The Houston Symphony has announced that Israeli-American violin star Pinchas Zukerman is stepping in as soloist and conductor for the concert series this weekend. He performs and conducts two works by Mozart, and leads the orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, May 12, 14, and 15, 2022 in Jones Hall, with the May 15 performance livestreamed.

"Our conductor and soloist for the week, Houston Symphony Artistic Partner Itzhak Perlman, upon arriving in Houston, has tested positive for COVID, necessitating his withdrawal from this week’s concerts,” explained Houston Symphony Executive Director, CEO, and holder of the Margaret Alkek Williams Chair John Mangum. “We are grateful to conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman for stepping in on short notice. The balance of the week’s program – Mozart’s Adagio and Rondo, Coleridge-Taylor's Ballade, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 – will be performed as announced."

Pinchas Zukerman leads the Houston Symphony and performs as soloist in two works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed for the celebrated 18th-century violinist Antonio Brunetti: Adagio in E major, K. 261, and Rondo in C major, K. 373. Perlman also leads the orchestra in Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade in A minor, before capping the program with Tchaikovsky’s colorful, symphonic poem-like exploration of the theme of “Fate,” his Symphony No. 4.

For tickets and more information, please call 713.224.7575 or visit houstonsymphony.org. Livestream performances are available via a private link to ticket holders for $20. All programs and artists are subject to change.

The classical series is endowed by the Wortham Foundation, Inc., in memory of Gus S. and Lyndall F. Wortham. Livestreaming of Houston Symphony concerts is made possible by Barbara J. Burger and supported by The Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation.

PINCHAS ZUKERMAN: MOZART + TCHAIKOVSKY 4

Thursday, May 12 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 15 at 2:30 p.m.*

Pinchas Zukerman, conductor and violin

Mozart: Adagio in E major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 261

Mozart: Rondo in C major for Violin and Orchestra, K. 373

S. Coleridge-Taylor: Ballade in A minor, Opus 33

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36

*Livestreamed at 8 p.m. CT Saturday, May 7 and at 2:30 p.m. CT Sunday, May 15