performances of Adams\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o and Gospel in Russia, France, Germany and the US including Carnegie Hall. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Dr. Bubeck holds degrees in voice from Indiana University, Peabody Conservatory and the University of Delaware.\nBrian Cummings, countertenor 2, sang the premiere of John Adams\u2019 The Gospel According to the Other Mary in 2012 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. He made his professional debut in the premiere of John Adams\u2019 El Ni\u00f1o in Paris and has appeared in performances of this piece throughout the world including Carnegie Hall, English National Opera, the London Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, Estonian National Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, the Adelaide Festival, the Tokyo Symphony and most recently at the Spoleto Festival USA. He has worked under such conductors as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Robert Spano, David Robertson, John Adams, T\u00f5nu Kaljuste and Kent Nagano. He recently appeared in the title role of Handel’s Giulio Cesare with Opera Fuoco under David Stern.\u00a0 Mr. Cummings collaborates regularly with director Timothy Nelson including singing the role of David in Charpentier’s David et Jonathas, Hamor in Handel’s Jephtha, and Iarbo\/Corebo in Cavalli’s Didone.\u00a0 He has also appeared as a soloist at the Washington and Bloomington Early Music Festivals.\u00a0 He has sung with Paul Hillier in Theatre of Voices and the Pro Arte Singers and can be heard on their recordings for harmonia mundi as well as the recording and DVD of El Ni\u00f1o. In France, he sings with ensembles such as Les Arts Florissants, Opera Fuoco, Ensemble Entheos, and Les Muses Galantes. Mr. Cummings currently resides in Paris where he studies with Guillemette Laurens.\u00a0 He studied Early Music at Indiana University working with Paul Elliott, Paul Hillier, and Nigel North. Forthcoming engagements include John Adams\u2019 Gospel According to the Other Mary with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra in Strasbourg and Cologne.\nNathan Medley, countertenor 3, has emerged in recent years as one of the leading younger-generation countertenors, with notable success internationally in concert and opera. He has sung at some of the major stages of the world including the English National Opera and Barbican Centre in London, La Salle Pleyel in Paris;\u00a0 Palais de Musique, Strasbourg, Amsterdam\u2019s Concertgebouw,\u00a0 The Lucerne Festival; Avery Fisher Hall in New York, and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Recent performances have brought him to the Boston Early Music Festival (as Ottone in Monteverdi\u2019s\u00a0 ‘L’Incoronazione di Poppea), the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago\u2019s Ravinia Festival, Opera Omaha, Pacific MusicWorks, Mercury Baroque, Seraphic Fire, Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra, , Cincinnati Collegium, Miami Bach Society, and Dayton Bach Society. He is a member of Echoing Air, an ensemble focused on music of the baroque and modern eras composed for countertenor. He made his professional debut in 2012 in John Adams\u2019 The Gospel According to the other Mary with the Los Angeles Philharmonoic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, which was recorded on the Duetsche Grammophon label. He returned to Los Angeles in 2013 for Peter Sellers\u2019 staged performances of The Gospel, which toured to Switzerland and New York City, and again in 2015 under the baton of John Adams performing Olga Neuwirth\u2019s theatrical song\/play, Hommage \u00e1 Klaus Nomi. His opera credits include Ottone in Handel\u2019s Agrippina (Opera Omaha). Speranza in Monteverdi\u2019s Orfeo (Boston Early Music Festival), Athamus in Semele (Pacific Muisic Works, Seattle), Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dema in Cavalli’s L’Egisto, Le Peinture in Charpentier’s Les Arts Florissants, Acteon in Charpentier’s Acteon, and Ottone in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, where critics in Cleveland praised him for an interpretation “sung with baroque perfection.\u201d In May 2016 he will premier a new piece by John Harbison for countertenor and viola da gamba consort in Chicago with Second City Musick.\nSteven Rickards, countertenor 3, likewise sang for the premiere of John Adams’s El Ni\u00f1o and with many of the leading symphony orchestras and conductors of the world, including the CD and DVD productions. In 2012 he prepared the Countertenors for John Adams\u2019 The Gospel According to the Other Mary with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He has performed at London\u2019s BBC Proms, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the London Philharmonic and the symphony orchestras of Tokyo, San Francisco, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Virginia.\u00a0 He has appeared with numerous \u201cperiod music \u201censembles including the Bach Ensemble, Tafelmusik, Handel & Haydn Society, Chanticleer, Theatre of Voices, American Bach Soloists, Gabrieli Consort and the New London Consort and currently performes with the ensemble Echoing Air. He has sung at Carnegie Hall (El Nin\u00f5 ) and with the Oratorio Society of New York. He was the soloist for the US premiere of Michael Nyman\u2019s Self-Laudatory Hymn of Inanna and Her Omnipotence at Alice Tully Hall. His recordings appear on numerous labels including Decca, Dorian, Harmonia Mundi, Koch, Newport Classics, Smithsonian and Teldec and include two solo recordings on Naxos. Dr. Rickards teaches in the Historical Performance Institute at Indiana University, as well as at Butler University, Marian University and the University of Indianapolis.\n|,|title|:|Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings, Nathan Medley|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]} JOHN ADAMS El Niño

data-filter="[2020 03|2020 03|2020 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Goodness gracious great hits of fire! Put on your Blue Suede Shoes and get ready to rock as multi-instrument phenomenon Dave Bennett and his amazing band tear it up with hits of Elvis, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Glenn Miller and more. This high-energy concert will have you in the mood to Sing, Sing, Sing. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Dave Bennett|,|bio|:|Dave Bennett doesn\u2019t fit the mold.\nFor starters, you don\u2019t find many jazz clarinet players who name Alice Cooper, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Chris Isaak among their influences. You also won\u2019t find many musicians who are equally conversant with the music of Benny Goodman (the \u201cKing of Swing\u201d) and Roy Orbison (\u201cThe Soul of Rock and Roll\u201d).\nBennett is a clarinet virtuoso who plays electric guitar, piano, drums, AND vocalizes.\u00a0 Saluting Swing to Rock: covering music from the Swing Era to early Rockabilly and Country, to Elvis Presley and more. \u00a0Leading His Tribute to Benny Goodman, Dave has been a featured soloist at Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops (2013) and has played the show with 35 other US and Canadian orchestras including Nashville, Detroit, Rochester, Omaha, Toronto, Vancouver, Orlando, San Antonio, Jacksonville, Portland, OR and Portland, ME, and Houston. Fifty performing arts centers across the USA have had success with his presentations.\nAn annual fixture at several American music festivals, Dave\u2019s \u201cRockin the \u201850s\u201d show always brings down the house!\u00a0 Dave pays tribute to Jerry Lee Lewis (piano and vocals), and Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley (electric guitar and vocals). Dave\u2019s original compositions are influenced by the style of Roy Orbison, the \u201cSoul of Rock and Roll\u201d. Some of his annual \u201croots music\u201d presenters include The Elkhart Jazz Festival, The Suncoast Classic Jazz Festival, The Arizona Classic Jazz Festival, The Southeast Clambake Music Festival, and The Redwood Coast Music Festival.\nDave has been featured on NPR Radio\u2019s \u201cJazz at Riverwalk.\u201d He made his European debut in 2008 at the The Bern Jazz Festival (Switzerland) in a combo with jazz legends and Benny Goodman band alumni guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and vibraphonist, the late Peter Appleyard.