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Stop, Look and Listen! | René Magritte

Stop, Look and Listen! | René Magritte

  • Stop, Look and Listen!
  • Saturday | June 21 | FREE
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  • Menil Collection

In conjunction with Make Music Day, DACAMERA and The Menil Collection present a concert by DACAMERA Young Artists joined by musicians from the Texas Music Festival Orchestra.

DACAMERA Young Artists | Floating World: A. A. Murakami

DACAMERA Young Artists | Floating World: A. A. Murakami

  • Thursday | June 26 | 6:30 PM
  • Free with admission to the museum.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Beck Building Atrium

DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert at MFAH inspired by the exhibition Floating World: A. A. Murakami.

Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet

Isaiah J. Thompson Quartet

  • Friday, September 5  8:00 pm
  • Miller Outdoor Theatre

Known for “state-of-the-art jazz” (Jazziz), pianist Isaiah J. Thompson is “a young musician and composer with a mature touch and rare combination of talent, creativity, humility and honesty,” says NPR.

Other Worlds: Season Overture

Other Worlds: Season Overture

  • Friday | October 3 | 7:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

DACAMERA’s Other Worlds season opens with an all-star cast of artists in a varied program of solo and chamber works that sets the stage for what is to come: virtuosic Romanticism, Bluegrass and folk influences and the sublime beauty of Schubert.

Walter Smith III Quartet

Walter Smith III Quartet

  • Friday | October 17 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

For his recent Blue Note release, three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not, the irrepressible saxophonist Walter Smith III pays homage to his hometown, with his fellow Houston natives, pianist Jason Moran and drummer Kendrick Scott, plus bassist Reuben Rogers.

Matthias Goerne, baritone; Daniil Trifonov, piano

Matthias Goerne, baritone; Daniil Trifonov, piano

  • Wednesday | October 29 | 7:30 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

DACAMERA’s Schubert Perspectives series kicks off with two titans of the classical world. Hear Trifonov play Schubert solo, and then the two artists come together for the song cycle Schwanengesang (Swan Songs).

Rafaël Feuillâtre, guitar: Bach to Piazzolla

Rafaël Feuillâtre, guitar: Bach to Piazzolla

  • Monday | November 3 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Hailed as the new face of classical guitar worldwide, French musician Raphaël Feuillâtre fascinates audiences and critics alike with the depth of his interpretations, his dazzling virtuosity and the richness of his repertoire.

Rafaël Feuillâtre, guitar: Bach to Piazzolla

Rafaël Feuillâtre, guitar: Bach to Piazzolla

  • Tuesday | November 4 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Hailed as the new face of classical guitar worldwide, French musician Raphaël Feuillâtre fascinates audiences and critics alike with the depth of his interpretations, his dazzling virtuosity and the richness of his repertoire.

Nicholas Payton Quartet

Nicholas Payton Quartet

  • Friday | Nov 14 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

A two-time Grammy winner with five nominations, trumpeter Nicholas Payton has released over 20 recordings as a leader, pushing musical boundaries and showcasing a variety of contemporary and traditional styles.

Brentano String Quartet

Brentano String Quartet

  • Tuesday | December 2 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

The DACAMERA audience favorites return with a characteristically intriguing and varied program: music of Haydn and Bartók and recent work by acclaimed composer/pianist Timo Andres.

Ekep Nkwelle

Ekep Nkwelle

  • Saturday | December 6 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Vocalist Ekep Nkwelle is a force in today’s jazz scene, charting a remarkable journey from the vibrant culture of Washington, DC to the iconic stages of New York and beyond.

D’Est En Musique (From the East)

D’Est En Musique (From the East)

  • Friday | January 16 | 7:00 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

French-American cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton and pianist Sarah Rothenberg bring Wieder-Atherton and filmmaker Chantal Akerman’s D’est En Musique to the US. Music of Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Chopin, Martinů, Janáček, Bartók and more.

D’Est En Musique (From the East)

D’Est En Musique (From the East)

  • Saturday | January 17 | 7:00 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

French-American cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton and pianist Sarah Rothenberg bring Wieder-Atherton and filmmaker Chantal Akerman’s D’est En Musique to the US. Music of Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Chopin, Martinů, Janáček, Bartók and more.

Brooklyn Rider: Frida’s Dreams

Brooklyn Rider: Frida’s Dreams

  • Friday | February 20 | 7:30 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Brooklyn Rider’s DACAMERA debut, with the world premiere of a new string quartet by acclaimed composer Gabriela Lena Frank, inspired by paintings of Frida Kahlo. Plus music of Colin Jacobsen and Osvaldo Golijov and arrangements of folk songs.

Branford Marsalis Quartet

Branford Marsalis Quartet

  • Sunday | February 22 | 5:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

The living jazz legend, three-time Grammy winner and NEA Jazz Master re-imagines Keith Jarrett’s classic recording Belonging.

Pat Metheny Side-Eye

Pat Metheny Side-Eye

  • Saturday | March 7 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Legendary guitarist Pat Metheny has a catalogue of 50-plus recordings that have scored 39 Grammy nominations and 20 wins in 12 different categories.

Parker Quartet; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

Parker Quartet; Raman Ramakrishnan, cello

  • Saturday | March 28 | 7:00 PM
  • Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Schubert Perspectives #2: The Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet’s return to the DACAMERA stage features Beethoven’s “Serioso” quartet, a propulsive Philip Glass quartet, and Schubert’s Cello Quintet, widely considered the most beautiful work in all of chamber music.

Isidore String Quartet

Isidore String Quartet

  • Monday | April 6 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

Schubert Perspectives #3: The Isidore Quartet – skyrocketing to the heights of the music world since their debut at DACAMERA in 2023 – return with a strikingly diverse program, juxtaposing Schubert with twentieth and twenty-first century works by Ligeti and Tyshawn Sorey.

Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once

Coltrane 100: Both Directions at Once

  • Friday | April 10 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

An all-star lineup — saxophonists Joe Lovano and Melissa Aldana; pianist Ndudzo Makhathini, bassist Matthew Garrison, and drummer Jeff “Tain” Watts — pays tribute to the jazz giant.

Yulianna Avdeeva

Yulianna Avdeeva

  • Tuesday | April 14 | 7:30 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva was the First Prize winner of the 2010 International Chopin Piano Competition. Her first Houston appearance features a fascinating program of Chopin’s revolutionary and poetic 24 Preludes juxtaposed with Shostakovich’s monumental Preludes and Fugues.

Morton Feldman at 100: “Schubert Leaving Me”

Morton Feldman at 100: “Schubert Leaving Me”

  • Monday | April 20 | 7:30 PM
  • The Menil Collection

DACAMERA celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of influential American composer Morton Feldman, with a rare performance of his poignant final work, Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello.

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

Hiromi’s Sonicwonder

  • Saturday | May 9 | 8:00 PM
  • Cullen Theater, Wortham Theater Center

The jazz piano phenomenon Hiromi’s expressive, dynamic and versatile band Hiromi’s Sonicwonder features Hadrien Feraud on bass, Gene Coye on drums and the trumpeter Adam O’Farrill. It incorporates the spirit of classic jazz-rock fusion melded with classically rooted virtuosity, entrancing funk and pop flourishes.

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