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An explosive violinist fizzles: Dan Zhu struggles to live up to the hype for Texas Music Festival finale

By Joel Luks

07.06.12 | 11:26 am

Violinist Dan Zhu was the talk of the town in classical music circles these past couple of weeks and his solo appearance at Texas Music Festival's final hurrah promised a bombastic concert no o ...

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A Texas Music Festival showcase worthy of German masters: No flash trash in Xiao Wang's Sibelius

By Joel Luks

06.26.12 | 1:00 pm

It's a rare occasion when I think of Bach while listening to Finnish classical music, but just as Xiao Wang ripped through the arpeggiated cadenza of the first movement of the Sibelius Violin C ...

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Did Richard Strauss get it right? Texas Music Festival ponders what happens after death with epic Superman opus

By Joel Luks

06.22.12 | 10:37 am

It's often said that good composers borrow, great composers steal. Immortal composers are those from whom great composers steal. Though some may not be able to hum the melodies of Richard S ...

A three note dare

Risky music for the win: Young Texas Music Festival winner scores by gambling

By Joel Luks

06.12.12 | 10:19 am

Three notes. That's all a classical music nut needs to hear to know how a performance of the Jean Sibelius Violin Concert in D Minor will evolve. Those three notes, a dissonance, a step and ...

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The Astrodome is saved?! Your first look at a $194 million reimagined Dome with power player backing

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Galveston hotel rape lawsuit puts high-profile companies on the defensive

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This is no ordinary class reunion: Power players feted on Chevron Tower's 50th floor with musical wows

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French diplomats open up their River Oaks manse to celebrate cave man life

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