\nDave is a Mack Avenue Records artist. His 2013 CD \u201cDon\u2019t Be That Way\u201d met with critical acclaim.\nHis second release, Blood Moon, which features five originals and six pop\/jazz covers, hit the No 24 on the Billboard Jazz chart in 2018.\n|,|title|:|vocalist, pianist, clarinetist, guitarist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 03|2020 03|2020 03|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][March|March|March|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Mozart’s genius burns with brooding intensity in the darkly passionate Piano Concerto No. 20, a masterpiece long celebrated as one of his greatest musical achievements. Fearless French star Cédric Tiberghien brings boundless imagination and a poetic touch in his Houston debut. Then, indulge in evocative sound-paintings by music’s Impressionist master, sensuous, softly glowing dreamscapes that drift through lively Spanish street fairs, brilliant spring days and sweet-scented nights. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Matthias Pintscher|,|bio|:|Matthias Pintscher is the Music Director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the world’s leading contemporary music ensemble founded by Pierre Boulez. In addition to a robust concert season in Paris, he tours extensively with them throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States, this season leading concerts in Berlin, Hamburg, and Zurich. Known equally as one of today’s foremost composers, Mr. Pintscher will have two works premiered in the 2018\/19 season: Nur, a new concerto for piano and ensemble will be performed by Daniel Barenboim and the Boulez Ensemble conducted by the composer in January; and a new work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra will performed by Dietrich Henschel and the Tonhalle-Orchester Z\u00fcrich conducted by maestro Kent Nagano in June.\nMr. Pintscher is the 2018\/19 Season Creative Chair for the Tonhalle-Orchester Z\u00fcrich, the Artist-in-Residence at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and finishes a nine-year term as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s Artist-in-Association. This season, Pintscher makes his debuts with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, and the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, where he conducts the world premiere of Violetter Schnee, a new opera by Beat Furrer. Return guest engagements include the symphony orchestras of Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, the New York Philharmonic, as well as the New World Symphony in Miami. In Europe, having begun the season conducting the Scottish Chamber Orchestra at the Edinburgh International Festival, Pintscher also returns to the Orchestre de Paris, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and Helsinki Philharmonic.\nIn the 2017\/18 season, Mr. Pintscher made several significant debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony, Finnish Radio Symphony, and the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon. Pintscher and the Ensemble Intercontemporain brought an ambitious presentation of Pierre Boulez’s R\u00e9pons to the Park Avenue Armory in New York and performed a number of concerts on tour in London (Royal Festival Hall), Vienna (Konzerthaus), and Cologne (Philharmonie). In addition, they were joined by alumni of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra in a special multi-media Messiaen project performed in four cities. Other guest engagements in the 17\/18 season included the Los Angeles Philharmonic in both a subscription week and at the Hollywood Bowl, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (where he premiered Salvatore Sciarrino’s new piano concerto with Jonathan Biss), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. An enthusiastic supporter of and mentor to students and young musicians, Pintscher served as Principal Conductor of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra from 2016-2018 and worked with the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic in their 2017\/18 season, culminating in a concert at the Philharmonie.\nMatthias Pintscher began his musical training in conducting, studying with Peter E\u00f6tv\u00f6s in his early twenties, during which time composing soon took a more prominent role in his life. He rapidly gained critical acclaim in both areas of activity, and continues to compose in addition to his conducting career. As a composer, Pintscher’s music is championed by some of today’s finest performing artists, orchestras, and conductors. His works have been performed by such orchestras as the Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre de Paris, among others. B\u00e4renreiter is his exclusive publisher, and recordings of his compositions can be found on Kairos, EMI, Teldec, Wergo, and Winter & Winter. Pintscher has been on the composition faculty of the Juilliard School since 2014.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|C\u00e9dric Tiberghien|,|bio|:|C\u00e9dric Tiberghien is a French pianist who has established a truly international career. Performances this season include his debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, San Francisco Symphony, DSO Berlin and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. His solo recitals include London, Chicago and Tokyo, and with violinist Alina Ibragimova at the Vienna Konzerthaus and on tour to Japan and Korea. He will also perform at the Beethoven Haus in Bonn with viola player Tabea Zimmermann. In Spring 2019 the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Bouffes du Nord (Paris) will present the premiere of Zauberland (Magic Land). This music theatre project, staged by Katie Mitchell, will see Schumann\u2019s Dichterliebe performed alongside a new work by Bernard Foccroulle, setting a text by Martin Crimp. This work will be performed by C\u00e9dric and soprano Julia Bullock.\nDuring the 2017\/18 season C\u00e9dric returned to the London Symphony Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestras. He also undertook an extensive tour to Asia including solo and duo recitals, the latter with Alina Ibragimova. Their numerous performances that season included the Pierre Boulez Saal (Berlin) and Wigmore Hall (London). C\u00e9dric has a particularly strong relationship with the latter, where he a performed a total of five times during the season, in both solo and duo recital.\nC\u00e9dric recently presented a major focus on the music of Bartok, culminating in a three-volume exploration of his solo piano works for the Hyperion label which has received huge critical acclaim. He has been awarded four Diapason d\u2019Or, for his solo recordings on Hyperion. His solo discography also includes concerto and recital discs on Harmonia Mundi.\nHe is a dedicated chamber musician, with regular partners including violinist Alina Ibragimova, violist Antoine Tamestit and baritone St\u00e9phane Degout. C\u00e9dric\u2019s passion for chamber music is reflected in numerous recordings: his discography with Alina includes complete cycles of music by Schubert, Szymanowski and Mozart (Hyperion) and a Beethoven Sonata cycle (Wigmore Live).\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} WEBERN Im Sommerwind MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 DEBUSSY Images

data-filter="[2020 04|2020 04|2020 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Instantly arresting. Brazenly theatrical. Larger than life. To experience a Mahler symphony live is to know why it’s an experience unlike anything in all of art. In his Seventh Symphony, Mahler paints with every color in the orchestral palette—from clanging cowbell to strumming mandolin—to summon nocturnal worlds both nightmarish and serene, menacingly dark and lustrously moonlit. Night erupts into dazzling day in a riotous finale replete with blazing brass and pealing bells. Andrés Orozco-Estrada, conductor {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Andr\u00e9s Orozco-Estrada|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Music Director|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/andres-orozco-estrada\/|}],|without|:[]} MAHLER Symphony No. 7

