Dmitri Shostakovich

Musical Evening with Maestro Graf (Dedicated to Dmitry Shostakovich)

Christoph Eschenbach Returns

How Josef Stalin Stole Sergei Prokofiev's Flowers

Library of Congress​In can be easily argued that Russian born composer Sergei Prokofiev, who would have been 120 this week, was the most popular 20th century composer. As a sheet-music salesman, we can tell you that only Scott Joplin and Ennio Morricone come close to the number of requests for ... More >>

Royal Pain

Houston Ballet has a ball with Marie.

Two Star Symphony Talks KTRU, Silent Films, Dr. Dre And Minor Threat

Two Star Symphony on Facebook​This week Rocks Off got a hot tip from our pal Jason that the venerable Two Star Symphony would be playing an evening gig out in Houston's western territories. It had been a good while since we'd seen the local string quartet, and with our Spidey Sense tingling ab ... More >>

Lost Voices: Passion & Perseverance

Houston New Arts Movement is reviving music once censored by the Russian regime

Zoya Shuhatovich plays Shostakovich

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He's The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Alley does a pitch-perfect rendition of a classic comedy.

Marie

The Houston Ballet’s Stanton Welch creates a new work about the woman who went from child bride to controversial queen

Aftermath: ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead at Warehouse Live

The Houston Ballet’s Stanton Welch creates a new work about the woman who went from child bride to controversial queen

Mozart and Shostakovich

The Houston Symphony welcomes orchestrated poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin

The Russian Cultural Center screens a Larry Weinstein documentary about life as a composer in Stalin’s Soviet Union

Letters

The Russian Cultural Center screens a Larry Weinstein documentary about life as a composer in Stalin’s Soviet Union

Flashy Dance

Get some style with substance at Suchu Dance's Roseburn

Rhythm Method

Met Dance can't help being sexy

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Met Dance can't help being sexy

Going Baroque

Musicians and management of the Houston Symphony battle over a budget that won’t stay in the black

Disney Lightens Up

Fantasia/2000 strikes a better balance between serious and comic elements

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Fantasia/2000 strikes a better balance between serious and comic elements

Press Picks

Fantasia/2000 strikes a better balance between serious and comic elements

Mussorgsky Unplugged

HGO goes back to the original for a moving Boris Godunov

What's Wrong With Wheatley?

It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

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It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

Dutch Treat

It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

Static

It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?

Press Picks

It has history, it has heritage. But does Wheatley High School have a real future?