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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 Director
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  • Schedule

    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 Gracioso 

    Sunday, 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. 5

    Tuesday, 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, conductor 

    2023 Cynthia Woods Mitchell/Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition Winner, TBA 
    Berlioz: Le Corsaire Overture
    Copland: Symphony No. 3  

    Box Office Telephone: 713-743-3388 

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

  • Our 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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Texas Music Festival full orchestra on stage of the Moores Opera House, taking a bow