data-filter="[2020 04|2020 04|2020 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|April|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" The late, great Aretha Franklin will forever have our hearts and our Respect thanks to her incredible voice and soulful refrains about love, pain and triumph. Vocalist Capathia Jenkins channels all the power and charisma of the Queen of Soul in an unforgettable tribute to one of music’s most iconic artists. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Lucas Waldin|,|bio|:|Lucas Waldin is a dynamic and versatile conductor whose flair for audience engagement and passion for performance have delighted audiences across North America.\nBased in Edmonton, Alberta, Lucas joined the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra as resident conductor in 2009 and was subsequently appointed artist-in-residence and community ambassador, the first position of its kind in North America. He has appeared with the orchestra more than 150 times and has collaborated with artists Angela Cheng, Jens Lindemann, Sergei Babayan and Bill Eddins, and conducted in Carnegie Hall during the ESO’s participation in the 2012 Spring for Music festival. Lucas was awarded the Jean-Marie Beaudet Award in Orchestra Conducting by the Canada Council for the Arts and received a Citation Award from the City of Edmonton for his outstanding achievements in arts and culture.\nWith an ability to slide easily between styles and genres, Lucas has worked with a range of pop and crossover artists, including Carly Rae Jepsen, Ben Folds, Chantal Kreviazuk, the Barenaked Ladies and Buffy Sainte-Marie, in addition to conducting presentations such as Disney in Concert, Blue Planet Live and Cirque de la Symphony. Lucas has been a guest conductor for numerous orchestras in Canada and the United States, including this orchestra, the Grant Park Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Toronto and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.\nA native of Toronto, Ontario, Lucas received degrees in both flute and conducting from the Cleveland Institute of Music.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Capathia Jenkins|,|bio|:|Capathia Jenkins can definitely act but all those who know her also know that this diva can blow and blow and blow you right off this planet. This woman who grappling with two dueling passions each with a strong grip: acting and music, yet she refuses to pick one because they both represent her soul. Capathia approaches a song the same way she approaches a script, like an artist. She looks for the nuances, the secret hidden within the notes or text. She seeks the melody, harmony and rhythm. She asks herself: what am I trying to say? What do I want my audience to experience with me? She wants to take her audience on a journey.\nThis Brooklyn-born and raised actress most recently starred as \u2018Medda\u2019 in the hit Disney production of Newsies\u2019 on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of \u2018Turn Back, O Man\u2019 which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love and was critically acclaimed for her performances of the Bacharach\/David hits. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of \u2018The Washing Machine\u2019 in Caroline, Or Change and \u2018Frieda May\u2019 in Martin Short-Fame becomes me where she sang \u2018Stop the Show\u2019 and brought the house down every night.\nIn 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron\u2019s Love, Loss, and What I Wore.\nAn active concert artist, Ms. Jenkins has appeared with orchestras around the world including the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony (with Marvin Hamlisch), National Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Utah Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, San Antonio Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, Memphis Symphony, Nashville Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Edmonton Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony and the Hong Kong Philharmonic. She was a soloist with the Festival Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. In 2011 Capathia had the great honor of performing in the \u2018Broadway Ambassadors to Cuba\u2019 concert as part of the Festival De Teatro De La Habana. Ms. Jenkins was a guest soloist with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops and with the Cincinnati Pops.\nHer Television credits include 30 Rock, the Practice, Law & Order SVU, the Sopranos, Law & Order. She can be seen in the 2012 film \u2018Musical Chairs\u2019 directed by Susan Seidelman. She can be heard on the following film soundtracks: Nine, Chicago, Legally Blonde 2.\n|,|title|:|vocalist|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 04|2020 04|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][April|April|][[{|term_id|:1035,|name|:|Family|,|slug|:|family-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1035,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:|Now in his tenth season, our Associate Conductor Robert Franz is ready to help your family create cherished memories. Buckle up! Our Family Series is taking you on a magical, musical quest on Saturday mornings.\r\n\r\nAlso, enjoy pre- and post-concert activities, including our Instrument Petting Zoo, young musician performances in the lobby as well as crafts and musical activities. \r\n\r\n|,|parent|:0,|count|:6,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" Heroes perform daring feats in the movies and on tv, but they also walk among us every day. Set out on an epic adventure as the Houston Symphony and a local high school gospel choir perform music from Disney’s Hercules. Then, celebrate the lives of Harriet Tubman, Jesse Owens, Matthew Henson and Katherine Johnson—real-world heroes who overcame adversity to achieve greatness. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Robert Franz|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Associate Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/robert-franz\/|}],|without|:[]}

data-filter="[2020 05|2020 05|2020 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" It shocked Parisian audiences in 1830, and almost 200 years later, Berlioz’ boundary-pushing, mind-stretching masterpiece remains classical music’s wildest ride. Enter a world where witches shriek, severed heads roll and imagination knows no limit when Karina Canellakis conducts Symphonie fantastique, and feel the lyrical beauty and lively rhythms of Bruch’s treasured masterpiece, featuring the “stunning” (Chicago Tribune) Simone Lamsma. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Karina Canellakis|,|bio|:|Karina Canellakis is the newly appointed Chief Conductor of the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, beginning in the 2019\/20 season. Internationally acclaimed for her emotionally charged performances, technical command and interpretive depth, Karina\u2019s reputation has risen quickly since winning the Sir Georg Solti Conducting Award in 2016.\nKarina makes several notable debuts in the 2018\/19 season, including with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-orchester Berlin, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Oslo Philharmonic, and Stavanger Symphony. She also makes her Australian debut in a four-city tour conducting the symphony orchestras of Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, and Tasmania. In addition, Canellakis leads the prestigious 2018 Nobel Prize Concert with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, with whom she appears twice in this season. Over the summer, she made her Wiener Symphoniker debut at the Bregenz Festival and returned to the Proms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.\nRe-invitations this season feature the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl as well as the symphony orchestras of Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Milwaukee, and North Carolina. She also conducts Don Giovanni with the Curtis Opera Theater at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. In Europe, she returns to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, G\u00fcrzenich Orchestra Cologne, Swedish Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de Lyon, and Scottish Chamber Orchestra, among others.