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Top Ten Performances of 2017 – Dec 21, 2017

1. Andrés Orozco-Estrada and the Houston Symphony. Dvořák’s Te Deum and […]

After the deluge: How Houston Grand Opera converted a convention center into an opera house – Oct 18, 2017

A few steps from the platform where her production of Verdi’s […]

Critic’s Choice for the 2017-18 season – Aug 25, 2017

Jaap van Zweden and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Mahler and Stucky. September […]

Reflections on the 2017 Cliburn Competiton – Jun 10, 2017

Friday night’s scintillating performance of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto provided the […]

How these six pianists made it to the Cliburn Competition finals – Jun 06, 2017

The Van Cliburn jury clearly opted for a wide range of […]

Lost concerto’s revival marks the end of a long quest for Houston Symphony cellist – Apr 11, 2017

 In January 1935, cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and Arturo Toscanini offered the […]

HGO revisits Adams’ “Nixon in China” to mark 30th anniversary of Houston premiere – Jan 18, 2017

When Nixon in China was heard in its world premiere at […]

Critic’s Choice – Jan 18, 2017

Conrad Tao, who at 22 has already made waves as pianist […]

Critic’s Choice – Jan 10, 2017

We knew it had to happen eventually. David Cooper, at 32 […]

Critic’s Choice – Sep 21, 2016

Matthias Goerne at Dallas Symphony, Oct. 6-9, 2016 The intense German […]

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