
The Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival
June 6-24, 2023
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Welcome to TMF 2023!
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 DirectorSchedule
Tuesday, June 6 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
Sharon Ley Lietzow Piano Series
Vadym Kholodenko, McGovern Distinguished Artist performs Handel, Haydn, Beethoven, Adès, and Liszt.Thursday, June 8 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
Festival Faculty artists and guests perform Mozart's sublime Clarinet Quintet and French chamber music.Saturday, June 10 | 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House
Festival Orchestra; Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano soloist, McGovern Distinguished Artist
Debussy: Prélude to the Aftenoon of a Faun, La mer
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Ravel: Alborada del GraciosoSunday, June 11 | 2 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
Cynthia Woods Mitchell/Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition Final Round
Help choose the Audience Favorite Prize. Come discover classical music’s rising star soloists!Tuesday, June 13 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
Sharon Ley Lietzow Piano Series
Awadagin Pratt, Naumberg prizewinner performs Phillip Glass, Couperin, Vasks, Tchaikovsky, and Liszt.Thursday, June 15 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
TMF Faculty artists and guests perform chamber music…Friday, June 16 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
Vocal Institute: Building Your Craft, from Studio to Stage
Final performance of staged scenes from opera and operetta classics.Saturday, June 17 | 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House
Festival Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Coleman: UMOJA
Webern/Schwarz: Adagio (Langsamersatz)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5Tuesday, June 20 |7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
Sharon Ley Lietzow Piano Series
Amy Yang, Houston native and Curtis Institute of Music faculty performs Bach, Hua Yang, Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann.Thursday, June 22 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall
TMF Faculty artists and guests perform chamber music…Friday, June 23 | 7 p.m. in the Moores Opera House FREE
Jazz Institute Orchestra; Noe Marmolejo, director
Classic to contemporary big band jazz, performed by Houston high school all-stars.Saturday, June 24 |12 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall FREE
Keyboard Academy
Final performances, featuring music for piano, and harpsichord.Saturday, June 24 | 2 p.m. in the A.D. Bruce Religion Center, FREE
Keyboard Academy
Final performances, featuring music for organ.Saturday, June 24 | 7:30 p.m. in the Moores Opera House
Festival Orchestra; Andrew Grams, conductor2023 Cynthia Woods Mitchell/Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition Winner, TBA
Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
Copland: Symphony No. 3Box Office Telephone: 713-743-3388
Festival Contact: Alan Austin, General and Artistic Director
phone: 713-743-3167
email: tmf@uh.eduOur 2023 Artists
Guest Artists
- Vadym Kholodenko, piano
- Awadagin Pratt, piano
- Amy Yang, piano
Conductors
- Andrew Grams
- Franz Anton Krager
- Gerard Schwarz
2023 Faculty
2023 Fellows
TMF Alumni
Cynthia Woods Mitchell-Ima Hogg Young Artist 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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