\nRecent seasons have featured debuts with the Orchestre de Paris, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, National Orchestra of Spain, the Hall\u00e9 Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, and the Toronto, Vancouver, and Houston symphonies. On the operatic stage, she has conducted Die Zauberfl\u00f6te with the Zurich Opera, Le nozze di Figaro with Curtis Opera Theatre, and gave the world premiere of David Lang\u2019s opera The Loser at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She has also led Peter Maxwell Davies\u2019 new opera The Hogboon with the Luxembourg Philharmonic, and a fully staged production of Verdi\u2019s Requiem at the Zurich Opera.\nAlready known to many in the classical music world for her virtuoso violin playing, Karina was initially encouraged to pursue conducting by Sir Simon Rattle while she was playing regularly in the Berlin Philharmonic for two years as a member of their Orchester-Akademie. In addition to appearing frequently as a soloist with various North American orchestras, she subsequently played regularly in the Chicago Symphony for over three years and appeared on several occasions as guest concertmaster of the Bergen Philharmonic in Norway. She also spent many summers performing at the Marlboro Music Festival. She plays a 1782 Mantegazza violin on generous loan from a private patron.\nKarina previously served as Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School. Born and raised in New York City, she speaks French, German and Italian.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Simone Lamsma|,|bio|:|Hailed for her \u201cbrilliant\u2026 polished, expressive and intense\u201d (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and \u201cabsolutely stunning\u201d (Chicago Tribune) playing, Dutch violinist Simone Lamsma is respected by critics, peers and audiences as one of classical music\u2019s most striking and captivating musical personalities.\nWith an extensive repertoire of over 60 Violin Concertos, Simone\u2019s recent seasons have seen her perform with many of the world\u2019s leading orchestras.\nNotable recent highlights include performances with the Chicago Symphony, described by the Chicago Tribune as \u201cpiercingly beautiful\u201d,\u00a0 as well as the Cleveland Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, National Symphony Washington, Royal Concergebouw Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Les Si\u00e8cles, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, BBC Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony, Brussels Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Hessischer Rundfunk, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, RTVE Symphony, S\u00e3o Paulo Symphony Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony, and Hong Kong Philharmonic.\nHighlights for the 17\/18 and 18\/19 season include debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, MDR Leipzig, Basque National Orchestra, Sydney Symphony, and returns to the Warsaw Philharmonic, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Netherlands Philharmonic at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Bournemouth Symphony, RTE National Symphony, Hall\u00e9 Orchestra, Quebec Symphony, Oregon Symphony and Cincinnati Symphony. In addition she will be returning to the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo.\nPast seasons also marked several premi\u00e8res of new works by Simone, among which the world premi\u00e8re of a violin concerto by Matijs de Roo during the ZaterdagMatinee series at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and a successful performance of the French premi\u00e8re of Michel van der Aa\u2019s Violin Concerto with the Orchestre National de Lyon.\nStand-out recent festival appearances include her return to the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Festival in 2015, debuts during the Enescu Festival with Les Si\u00e8cles under Fran\u00e7ois\u2013Xavier Roth, Bravo! Vail Festival with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Jaap van Zweden, and the Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, about which the San Diego Reader wrote: \u201cShe (Simone Lamsma) appeared to be engaged with Beethoven on a level we seldom encounter\u2026.. Beethoven\u2019s music was coming through her in a pure state.\u201d\nBesides her close collaboration with Jaap van Zweden, Simone has worked many other eminent conductors including Vladimir Jurowski, Sir Neville Marriner, Yannick N\u00e9zet-S\u00e9guin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, James Gaffigan, Sir Andrew Davis, Mark Wigglesworth, Andr\u00e8s Orozco-Estrada, Ji\u0159\u00ed B\u011blohl\u00e1vek, Carlos Kalmar, Marc Albrecht, St\u00e9phane Den\u00e8ve, Edo de Waart, Hannu Lintu, Juanjo Mena, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Lawrence Foster, Robert Trevino, Fabien Gabel, Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Roth and Omer Meir Wellber.\nA dedicated chamber musician, recent recital appearances include Simone\u2019s highly anticipated debuts in London\u2019s Wigmore Hall and New York\u2019s Carnegie Hall in March 2017 with pianist Robert Kulek.\n \nIn 2017 Simone\u2019s most recent recording featuring Shostakovich\u2019s first violin concerto and Gubaidulina\u2019s \u2018In Tempus praesens\u2019 with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic under James Gaffigan and Reinbert de Leeuw was released on Challenge Classics and received high accolades from the press, as did her previous Mendelssohn, Jan\u00e1\u010dek and Schumann\u00a0 CD with pianist Robert Kulek.\nIn addition to her many (inter)national prizes and distinctions, Simone was awarded the national Dutch VSCD Classical Music Prize in the category \u2018New Generation Musicians\u2019 in 2010, awarded by the Association of Dutch Theatres and Concert Halls to artists that have made remarkable and valuable contributions to the Dutch classical music scene.\nIn May 2018 Simone was invited by His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen M\u00e1xima of The Netherlands to perform during their official state visit to Luxembourg. In 2011 Simone performed during the Queen\u2019s Day Concert, in the presence of HRH Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands \u2013 a concert that was broadcast nationally on Dutch television.\nSimone began studying the violin at the age of 5 and moved to the UK aged 11 to study at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Professor Hu Kun. At the age of 14 Simone made her professional solo debut with the North Netherlands Orchestra performing Paganini\u2019s 1st Violin Concerto, her debut highly praised by the press. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Professor Hu Kun and Professor Maurice Hasson, where she graduated aged 19 with first class honours and several prestigious awards. In 2011, she was made an Associate of the RAM, an honour given to those students who have made significant and distinguished contributions to their field. Simone currently lives in The Netherlands.\nSimone plays the \u201cMlynarski\u201d Stradivarius (1718), on generous loan to her by an anonymous benefactor.\nFor more information please visit: www.simonelamsma.com\nFollow Simone on Facebook at: www.facebook.com\/simonelamsma\n|,|title|:|violin|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[]} DUTILLEUX Métaboles BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

data-filter="[2020 05|2020 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|][[{|term_id|:7,|name|:|Classical|,|slug|:|classical-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:7,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:30,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” —Ludwig van Beethoven Where words fail, music speaks. Come together in Jones Hall for a concert that celebrates the courage, resilience and enduring strength of the human spirit. Featuring text by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz, Jimmy López’ unforgettable Dreamers shines a spotlight on the immigrant experience. An all-star cast including actor Damon Gupton and opera star Ana María Martínez joins the Houston Symphony. Shades of “Ode to Joy” echo throughout Beethoven’s resounding Choral Fantasy, which inspires and uplifts with its timeless message of unity, peace and hope. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Fabien Gabel|,|bio|:|Recognized internationally as one of the stars of the new generation, Fabien Gabel is a regular guest of major orchestras in Europe, North America and Asia. He has been music director of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra since September 2013, and was recently appointed music director of the Orchestre Fran\u00e7ais des Jeunes (French Youth Orchestra).