Artist History
Connecting Houston to the world
Since 1966, we’ve presented genre-defining and boundary-pushing artists from around the globe.
PIANO
- Leif Ove Andsnes
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Emanuel Ax
- Daniel Barenboim
- Alfred Brendel
- Yefim Bronfman
- Seong-Jin Cho
- Vladimir Horowitz
- Evgeny Kissin
- Katia & Marielle Labèque
- Lang Lang
- Yunchan Lim
- Garrick Ohlsson
- Arthur Rubinstein
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Yuja Wang
- André Watts
- Joyce Yang
VIOLIN
- Joshua Bell
- Hilary Hahn
- Midori
- Anne-Sophie Mutter
- Igor Oistrakh
- Itzhak Perlman
- Isaac Stern
- Pinchas Zukerman
VOICE
- Boys Choir of Harlem
- Kathleen Battle
- Montserrat Caballé
- Renée Fleming
- The Irish Tenors
- The King’s Singers
- Bobby McFerrin
- Jessye Norman
- Bernadette Peters
- Soweto Gospel Choir
- Tenebrae
- Vienna Boys Choir
ORCHESTRAS
- BBC Philharmonic
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- The Cleveland Orchestra
- Houston Symphony
- Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
- Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
- Los Angeles Philharmonic
- The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
- Orchestre de Paris
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra
- Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Louis Symphony Orchestra
- Vienna Philharmonic
CHAMBER/SOLO
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Bach-Collegium Stuttgart with James Galway
- Laurie Anderson
- Buena Vista Social Club
- Cameron Carpenter
- Canadian Brass
- Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
- Lila Downs
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Sir James Galway
- Evelyn Glennie
- Guarneri Quartet
- Kronos Quartet
- Mariachi Herencia de México
- Mnozil Brass
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Philip Glass Ensemble
- The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Ravi Shankar
- Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
- Steve Reich and Musicians
- Richard Stoltzman
- Chris Thile
- Takács Quartet
- Turtle Island Quartet
JAZZ
- Harry Connick Jr.
- Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
- Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
- Pat Metheny
- Oscar Peterson
- Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- Marcus Roberts
- Doc Severinsen
- Matthew Whitaker
BALLET
- American Ballet Theatre with Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Ballet Hispánico
- Bolshoi Ballet
- Dance Theatre of Harlem
- Houston Ballet
- Joffrey Ballet
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
- Louisville Ballet
- Miami City Ballet
- The National Ballet of Canada
- National Ballet of China
- New York City Ballet
- The Royal Ballet
- The Royal Danish Ballet
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
- A.I.M by Kyle Abraham
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
- Donald Byrd/The Group
- Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
- Complexions
- Merce Cunningham
- DIAVOLO
- Dorrance Dance
- The Holy Body Tattoo
- Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- Martha Graham Dance Company
- Bill T. Jones
- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
- Mark Morris Dance Group
- MOMIX
- Parsons Dance
- Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Caleb Teicher
- Pilobolus
- Twyla Tharp Dance
GLOBAL SERIES
- Balé Folclórico da Bahia
- Ballet Folclórico de México
- Ballet Folclórico Nacional de Chile
- Le Ballet National du Senegal
- Les Ballets Africains
- Bayanihan Dance Company
- The Belgrade State Folk Ensemble
- Danzas Venezuela
- Drum Tao
- The Peking Acrobats
- Ragamala Dance Company
- Samulnori Percussion
- Shaolin Warriors
- Vuyani Dance Theatre
- The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey
SPEAKERS/COMEDY
- Jad Abumrad
- Margaret Atwood
- Bob Berky
- Anthony Bourdain
- Tim Conway
- Carol Burnett
- Alton Brown
- Billy Collins
- Comedy Bang! Bang!
- Marlene Dietrich
- Felipe Esparza
- Neil Gaiman
- Ina Garten
- Ira Glass
- Spalding Gray
- Fran Lebowitz
- Marcel Marceau
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Tig Notaro
- Al Pacino
- Mandy Patinkin
- Penn & Teller
- David Sedaris
- William Shatner
- Stephen Sondheim
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
THEATER/BROADWAY
- Art Heist
- Beakman’s World
- Blue Man Group
- Bluey’s Big Play
- The Choir of Man
- The Color Purple
- Gazillion Bubble Show
- Kid Koala
- Manual Cinema
- STOMP
- Wild Kratts