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"The conductor must make it possible to eliminate himself in the music. If the orchestra feels him doing that, then everything will go well." ~Giuseppe Sinopoli

Author Archives: Sherry Cheng

About Sherry Cheng

Sherry Cheng is a Houston-based arts writer, freelance pianist, and music educator. She is a contributing editor at Arts and Culture Texas Magazine.

Bille Bruley and Sylvia D’Eramo as siblighs Sam and Susannah Polk in Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Susannah’ at Houston Grand Opera. (credit: Michael Bishop)

A pretty night: A powerful ‘Susannah’ opens the season at Houston Grand Opera

Sherry Cheng · October 28, 2026
Chitravina Ravikiran playing the chitravina, a 21-string fretless slide lute, at the center of the Apollo Chamber Players’ ‘Tranquility’ program at Zilkha Hall, Oct. 3, 2026. (credit: Lynn Lane)

Apollo Chamber Players finds ‘Tranquility’ in boldly conceived melding of two world premiere commissions

Sherry Cheng · October 6, 2026
Karim Al-Zand (alzand.com)

Houston’s Kinetic Ensemble brings the immigrant experience to the fore with Al-Zand’s ‘The Strangers’ Case’

Sherry Cheng · March 31, 2026
Bass-baritone Sam Dhobhany and tenor Demetrious Sampson, Jr.—both members of HGO’s prestigious Butler Studio program for emerging artists—as George and Lennie in Carlisle Floyd's "Of Mice and Men." (credit: Lynn Lane)

A tremendous triumph for HGO’s Butler Studio in Carlisle Floyd’s ‘Of Mice and Men’

Sherry Cheng · March 16, 2026
Ryan McKinny, Iurii Samoilov, and Thomas Glass in the Houston Grand Opera's production of "Silent Night." (credit: Cory Weaver)

A shining ‘Silent Night’ at Houston Grand Opera

Sherry Cheng · February 5, 2026
Ryan McKinny and Lauren Snouffer in Houston Grand Opera’s production of ‘Breaking the Waves.’ (credit: Lynn Lane, courtesy of Houston Grand Opera)

Houston Grand Opera delivers a transfigurative tour-de-force with regional premiere of Missy Mazzoli’s ‘Breaking the Waves’

Sherry Cheng · April 22, 2025
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