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VIOLINIST ZNAIDER MAKES CONDUCTING DEBUT WITH PSO
World-renowned pianist Emanuel Ax joins as soloist performing Mozart’s Concerto No. 22 PITTSBURGH – Two weeks after performing as guest soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO), Nikolaj Znaider returns to Heinz Hall, this time to conduct the orchestra in two BNY Mellon Grand Classics concerts. Joining Znaider and the PSO on stage will be [...]
Feb 21
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S MAHLER 4 RECORDING WINS PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARD
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is proud to announce that its Exton recording of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, conducted by Music Director Manfred Honeck and featuring soprano Sunhae Im, won a prestigious International Classical Music Award (ICMA) for symphonic music. The Jury of the International Classical Music Awards announced the winners for [...]
Feb 21
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES SECOND CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR MUSIC DIRECTOR HONECK
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) today announced that Music Director Manfred Honeck has agreed to extend his current contract through the 2019-2020 season. This is the second time Honeck has extended his PSO contract, which began in September 2008. Honeck conducts 10 weeks in subsequent seasons, with additional weeks for touring. Honeck has [...]
Feb 13
PSO CANCELS ZUKERMAN, CHENG RECITAL
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) regrets to announce that it has decided to cancel the recital by Pinchas Zukerman and Angela Cheng due to slow ticket sales. The recital was scheduled for March 3 at Heinz Hall. Ticket holders will be refunded in full for their tickets. They can call the Heinz Hall box office [...]
Feb 10
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LAUNCHES UNIQUE NATIONAL INTERNET CONTEST FOR GUEST SOLOIST
PSO Concerto Competition allows people worldwide to vote for soloist to perform with PSO at Heinz Hall in 2012 PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and Music Director Manfred Honeck today announced a unique competition that will allow an instrumental soloist, unrepresented by management, to perform with the PSO and for people all over [...]
Feb 9
PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ANNOUNCES 2012-2013 BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS SEASON
Season features Music for the Spirit, Composer of the Year Mason Bates, 4 conductors making PSO debuts, PSO premieres, celebration of Verdi & Wagner bicentennials, performances of Mahler’s 2nd & 7th symphonies PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) today announced programming for the 2012-2013 BNY Mellon Grand Classics season, the Orchestra’s fifth under the [...]
Feb 9
ONE NIGHT ONLY! BEN FOLDS RETURNS TO HEINZ HALL FOR SPECIAL CONCERT WITH PSO
Tickets for May 25 concert go on sale to general public Monday, Feb. 27 PITTSBURGH – Singer-songwriter Ben Folds will return to Heinz Hall for a special concert with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at 8 p.m., Friday, May 25. The PSO will be led by Assistant Conductor Thomas Hong. Tickets, ranging from $35 to $95, [...]
Feb 2
HONECK, PSO PRESENT BEETHOVEN, MOZART, RESPIGHI’S ‘FOUNTAINS OF ROME,’ ‘PINES OF ROME’
Internationally-acclaimed pianist Lars Vogt performs Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 16 PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and Music Director Manfred Honeck present BNY Mellon Grand Classics concerts at Heinz Hall that will warm the heart and ears with the youthful symphonic energy of Beethoven’s joyous Symphony No. 1. Acclaimed pianist Lars Vogt returns for [...]
Feb 2
MUSIC DIRECTOR HONECK, GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING BARITONE HAMPSON RETURN TO HEINZ HALL FOR BRAHMS’ ‘REQUIEM’
Soprano Chen Reiss soloist, BNY Mellon Grand Classics’ program also features Dvořák’s ‘Biblical Songs’ PITTSBURGH – Music Director Manfred Honeck joins forces with baritone star Thomas Hampson as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents Brahms’ A German Requiem, and Dvořák’s Biblical Songs, a song cycle based on various psalms, at Heinz Hall. Hampson, who last [...]
Jan 27
GRAMMY-NOMINATED SAXOPHONIST DAVE KOZ JOINS MARVIN HAMLISCH, PSO FOR PNC POPS CONCERTS CELEBRATING MEMORABLE MOVIE MUSIC
PITTSBURGH – Celebrate the music that made movies great! Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz will join Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlisch as he leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in PNC Pops concerts celebrating memorable songs from the movies. The concerts, “Marvin, Dave & the Movies,” begin at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 26; 8 p.m., Friday, Jan. [...]
Jan 24