\nFollowing a highly-anticipated debut with the Cleveland Orchestra, Fabien embarks on an exciting 2017-18 season that will take him across the United States and Europe, including high-profile performances with the National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt’s Hessischer Rundfunk Orchester and the Orchestre de Paris. Additional American appearances include performances with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, and the San Diego Symphony. After an acclaimed debut with the Deutsches Sinfonie Orchestra last season, Gabel’s European engagements will again feature concerts throughout Germany (Staatskapelle Weimar in addition to Frankfurt), and welcome returns to the Orchestre de Paris, Helsinki Philharmonic, Antwerp Philharmonic and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.\nGabel has conducted leading orchestras around the world, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester in Hamburg, the DSO Berlin, Staatskappelle Dresden, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Santa Cecilia di Roma, and the Seoul Philharmonic, among others.\nHis rapidly-expanding U.S. presence has seen him leading the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony Orchestra and more.\nFabien Gabel has worked with soloists like Emmanuel Ax, Gidon Cremer, Christian Tetzlaff, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Julian Steckel, Johannes Moser, Antonio Meneses, Marc-Andr\u00e9 Hamelin, Beatrice Rana, Gautier Capu\u00e7on, and Simone Lamsma, or singers like Jennifer Larmore, Measha Bruggergosman, Danielle de Niese, Natalie Dessay, and Marie- Nicole Lemieux.\nFabien had first attracted international attention in 2004 winning the Donatella Flick competition in London, which subsequently led to his appointment as the LSO’s assistant conductor for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons. Since then, the LSO has engaged him regularly as a guest conductor.\nHe made his professional conducting debut in 2003 with the Orchestre National de France and has since returned frequently. He now regularly conducts this orchestra in subscription concerts at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es in Paris and recently recorded a French opera aria CD with them and mezzo Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Na\u00efve).\nBorn in Paris and a member of a family of accomplished musicians, Fabien Gabel began studying trumpet at the age of six, honing his skills at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur de Musique de Paris, which awarded him a First Prize in trumpet in 1996, and later at the Musik Hochschule of Karlsruhe. He went on to play in various Parisian orchestras under the direction of prominent conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Sir Colin Davis, Riccardo Muti, Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle and Bernard Haitink. In 2002 Fabien Gabel pursued his interest in conducting at the Aspen Summer Music Festival, where he studied with David Zinman, who invited him to appear as a guest conductor at the Festival in 2009. He has worked with Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis as their assistant.\n|,|title|:|conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Ana Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez|,|bio|:|Grammy Award\u00ae winner Ana Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez is considered to be one of the foremost sopranos of her time, with an international career that spans the world\u2019s most important opera houses and concert halls. With a repertoire that encompasses opera\u2019s most intriguing and diverse leading ladies, she engages her audiences season after season with signature roles, spellbinding debuts, and a myriad of captivating recordings. Opera News\u2019 recent cover story on Ms. Mart\u00ednez declared that her \u201csoprano harks back to the golden age. Her range is even, from a dusky chest-voice through a claret-colored middle and up to radiant top, and is impressive in its quiet moments as it is at full power.\u201d\nThe soprano begins the 2017 \u2013 2018 season in the title role of Carmen with Los Angeles Opera, followed by performances as Rusalka with Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires. She joins Lyric Opera of Chicago for two productions, first as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte and then as Marguerite in Faust. With Royal Opera House Covent Garden she returns as Alice Ford in Falstaff, with Florida Grand Opera she sings the title role in Florencia en el Amazonas, and portrays Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Santa Fe Opera in the summer of 2018. On the concert stage, Ms. Mart\u00ednez appears in multiple concerts with P\u00e1cido Domingo, a solo evening with the San Antonio Symphony, and performs recitals with pianist Craig Terry with the Art Song Festival at the Cleveland Institute of Music and La Sierra University.\nLeading roles for Ms. Martinez during the 2016-2017 season included Marguerite in Faust with Houston Grand Opera, where Opera News proclaimed \u201cMartinez\u2019s voice alone \u2013 with its chocolate-rich vibrancy in the low and middle range and its thrilling brilliance at the top \u2013 is worth the price of admission, but she also has the expressive range, as a singing actress, to portray Marguerite\u2019s complex transformation from youthful innocent in the throes of first love to outcast sinner consumed by tragedy and madness, who then achieves the miracle of redemption.\u201d She had a role debut as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and performed as Cio Cio San in Madame Butterfly with Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni with San Francisco Opera. She joined star tenor Andrea Bocelli on a multi-city US tour, performed in concert with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo on stage at the Arena di Verona, among other stages, and voiced the role of opera singer Alessandra in season three of Amazon\u2019s Mozart in the Jungle.\nDuring the 2015 \u2013 2016 season Ms. Mart\u00ednez made her triumphant return in a leading role with The Metropolitan Opera, portraying Cio-Cio San in a revival of Anthony Minghella\u2019s breathtaking production of Madama Butterfly. The New York Times raved of her performance \u201cIt was a bit of theatrical magic in a beautiful performance: modest and delicate, yet rising to glimpses of the epic in her final aria of self- sacrifice.\u201d Ms. Mart\u00ednez joined the Los Angeles Opera for two productions, first, opening their season as Nedda in Franco Zeffirelli\u2019s production of Pagliacci, under the baton of Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, and then later in the season as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with James Conlon conducting. She returned to Opera de Puerto Rico as Cio-Cio San, Houston Grand Opera as the title role in Rusalka, The Metropolitan Opera as Musetta in La boh\u00e8me, and to San Francisco Opera in a role debut as Elisabetta in Don Carlo. She had several concert engagements with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo during the season, including an engagement with the Salzburg Festival honoring his 40th Anniversary with them, the Starlight Festival in Marbella Spain, with Vi\u00f1edos San Gabriel in Ensenada, Baja, in Manaus, Brazil, inaugurating the Dubai Opera House in the United Arab Emirates, and in a special concert event with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra under the direction of Sir Andrew Davis. During the summer she joined the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York for their opening night concert in a selection of Mozart operas for her debut with the Festival, and followed that with performances of Cio Cio San at the Mariinsky Theater Primorsky Stage in Vladivostok, Russia.\nThe soprano began the 2014 \u2013 2015 calendar opening Lyric Opera of Chicago\u2019s season as Donna Elvira in a new Robert Falls production of Don Giovanni. She returned to Opera National de Paris as Mimi in La boh\u00e8 me, and portrayed Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with both Houston Grand Opera and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. She returned to Dallas Opera as Mimi and concluded the season as the leading role of Paolina in the United Kingdom\u2019s first professionally staged performances of Donizetti\u2019s Poliuto in her triumphant return to The Glyndebourne Festival. The Daily Mail proclaimed \u201cPuerto Rican soprano Ana Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez brings Callas-Like intensity to Paolina,\u201d and Opera Today wrote that \u201cMart\u00ednez executed Paolina\u2019s aria with such beauty that her voice seemed to shimmer.