2024—2025

Our tenth season features world premieres from Karim Al-Zand, Mason Bynes, Miguel Zenón and Evan Ziporyn; and collaborations with Erberk Eryılmaz, Dilan Selek İlhan, Ismail Lumanovski and Alexandra Smither.

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Sounds of Anatolia

presented by Asia Society Texas


Saturday, September 28, 7:30pm
Asia Society Texas Center

Kinetic Ensemble teams up with award winning Turkish-American composer Erberk Eryılmaz for a vibrant evening exploring the diverse sound colors within Anatolian music. This event is part of Hoppa Project’s Fifth Turkish Music Festival.

In Residence: SHSU


Monday, September 30, 7:30pm
Sam Houston State University

Kinetic Ensemble teaches and performs as part of Sam Houston State University’s annual Festival of Strings.

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Traditions Reimagined


Friday, October 4, 7:30pm
MATCH

Kinetic Ensemble opens their 10th concert season by featuring composers who have digested and transformed musical material from their immediate geographic and cultural contexts.

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The Strangers’ Case


Friday, November 22, 7:30pm
SANMAN

The first of two chamber music performances in intimate venues around the city, The Strangers’ Case explores concepts of placemaking, and features a preview performance of a new work for voice and strings by the phenomenal Houston composer Karim Al-Zand, sung by soprano Alexandra Smither.

The Cutting Garden


March — Date and Venue TBA

The second of two chamber music performances in intimate venues around the city, The Cutting Garden blends quartet and quintet repertoire from across time that engages with the natural world.

Environmental Strings

presented by Moody Center for the Arts


Saturday, March 29, 7:30pm
Moody Center for the Arts

Kinetic presents an evening of world premiere performances, centering around the issues of climate and environment, in collaboration with student composers from the Shepherd School of Music and students in creative writing and visual arts at Rice University.

Deep Rooted

Ten Years of Music-Making in Houston


Friday, May 23, 7:30pm
MATCH

Kinetic Ensemble closes out its milestone 10th season with a program tracing and celebrating its Houston roots. The evening features a world premiere by composer Mason Bynes and the Houston premiere of a new work by genre-defying artist Evan Ziporyn.

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