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4 unusual facts about Houston Symphony


Evelyn Barbirolli

She travelled with him to the United States when he became conductor of the Houston Symphony Orchestra.

Paul Bergé

Paul Bergé (October 20, 1881 – May 1970) was the music director of the Houston Symphony from 1916 to 1918.

Rand Group

In 2012, the company acted as an underwriter for The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and announced it would be a Supporting Sponsor for the Alley Theatre and the 2012-2013 Houston Symphony Family Concert Series.

Uriel Nespoli

He first served as music director of the Houston Symphony, which was reforming after a 13-year break, having dissolved in 1918 owing to World War I, and from general lack of funding.


Archie W. Dunham

He served on the board of the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, the board of visitors of M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the board of Trustees of the Houston Symphony, the George Bush Presidential Library, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Desmond Hoebig

He is featured on at least eight CDs, including Quartet For The End Of Time by Olivier Messiaen, as a member of the Houston Symphony Chamber Players.

Kurt Stallmann

In 2008-2009, Stallmann was Composer-In-Residence at Sharpstown High School for the Houston Symphony Education and Outreach Program sponsored by the Fidelity FutureStage program.

Lawrence Foster

He has held music directorships with the Houston Symphony, the Ojai Music Festival, the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya in Spain.


see also

Brett Mitchell

During his four-year tenure with the Houston Symphony (which ended in May 2011), he led the orchestra in over one hundred performances, several of which were broadcast nationwide on SymphonyCast and Performance Today.

Orli Shaham

Her appearances with orchestras include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit and Atlanta Symphonies, Orchestre National de Lyon, National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan, Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Florida Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Orchestra of La Scala (Milan), Orchestra della Toscana (Florence), and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.