\u201d Highlights of her concert calendar included performances with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, and featured selections from Rusalka at the closing Gala concert for the Year of Czech Music in Prague. In November, Decca released a recording of Manon Lescaut with Ms. Mart\u00ednez in the title role, recorded opposite Andrea Bocelli with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo conducting the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.\nMs. Mart\u00ednez opened the 2013-14 season in a role debut as Desdemona in Verdi\u2019s Otello with Lyric Opera of Chicago, where she also performed during the season as the title role of Rusalka in a new production of David McVicar. Opera News wrote of her extraordinary performance:\n\u201cThe production was grounded by the exquisite performance of the title role by Ana Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez, who sang the opera for Glyndebourne in 2009. The soprano was in ravishing vocal estate, offering reams of floated lyricism in Act I\u2019s famous song to the moon, as well as prodigious dynamic control in \u201c\u00d3 marno to je\u201d and power in reserve for the climaxes of \u201cNeciteln\u00e1 vodn\u00ed moci.\u201d She emerged from her lake a pale, wraithlike being that undulated in graceful waves, like the water of which she was formed, only to become all angular awkwardness as she struggled with alien surroundings in Act II. Here she resembled a frightened puppy, a creature of pure love who was completely bewildered by her inability to comprehend expectations. An image of the desperate girl being pelted with blossoms during the ballet, while visibly reaching to grasp whether she was being lauded or cruelly mocked, was one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever seen on a stage. Mart\u00ednez\u2019s achievement was easily one of the great soprano performances of the present era at Lyric.\u201d\nIn addition to her performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago, she added a new leading lady to her repertoire with the title role of Carmen in a new Robert Ashford production with Houston Grand Opera. Opera News proclaimed:\n\u201cAna Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez\u2019s amazing performance as Carmen established a benchmark for the role in the Houston Grand Opera performance of Bizet\u2019s opera. There was, first, Mart\u00ednez\u2019s rich, lustrous, and voluptuous soprano, which she modulated toward gutsy power in her low range and arresting brilliance at the top. Beyond her singing, alone worth the price of admission, Mart\u00ednez reveled in Carmen\u2019s flamboyance and seductive charisma, so that her every gesture radiated the persona of this dangerous but irresistible gypsy. And, for Carmen\u2019s dancing in Act II at Lillas Pastia\u2019s Inn, Mart\u00ednez led an ensemble of dancers with flair.\u201d\nShe reprised the role of Carmen with Santa Fe Opera in a new production by Stephen Lawless later in the season. She returned to the Vienna Staatsoper as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly in performances conducted by Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, and to the Bayerishe Staatsoper as both Cio-Cio San and as Mimi in La Boh\u00e8me. On the concert stage, she joined Pl\u00e1cido Domingo at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at HSBC Arena in Rio de Janeiro as part of the World Cup celebration, and performed alongside baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky in a gala concert with the Turkish Opera and Ballet Theatre. In addition, she created a unique recital program, accompanied by Craig Terry on piano, that she brought to Vocal Arts DC and to the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.\nDuring the 2012 \u2013 13 season Ms. Mart\u00ednez joined Opera National de Paris in a role debut as Antonia in Offenbach\u2019s Les Contes d\u2019Hoffman, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich for three engagements: as the title role in Rusalka, as Mimi in La Boh\u00e8me and as Antonia in Les Contes d\u2019Hoffman, and returned to Lyric Opera of Chicago as Mimi, prompting Opera News to rave that \u201cAna Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez contributed a radiantly vulnerable Mimi, consistently employing her darkly-textured lyric soprano with great sensitivity to dynamics and text. \u201cDonde lieta usc\u00ec\u201d emerged as the centerpiece of her interpretation, particularly with a delicate fining away of tone in the final phrases.\u201d In addition, she joined Pl\u00e1cido Domingo for several performances, including for her debut with The Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, and for gala performances with the New Orleans Opera, Abu Dhabi Festival in the United Arab Emirates, and Arena di Verona in Italy, among others. Concert engagements included performances with the Puerto Rico Symphony at the Casals Festival, San Antonio Symphony, Mercury Baroque in Houston, the Seoul Philharmonic, and with the English National Opera Orchestra in London. In addition, she offered a solo recital with Festival Miami. This season Best Buy and HP honored her as a Latina Trailblazer.\nCareer milestones for the soprano include her headline-making recent role and house debut as Rusalka with the Glyndebourne Festival, a performance that was recording live and released on the Glyndebourne label. Rave reviews for her portrayal include: \u201cWhen Mart\u00ednez sings that \u201cto suffer is to feel alive\u201d in her lustrous, vibrant voice (an intoxicating composite of Slavic darkness and Latin brilliance), you believe her,\u201d (The Independent) Additional notable engagements include her performances with The Los Angeles Opera of Amelia in Simon Boccanegra opposite Pl\u00e1cido Domingo in the title role, her debut with The Metropolitan Opera as Mica\u00ebla in Carmen, and her acclaimed role debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Houston Grand Opera in a new production by Tony Award winning director Michael Grandage. Concert engagements were highlighted by her debut at Teatro alla Scala with the Filharmonica della Scala, under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel, the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in a concert conducted by Alan Gilbert in selections from West Side Story, as well as several engagements in her birth place of Puerto Rico with the Puerto Rico Symphony.\nHighlights of her leading operatic roles in the United States include her performances with Lyric Opera of Chicago as Nedda in Pagliacci, Mimi in La Boh\u00e8me, and Marguerite in Faust, performances with the Los Angeles Opera as Mimi and as Violetta in La Traviata, conducted by Maestro Domingo, and her portrayals of Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly with Washington National Opera. She sang Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Mica\u00ebla in Carmen, and Pamina in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te all with San Francisco Opera, Mimi in La Boh\u00e8mewith Opera de Puerto Rico, and Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus at Dallas Opera. She made her debut with Santa Fe Opera as Fiordiligi in Cos\u00ec fan Tutte, and returned there as Rosina in a new production of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Mimi in La Boh\u00e8me where Opera proclaimed \u201cthe great performance of the festival was the poignant, sterling Mim\u00ec of Ana Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez: every phrase glowing and beautifully sculpted with admirable stylistic mastery.