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June 1-22, 2024

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The stars align in Houston every June

  • Welcome to TMF 2024!

    For over three decades, the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival has brought Classical music’s rising stars to Houston for intensive study and exceptional performance. As Houston’s premier summer music festival and school, we invite you to join us throughout June for stellar performances by these young musicians, our faculty artists, guest performers, and world-renowned conductors and soloists. 

    Alan Austin
    TMF General and Artistic Director
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  • Schedule

    Tuesday, June 4 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
    Faculty Chamber Music I: Formosa Quartet and Faculty

    Thursday, June 6 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
    Sharon Ley Lietzow Piano Series
    Vadym Kholodenko Recital
         Handel: Chaconne; Beethoven: Sonata Op. 111
         Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8

    Friday, June 7 | 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House
    Festival Orchestra I with Festival Chorus
    Franz Anton Krager, conductor
    Paulo Gomez, choral conductor
    Vadym Kholodenko, piano soloist
    Krista Renée Pape, soprano; Sarah Dyer, mezzo-soprano; Zachary Averyt, tenor; Mark Diamond, bass
         Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919); Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
         Bruckner: Psalm 146 

    Saturday, June 8 | 5:00 p.m. at Jones Hall - FREE, open to general public
    Festival Orchestra @ League of American Orchestra Conference
    Franz Anton Krager, conductor
    Vadym Kholodenko, piano soloist
         Strauss: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra; Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)

    Sunday, June 9 | 2 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
    Mitchell-Hogg Young Artist Competition Finals

    Tuesday, June 11 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
    Faculty Chamber Music II

    Wednesday, June 12 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
    College Piano Institute Chamber Music Concert 

    Tursday, June 13 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
    Sharon Ley Lietzow Piano Series 
    Kenny Broberg Recital

         Franck/Bauer: Prelude, Fugue, et Variation, Op. 18; Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major, K.311
         Medtner: Two Skazki, Op. 48; Chopin: Polonaise Fantasie, Op. 61 
         Brahms: Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5

    Friday, June 14 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
    Student Chamber Music
    Orchestral and Piano Participants perform

    Saturday, June 15 | 2:00 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
    College Piano Institute Final Performance

    Saturday, June 15 | 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House
    Festival Orchestra II
    Carl St. Clair, conductor
         Ravel: Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2; Strauss: Ein Heldenleben 

    Tuesday, June 18 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
    Faculty Chamber Music III

    Thursday, June 20 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
    Sharon Ley Lietzow Piano Series 
    William Wolfram Recital

         Liszt: Sonata in B minor; Schumann: Fantasie

    Friday, June 21  
        • 3 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
           Chamber Music Marathon

        • 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House - FREE
           Jazz Institute Middle School and High School Orchestras
           Noe Marmolejo, director

        • 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
           Honors Student Chamber Music

    Saturday, June 22 | 5:00 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
    Pre-College Piano Institute Pop Showcase

    Saturday, June 22 | 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House
    Festival Orchestra III
    Hans Graf, conductor
    2024 Mitchell – Hogg Competition Winner, soloist
         Ravel: Le barq sur l’ocean; Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 

    Sunday, June 23 | 12:00 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
    Pre-College Piano Institute Final Recital

     

    Box Office Telephone: 713-743-3388 

    Festival Contact: Alan Austin, General and Artistic Director
    phone: 713-743-3167
    email: tmf@uh.edu 

  • Our 2024 Artists

    Guest Artists

    • Vadym Kholodenko, piano, McGovern Distinguished Artist
    • Kenny Broberg, piano
    • William Wolfram, piano
    • Formosa Quartet
    • Krista Renée Pape, soprano
    • Sarah Dyer, mezzo-soprano
    • Zachary Averyt, tenor
    • Mark Diamond, bass 

    Conductors

    • Hans Graf
    • Franz Anton Krager
    • Carl St. Clair

    2024 Faculty

    2024 Fellows

    TMF Alumni

  • Cynthia Woods Mitchell-Ima Hogg Competition

    The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition was founded at the inception of the Texas Music Festival in 1990 by George and Cynthia Mitchell to provide a competition experience for members of the Festival Orchestra. Today, the George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation continues this generous legacy, joined by the Houston Symphony. This merged collaboration joins the names of two of Houston’s most prominent cultural benefactors and honors their contributions to the arts in our city.

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