Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival
The stars align in Houston every June
Welcome to TMF 2025!
For over three decades, the Immanuel and Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival has brought Classical music’s rising stars to Houston!
Join us – young musicians, looking for a life-transforming, career-launching learning experience. Houston is a vibrant, supportive, artistic city. Please apply to one of our TMF Institutes.
Join us – Music lovers! Help us celebrate world-renowned performers coming to Houston and young talent reaching new heights of artistry during four weeks of exhilarating, uplifting concerts.
Evan Leslie
Texas Music Festival, Managing Director
Schedule
Barry Douglas Recital
Chamber Music I: Formosa Quartet and Faculty
Festival Orchestra I
Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Pre-concert performance by members of Virtuosi of Houston
6:30 - 7:20 p.m. | Moores Opera House Lobby
Settling the Score: Pre-concert lecture with Dr. Andrew Davis
6:30 - 7:10 p.m. | MSM Room 108Sunday, June 8 | 2 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
Mitchell-Hogg Young Artist Competition Finals
Chamber Music II: Harpsichordist Matthew Dirst, Faculty, and FellowsWednesday, June 11 | 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
College Piano Institute Chamber Music Concert
Clayton Stephenson RecitalSaturday, June 14 | 2:00 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall - FREE
College Piano Institute Final Performance
RED Carpet Night!Met-Ball-esque fashion runway + signature-Houston, Art-Car-esque, DIY artistry + a family-friendly concert = RED Carpet Night at the Texas Music festival.From 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Houston artists will help you create an art-car inspired, RED-carpet-ready fashion make-over! At 6:30 p.m., get seen at our glamorous RED carpet parade, inspired by a 21st century Cinderella’s ball. Then, enjoy The Texas Music Festival Orchestra’s performance of Cinderella inspired music by Prokofiev and other fantastic symphonic masterworks.
Festival Orchestra II: Cinderella
Josep Caballé-Domenech, conductor
Kirsten Yon, violin soloist
Respighi: Fountains of Rome
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D; Suite from Cinderella
Pre-concert performance by members of Virtuosi of Houston
6:30 - 7:20 p.m. | Moores Opera House Lobby
Settling the Score: Pre-concert lecture with Dr. Andrew Davis
6:30 - 7:10 p.m. | MSM Room 108Tuesday, June 21 | 3:00 p.m. at the Menil Collection - FREE
No Zoning - a musical exploration of Houston
Student Chamber Music in collaboration with DACAMERA
DACAMERA Presents DACAMERA Young Artists and Texas Music Festival Fellows at the Menil CollectionSaturday, June 21 | 7:00 p.m. at the Houston Saengerbund Saengerhalle - FREE
No Zoning - a musical exploration of Houston
Student Chamber Music in collaboration with Houston Saengerbund
An evening of German chamber music, social singing, and general good times at the Saengerhalle with Houston Saengerbund.Sunday, June 22 | 1:00 p.m. at The Beer Can House - FREE
No Zoning - a musical exploration of Houston
Student Chamber Music in collaboration with The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
A Beer Can House Block Party with percussion and brass chamber music at Houston’s iconic folk art masterwork, the Beer Can House.
Chamber Music III: Collaboration Celebration!
Gabriela Martinez Recital
Music by Missy Mazzoli, Reynaldo Hahn, Caroline Shaw, Beethoven, Viet Cuong, Villa-Lobos, and more.Friday, June 27
Pre-College Institutes
• 5:00 p.m. in the Moores Opera House - FREE
Jazz Institute Middle School and High School Orchestras
Noe Marmolejo, director
Percussion Ensemble
Blake Wilkins, director• 6:00 p.m. in the Moores Opera House - FREE
High School Wind Ensemble Institute
David Bertman, director
Percussion Ensemble
Blake Wilkins, director
Festival Orchestra III: Festival Finale
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
2025 Mitchell – Hogg Competition Winner, soloist
Anna Clyne: Restless Oceans, TBA solo
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Pre-concert performance by members of Virtuosi of Houston
6:30 - 7:20 p.m. | Moores Opera House Lobby
Settling the Score: Pre-concert lecture with Dr. Andrew Davis
6:30 - 7:10 p.m. | MSM Room 108Box Office Telephone: 713-743-3388
Festival Contact: Evan Leslie, Managing Director
phone: 713-743-2822
email: tmf@uh.eduOur 2025 Artists
Guest Artists
- Barry Douglas, piano
- Clayton Stephenson, piano
- Gabriela Martinez, piano
- Kirsten Yon, violin
Conductors
- Franz Anton Krager
- Josep Caballé-Domenech
- Mei-Ann Chen
2025 Faculty
TMF Alumni
Cynthia Woods Mitchell-Ima Hogg 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.
The Cynthia Woods Mitchell - Ima Hogg Competition is open to all Texas Music Festival Orchestra Fellows and Piano Institute participants.
All finalists will receive a cash prize and a medal. 1st ($3000), 2nd ($2,000), 3rd ($1000), and 4th ($750) place prizes will be awarded as well as an Audience Favorite Prize ($500).
Subject to approval of the conductor and the availability of orchestral parts, the 1st place winner will perform with the Festival Orchestra under the baton of Maestra Mei-Ann Chen at the Moores Opera House June 28, 2025.
The 1st place winner will also be invited to perform with the Houston Symphony in the 2025-2026 season.
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