\u201d\nAn alumnae of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Ms. Mart\u00ednez maintains a strong relationship with the house, portraying some of her most beloved characters there, and returning season after season. In addition to her Cio-Cio San debut, additional leading roles in the house include Rosina in a new production of Il barbiere di Siviglia, Nedda in Pagliacci, Mimi in La Boh\u00e8me, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, la Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro, Li\u00f9 in Turandot, and Lucero in the world premiere of Daniel Cat\u00e1n\u2019s Salsipuedes. To her great honor, she was the inaugural recipient of the Lynn Wyatt Great Artist Award, which is granted by the Houston Grand Opera and Lynn and Oscar Wyatt.\nIn recent seasons, Ms. Mart\u00ednez has portrayed leading roles on Europe\u2019s most important stages including her recent role debut as Alice Ford in Falstaff for a return engagement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for which Opera News declared \u201cher radiant soprano moving as accurately and elegantly around the notes as she did in negotiating the physical intricacies of [the] staging,\u201d and The Guardian wrote \u201cAna Maria Mart\u00ednez is a bright-voiced and sexy Alice, a natural leader of women\u2026\u201d Additional performances at Covent Garden include Violetta in La Traviata and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni.\u00a0 She sang Liu in Turandot and Nedda in Pagliacci both with De Nederlandse Opera, the title role in Luisa Miller and the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro both with the Bayerische Staatsoper. She made her debut with the Hamburg Opera as Blanche in Poulenc\u2019s Dialogues des Carmelites, her debut with the Vienna Staatsoper as Adina in L\u2019elisir d\u2019amore, and her debut with the Deutsche Oper Berlin as the title character in G\u00f6tz Friedrich\u2019s production of Luisa Miller. She joined the Vienna Staatsoper as Pamina in the Die Zauberfl\u00f6te, the Dresden Semper Opera as Mim\u00ec in La Boh\u00e8me, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Mim\u00ec, Violetta in La Traviata, and as Donna Elvira in their production of Don Giovanni at at the Festival Castell de Paralada, Spain. She made her debut with the Opera National de Paris as Amelia in a new production of Simon Boccanegra, and returned as the title role in their new production of Luisa Miller. In addition, she portrayed Mimi in La Boh\u00e8 mewith the Abu Dhabi Festival in the United Arab Emirates, for the city\u2019s first ever fully staged opera production.\nFor many seasons Ms. Mart\u00ednez has enjoyed collaborating on multi-city concert tours with tenor Pl\u00e1cido Domingo which has taken them to all corners of the globe.\u00a0 Highlights of their collaboration include concerts at the Ravinia Festival, the Salzburg Festival in an all-Zarzuela concert recored live entitled Amor, Vida de Mi Vida, to a Gala performance at the Teatro Real in Madrid in celebration of the tenor\u2019s birthday, and for a performance at The White House.\u00a0\u00a0 She has also performed on numerous international concert tours with tenor Andrea Bocelli. Highlights of their collaboration include her appearance on the Emmy nominated PBS TV special and DVD American Dream: Andrea Bocelli\u2019s Statue of Liberty Concert with the New Jersey Symphony, as well as her participation in his star-studded performance in New York\u2019s Central Park which was recorded live, broadcast on PBS stations nationwide, and released on DVD and CD in an album entitled Concerto: One Night in Central Park.\nMs. Mart\u00ednez\u2019s dynamic concert career includes solo engagements with some of the world\u2019s most celebrated orchestras and conductors. She has performed with the Tchaikovsky Symphony in Moscow, the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasiliera in Rio de Janeiro, the BBC Symphony at Barbican Hall, and the National Symphony of the Dominican Republic. She joined the Boston Symphony, conducted by Bernard Haitink, Lyric Opera of Chicago for a concert at Millenium Park, and Washington National Opera for a concert with Bryn Terfel conducted by Pl\u00e1cido Domingo. She made her debut with the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg for Verdi\u2019s Requiem, and joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel. She performed with tenor Joseph Calleja in an open-air televised gala concert with the Esterhazy Festival in Austria, sang at the Ravinia Festival in concert performances as Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte conducted by James Conlon, joined the Tuscan Sun Festival in Cortona, Italy, and has appeared on several occasions with the Casals Festival in Puerto Rico.\nMs. Mart\u00ednez\u2019s recording collection is highlighted by her solo disc, entitled Ana Mar\u00eda Mart\u00ednez \u2013 Soprano Songs and Arias, recorded with the Prague Philharmonia conducted by Steven Mercurio on Naxos, which was selected by Gramophone Magazine as an \u201cEditor\u2019s Choice.\u201d She stars on the Decca DVD Cosi Fan Tutte filmed at the Salzburg Festival and performs the role of Nedda opposite Andrea Bocelli in the Universal CD recording of Pagliacciwhich debuted at #1. DVDs on the Euro Arts label include Spanish Night with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Pl\u00e1cido Domingo, and Amor, Vida de Mi Vida where she joins Pl\u00e1cido Domingo for Zarzuelas recorded live with the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. In addition, her discography includes a performance on Steven Mercurio\u2019s Sony Classical CD, Many Voices, and the Latin Grammy award-winning recording of Albeniz\u2019s Merlin with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo (Decca), which coincided with the Grammy nominated recording of Bacalov\u2019s Misa Tango with Pl\u00e1cido Domingo (Deutsche Gramophone). Additional recordings include Glass\u2019 La Belle et la B\u00eate and Symphony No. 5(Nonesuch), Albeniz\u2019s Henry Clifford (Decca), Joaquin Rodrigo\u2019s: Obra Vocal I, II, IV & V (EMI), and Daniel Cat\u00e1n\u2019s Florencia en el Amazonas (Albany). Recorded on Naxos for the Milken Archives and with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, she can be heard on Castelnuovo Tedesco\u2019s Naomi & Ruth Opus 27(Naxos) as well as Yizkor\u2019s Requiem (Naxos) and with the Barcelona Symphony, Marvin Levy\u2019s Canto de los Marranos (Naxos), Julius Chajes\u2019 Old Jerusalem (Naxos) and Hugo Weisgall\u2019s Psalm of the Distant Dove (Naxos). Her rendition of \u201cAve Maria\u201d is heard in the Denzel Washington film \u201cJohn Q,\u201d and her \u201cJe veux vivre\u201d from Romeo et Juliette can be heard in the movie \u201cFactory Girl.\u201d\nA graduate of the Juilliard School with Bachelor and Master of Music degrees and alumna of the Houston Grand Opera Studio, Mart\u00ednez won the Pepita Embil Award at the 1995 Operalia II, first prize in the 1994 Eleanor McCollum Auditions and Awards from Houston Grand Opera, and in the 1993 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions she was a first place district and first place regional winner and national finalist. Mart\u00ednez has offered candid encouragement to young singers as a contributing editor to Classical Singer Magazine. She is the recipient of the National Association of Latina Leaders\u2019 Groundbreaking Latina in Music award. Her recollections and reflections are profiled in Latino Wisdom: Celebrity Stories of Hope, Inspiration, and Success to Recharge our Mind, Body, and Soul by Cathy Areu, published by Barricade Books.\n|,|title|:|soprano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Alexandra Dariescu|,|bio|:|Romanian born British pianist and creator of \u201cThe Nutcracker and I\u201d, Alexandra Dariescu dazzles audiences and critics worldwide with her effortless musicality and captivating stage presence. Alexandra\u2019s vision and innovative approach to programming make her stand out as a creative entrepreneur who likes to think differently.\nDariescu\u2019s 2018\/19 season marks a special focus on works by female composers in important milestones including her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and James Gaffigan, performing Nadia Boulanger\u2019s Fantaisie vari\u00e9e at London\u2019s Barbican and a return visit to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Jessica Cottis, performing Germaine Tailleferre\u2019s Ballade for piano and orchestra. Alexandra returns to the Hall\u00e9 Orchestra and Jonathan Heyward (Tchaikovsky 1) and Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle with Daniel Huppert (Rachmaninov 2) while at the Wigmore Hall, Dariescu presents an all-French recital with works by Debussy, Messiaen, Faure, Tailleferre and Lili Boulanger.