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Houston Symphony names new conductor after secret rehearsal: Hans Graf's replacement is . . .

By Joel Luks

01.16.13 | 12:15 pm

Think of the Houston Symphony's search for a new maestro a tad like a season of the Bachelorette. Many attractive suitors step on her podium, wave their baton, make beautiful music and wond ...


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The businessman conductor: 40 Under Forty darling Heras-Casado's skills give him a real Symphony shot

By Joel Luks

04.17.12 | 4:52 pm

Not long before the reverberant sound of the last whomp of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major smacked listeners right in the face — that's a good thing — keyboard god J ...


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Goose bumps from blastoff to Orbit: Houston Symphony space show somehow exceeds the buzz

By Joel Luks

02.20.12 | 10:34 am

Standing motionless and transfixed, maestro Giancarlo Guerrero let the sound of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring dissipate into the abyss that is Jones Hall before anyone in the audience ...


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Here he comes to save the day: Jakub Hruša propels Houston Symphony beyond technical limits

By Joel Luks

02.13.12 | 2:51 pm

Arms stretched out in flight position, tuxedo tails still flapping, Jakub Hruša held a bold stance at the end of the second movement of Leoš Janáček's Taras Bulba. Sho ...


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Brahms, sex and cigarettes: Houston Symphony loses its inhibitions with maestro Christoph Koenig

By Joel Luks

11.14.11 | 4:40 pm

Upon entering Jones Hall, I feel goose bumps when I am faced with a stage overcrowded with stands, percussion instruments, a harp and row after row after row of chairs awaiting the arrival of 200 p ...


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Houston Symphony guest conductor Gilbert Varga engineers a smooth Haydn & rocky Ravel

By Joel Luks

10.25.11 | 11:20 am

Another guest conductor treaded onto the Houston Symphony's podium last weekend at Jones Hall. Making his symphony debut was Gilbert Varga, who's more in-demand overseas than ...


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The cougars love him, but is German hottie David Afkham prepared to take the baton from Hans Graf?

By Joel Luks

10.04.11 | 4:05 pm

What could otherwise be considered youth orchestra repertoire at the hands of an educator was masterfully led by 28-year-old German-born conductor David Afkham for the Houston Symphony last we ...


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The wildcard candidate: Mark Wigglesworth practices baton war, rebukes cellphone users & Symphony jumps

By Joel Luks

05.03.11 | 1:33 pm

With a name like Wigglesworth, you are either a pompous feline in need of constant pampering, a Harry Potter character or just British. Given what the Houston Symphony has had on stage — Nora ...


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Houston's new maestro: Enrique Carreón-Robledo tabbed to lead Opera in the Heights

By Joel Luks

04.22.11 | 5:04 pm

After a year-long search, snazzy and chic Opera in the Heights, better known as Oh!, has finally honed in on its new artistic director. Mexican-born Enrique Carreón-Robledo will be the n ...


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A frontrunner? Spanish señor wakes up the Symphony's Hans Graf replacement race

By Joel Luks

04.11.11 | 1:51 pm

"I like to take a nap when I listen to Mozart," a lady behind me announced to her younger companion. "It relaxes me." I laughed it off initially, but when she claimed she wa ...


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