2025—2026

Our newest concert season in Houston presents world premieres from Karim Al-Zand, Alex Berko, and Miguel Zenón; and features soloists Natalie Lin Douglas, Sebastian Stevanovic, Karim Sulayman, and Miguel Zenón.

Notes Unspoken


Friday, September 26, 7:30pm
MATCH

Artistic Director Natalie Lin Douglas and Kinetic Ensemble violist Sebastian Stefanovic take center stage in a performance of the rarely-heard double concerto by Benjamin Britten.

Miguel Zenón and Strings: Yo Soy La Tradición

presented in collaboration with Aperio, Music of the Americas


Saturday, January 10, 7:00pm
Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

For one night only, the GRAMMY® winning, Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow joins the ensemble for the world premiere of songs inspired by and written in honor of his native Puerto Rico, in a brand new version for saxophone and string orchestra.

The Strangers’ Case

presented in collaboration with Musiqa


Saturday, March 28, 7:30pm
MATCH

GRAMMY® winning tenor Karim Sulayman joins the ensemble for the world premiere Karim Al-Zand’s new song cycle that sets the poetry of immigrants to the United States from the turn of the 20th century, on a program that includes Igor Stravinsky’s Apollon Musagète.

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