\nAfter the highly acclaimed premiere of Dariescu\u2019s own production The Nutcracker and I \u2013 a ground-breaking multimedia performance for piano solo with dance and digital animation \u2013 at Barbican\u2019s Milton Court in December 2017 \u2013 Alexandra will take the Nutcracker on a world tour, performing across Europe at Konzerthaus Wien, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Bozar Brussels, Philharmonie Luxembourg, Konserthuset G\u00f6teborg, King\u2019s Place London amongst others as well as touring China, Australia and the Emirates. In addition, Alexandra has just released an audio book of the same name on the Signum label, with the story written by Jessica Duchen and narrated by celebrated TV children presenter Lindsey Russell.\nThis season Alexandra completes her Trilogy of Preludes with Boulanger\/Messiaen\/Faure which compliments the previously released CDs of Chopin\/Dutilleux and Shostakovich\/Szymanowski complete preludes (Champs Hill Records). 2016 saw the release of two concerto discs: Tchaikovsky\u2019s piano concerto No. 1 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Darrell Ang (Signum Records) and Emily Howard\u2019s Mesmerism (NMC Records), a concerto written especially for Alexandra, which won the British Composer of the Year at the BASCA awards.\nRecently, Alexandra toured with the European Union Youth Orchestra under the baton of Vasily Petrenko after celebrating a range of acclaimed debuts in North America with the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec (Fabien Gabel), Utah Symphony Orchestra (Kazuki Yamada), Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony (Marzena Diakun) and her Chinese debut with the Sichuan Symphony Orchestra (Darrell Ang), as well as two different sold out performances at the Vienna Staatsoper with Angela Gheorghiu and concertos at the Musikverein.\nAlexandra has been mentored by Sir Andr\u00e1s Schiff and Imogen Cooper. After graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music with the Gold Medal, where she studied with Nelson Goerner, Alexander Melnikov, Mark Ray and Dina Parakhina, Alexandra pursued her Masters at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama with Ronan O\u2019Hora. A former artist of the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT), Alexandra was a Laureate at the Verbier Festival Academy and received the UK\u2019s Women of the Future Award in the Arts and Culture category. In 2017 Alexandra was appointed patron of Music in Lyddington, Cultural Ambassador of Romania and Honorary Associate Artist of the Royal Northern College of Music. In spring 2018, Alexandra received the \u201cOfficer of the Romanian Crown\u201d from the Royal Family and was selected as a Young European Leader by Friends of Europe.\n|,|title|:|piano|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |},{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Damon Gupton|,|bio|:|A native of Detroit, Michigan, Damon Gupton held the post of assistant conductor of the Kansas City Symphony from 2006 to 2008.\u00a0 Gupton received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Michigan.\u00a0 He studied conducting with David Zinman and Murry Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival and with Leonard Slatkin at the National Conducting Institute in Washington, D.C. He served as American conducting fellow of the Houston Symphony for the 2004\/2005 season, and has made conducting appearances with the Orchestra of St. Luke\u2019s, Detroit Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, The Cincinnati Pops, National Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Florida Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Princeton Symphony, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, NHK Orchestra of Tokyo, Orquesta Filarmonica de UNAM, Brass Band of Battle Creek, New York University Steinhardt Orchestra, Kinhaven Music School Orchestra, Vermont Music Festival Orchestra, Michigan Youth Arts Festival Honors Orchestra and Sphinx Symphony as part of the 12th annual Sphinx Competition.\u00a0 He led the Sphinx Chamber Orchestra on a national tour with performances at Carnegie Hall and a well-reviewed recording available at White Pine Music.\u00a0 He also conducted the finals of the Seventh Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition. He is a winner of the Third International Eduardo Mata Conducting Competition, held in Mexico City. Musical collaborations include work with Marcus Miller, Kenn Hicks, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Byron Stripling, Tony DeSare, The Midtown Men, Kathleen Battle and Jamie Cullum.\nMr. Gupton has been featured as narrator in many venues including The Cleveland Orchestra, The Grand Teton Music Festival, The Grant Park Music Festival, The Houston Symphony, The Memphis Symphony, and on the The Videmus recording Fare Ye Well. He also narrated a concert version of Beethoven\u2019s Fidelio with David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.\nAwards include the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize and The Aspen Conducting Prize.\u00a0 Mr.Gupton is the inaugural recipient of the Emerging Artist Award from the University of Michigan School of Music and Alumni Society.\nAn accomplished actor, Gupton graduated from The Drama Division of the Juilliard School in New York. He has had roles in television, film, and on stage, including the Broadway production of Bruce Norris\u2019 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Clybourne Park, the Ovation and LA Drama Critic\u2019s Circle award winning Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Mark Taper Forum), Superior Donuts (The Geffen), Christina Anderson\u2019s Inked Baby (Playwrights Horizons), Meg\u2019s New Friend (The Production Company), Wendy Wasserstein\u2019s An American Daughter (Arena Stage), True History and Real Adventures (The Vineyard Theatre), and Treason (Perry Street Theatre), The Story (Public Theater).\u00a0 He also performed the title role of Academy Award-winner Eric Simonson\u2019s Carter\u2019s Way at Kansas City Repertory Theater. Mr. Gupton was featured in title role in the critically acclaimed Heart of America Shakespeare Festival production of Othello. He received an AUDELCO nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Clybourne Park.\nGupton’s television credits include series regular roles on Black Lightning, Criminal Minds, The Player, The Divide, Prime Suspect, and Deadline as well as guest appearances on Goliath, A&E\u2019s Bates Motel, Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, Suits, Empire, Rake starring Greg Kinnear, Law & Order, Law & Order Criminal Intent, Conviction, The Unusuals, Third Watch, Hack, and Drift.\u00a0 He appeared in Damien Chazelle’s Academy Award-winning films Whiplash and LaLa Land, as well as This is Forty, The Last Airbender, Helen at Risk, Before The Devil Knows You\u2019re Dead, Unfaithful, and The Loretta Claiborne Story.\n|,|title|:|narrator|,|small_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]} BEETHOVEN Incidental Music from Egmont JIMMY LÓPEZ Dreamers Oratorio BEETHOVEN Choral Fantasy

data-filter="[2020 05|2020 05|2020 05|][jones-hall|jones-hall|jones-hall|][May|May|May|][[{|term_id|:8,|name|:|POPS|,|slug|:|pops-series|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:8,|taxonomy|:|series|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:13,|filter|:|raw|}]][{|term_id|:1851,|name|:|2019-20|,|slug|:|19-20|,|term_group|:0,|term_taxonomy_id|:1851,|taxonomy|:|season|,|description|:||,|parent|:0,|count|:34,|filter|:|raw|}]" From action-packed flicks to laugh-out-loud comedies to the most touching dramas, the music of John Williams delights audiences of all generations. Join the Houston Symphony and Chorus for themes from all your blockbuster favorites—Superman, Star Wars, Harry Potter and more—in this musical celebration of the master of film scores. {|with_image|:[{|type|:|existing|,|name|:|Steven Reineke|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Principal POPS Conductor|,|small_image|:| \n |,|full_image|:| \n |,|bio_image|:| \n |,|url|:|https:\/\/www.houstonsymphony.org\/about-us\/conductor\/steven-reineke\/|}],|without|:[{|type|:|custom|,|name|:|Houston Symphony Chorus|,|bio|:||,|title|:|Betsy Cook Weber, director|,|small_image|:false,|bio_image|:false,|full_image|:false}]}