Houston Symphony Tour 2024/2025
December 22, 2024 -
The tickets for Houston Symphony concerts are already available.
Now everybody has the chance to see their favorite band perform live. Our online platform is the best place for finding the best tickets. Take the front row seat and enjoy the perfection of sound.
There is no doubt that the latest Houston Symphony tour is the biggest music even of the year. There is plenty of evidence for that. First of all, every show keeps attracting hordes of fans and just connoisseurs of quality performances. Only the biggest venues get the chance to host these fantastic events. Thousands of people will be gathering around just to witness a star performing on stage.
We are confident that here you will find the best tickets for a complete experience. Getting tickets for the first row is also not a problem. You can actually choose your ticket based on seat preference. Just check the concert schedule and decide what the best spot to see and hear everything is!
You can’t really find anything similar to a live performance anywhere else. Even the best headphones or the largest TV screen doesn’t compare to the feeling of excitement and emotion at a concert while being surrounded by thousands of people who share the same passion. This is why fans of quality music prefer going to big concerts and booking the best spots in order not to lose any detail of the show. You can check the details of every concert right here and decide whether that’s exactly what you’ve been looking for.
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About Houston Symphony
The Houston Symphony is a Grammy Award winning orchestra based in Houston, Texas. Since 1966, it has performed at the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts in downtown Houston.
The first concert of what was to become the Houston Symphony took place on June 21, 1913, sponsored by the Houston philanthropist Ima Hogg. Initially, the orchestra was composed of only 35 part-time musicians. Despite its small stature and budget, the orchestra and its first conductor, Julien Paul Blitz, enjoyed a good response and continued to perform. Blitz conducted until 1916, then Paul Bergé, until the orchestra disbanded in 1918.
The orchestra reformed in 1930, still as a semi-professional orchestra, and gave its first full season of concerts the following year conducted by Uriel Nespoli. In the spring of 1936 the symphony society officially became the Houston Symphony Society. Ernst Hoffmann began his tenure that year with increased support from the Society and began hiring professional musicians. The orchestra continued to expand over the next several decades, and its first 52-week contract was signed in 1971.
Leopold Stokowski was music director from 1955 to 1961. During his tenure, the Houston Symphony gave the American premiere of the Symphony No 11 of Dmitri Shostakovich, and subsequently made the first commercial recording of the work.
When Stokowski invited African-American opera singer Shirley Verrett to sing with the Houston Symphony in the early 1960s, he was forced to rescind his invitation when the orchestra board refused to accept a black soloist. Stokowski later made amends by giving her a prestigious date with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
The orchestra performed in either the City Auditorium or the Music Hall until the construction in 1966 of the Jesse H. Jones Hall for the Performing Arts. In 2001, the orchestra lost millions of dollars' worth of instruments, music, and archives when Tropical Storm Allison flooded the basement levels of Jones Hall. In 2003, the musicians went on strike for 24 days, and the settlement included a pay cut for the musicians and a reduction in the size of the orchestra.
Hans Graf was the music director of the orchestra from 2001 to 2013, the longest tenure of any Houston Symphony music director. In September 2009, the orchestra announced the conclusion of his tenure as music director at the end of the 2012–2013 season, upon which Graf took the title of conductor laureate of the orchestra.
In October 2012, Andrés Orozco-Estrada made his first guest-conducting appearance with the orchestra. This appearance led to a return engagement with the orchestra, for a private rehearsal. In January 2013, the orchestra announced the appointment of Orozco-Estrada as its next music director, as of the 2014–2015 season, with an initial contract of five years and twelve weeks of appearances per season. He was music director designate for the 2013–2014 season. In March 2017, the orchestra announced the extension of Orozco-Estrada's contract through the 2021–2022 season. Under the baton of Orozco-Estrada the orchestra has recorded three CD releases of Dvořák's music, under the PENTATONE label. In January 2018, the orchestra won the Grammy Award for best Opera Recording, making Houston Symphony's first win.
