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Yo-Yo Ma returns to Pittsburgh for searing performance of Dvořák’s Cello Concerto. The enjoyable program also includes a tribute to Fred Rogers. 

The Pittsburgh Symphony flanks Khachaturian’s flamboyant Violin Concerto with a Brahms symphony and a recent piece from Sean Shepherd. 

Daniele Rustioni leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music inspired by Ancient Greece, flanking Kirill Gerstein’s take on Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto that restores the composer’s original intentions.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his local debut in Shostakovich's First Cello Concerto, followed by a fantasia on Arabella conceived by Music Director Manfred Honeck. 

Lang Lang gives a dramatic, technically brilliant rendition of Grieg’s beloved piano concerto.

The debutante conductor made her mark in Prokofiev, with Jan Lisiecki joining in for Mozart.

From Carlos Simon’s rhythmic energy to Dvořák’s lush melodies, Honeck and the PSO deliver a night of brilliance, with violinist María Dueñas shining in Saint-Saëns. 

Osmo Vänskä’s Pittsburgh program includes key works of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky, prefaced with a recent piece from Samy Moussa. 

Dima Slobodeniouk’s Pittsburgh program is centered around ocean-inspired music of Debussy, Sibelius, and Icelandic composer María Sigfúsdóttir.

Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony perform five diverse works, culminating in an affecting reading of Fauré’s pensive Requiem.

Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s Pittsburgh program makes a strong impression in coloristic works from the early 20th century, while pianist Tom Borrow has a memorable debut.

Honeck’s Pittsburgh program includes a premiere from Michael Daughtery portraying a cross-country road trip, followed by the inward journey towards enlightenment of Mahler’s Fifth. 

Franz Liszt and Manfred Honeck take us to the gates of Hell and back, while pianist Leif Ove Andsnes delivers  poetry and polish in Rach 3.

Jacob Joyce leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in two Finnish works, both which paint the natural beauty of their composers’ homeland. James Ehnes takes matters a different direction in a work by Bernstein.

Fabien Gabel and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra bring Stravinsky's puppets to vivid life, while violinist Karen Gomyo delivers passion and pathos in Chausson's Poème.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, under Music Director Manfred Honeck, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and soloists gave a brilliant performance of Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony. 

Korngold's Violin Concerto from Simone Lamsma is delivered with extraordinary deftness and depth, while Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances thrill under Yan Pascal Tortelier and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Manfred Honeck concluded the PSO’s season – his tenth as music director – with Emanuel Ax in Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto and a spectacular traversal of Berlioz’s Te Deum.

The Pittsburgh Symphony under Jiři Bělohlávek gave a rare performance of Smetana's complete cycle of tone poems.