2009-2010 Season

The Inaugural Concert of the Season

Sunday December 6, 2009
at half-past seven in the evening
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Zilkha Hall, 800 Bagby at Walker
Houston, Texas

Tenth Annual Virtuosi Concerto Competition

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 9:00am-4:00pm
The Virtuosi Studio, Memorial City Mall

CONCERT II – CONCERTO CONCERT

Monday, April 5, 2010
Hobby Center (Zilkha Hall), 7:30pm
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CONCERT III – Gala

Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:30 pm
Hotel Intercontinental, Legends of the Future VIII: Under the Colors of Mexico
Concert and Dinner Activities begin 6:00pm

The concert will feature classical and popular music by mostly Mexican composers including the premiere of Mariachi Medley – a new work for mariachi and orchestra by Robert Nelson for Mariachi Autlan and Virtuosi of Houston. Andrzej Grabiec and Franz Anton Krager, founding artistic directors, will conduct. Proceeds from the event will assist us in our mission of providing young talented musicians with valuable training and performance experience in their pursuit of a professional career in music.
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"Virtuosi of Houston proved to be one of those turning points in life for our daughter, Sara. Prior to auditioning for and being accepted in Virtuosi, we had been looking for some way in which to expand and enhance Sara's musical education. Virtuosi provided us with the way to move forward. From the very first rehearsal, it was evident that the training would be intense and, given the obvious dedication of the maestros, the quality of instruction would be high. Additionally, it was apparent that the deliberately small size of this chamber orchestra would also ensure much more individualized attention than was possible in large city youth orchestras. Virtuosi exceeded our expectations from the beginning. We believe that Sara's success in music can be traced back to the education, support and encouragement she received at Virtuosi. In fact, Sara recently admitted to us that before Virtuosi, she was ready to give up on music. But now, because of Virtuosi, Sara has found a passion that she has chosen to make into a career."
Nelson and Catherine Ordóñez
parents of Sara who recently completed her first year in the pre-college division at Juilliard and earned the position of first chair viola for the first concert