RIP Wolfgang Sawallisch
Emminent German conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch died Friday at 89. He was best known for his Strass and Wagner and as ...
View ArticlePittsburgh Chamber Music Society releases 2013-14 season
A solo piano recital by Peter Serkin, the debut of the Parker Quartet and returns by ...
View ArticleVan Cliburn dies
American piano legend Van Cliburn died today. Our homepage has the Associate Press obit, but here is some local info ...
View ArticlePSO to perform music of Pixar in June
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be perform the music from Pixar cartoon movies (is that the right description?) ...
View ArticlePSO lets kids meet Meet the Maestro Honeck
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has a new outreach program targeting K-12 school classrooms in select schools ...
View ArticlePNME kicking it up a notch
I don't know why more local classical music groups don't ...
View ArticleVienna Philharmonic admits its Nazi past
The Vienna Philharmonic today released the results of "research by an independent group of historians about the [Nazi] NS past ...
View ArticleChatham Baroque to tour to Ecuador
Chatham Baroque will add to its robust history of touring with ...
View ArticleYu-Ling Cheng to leave the PSO
She was the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's Director of Marketing. Here is the statement by the PSO:
View ArticleRenaissance & Baroque releases next season lineup
From its press release. More later from me: Renaissance & Baroque: Bringing Early Music to Pittsburgh2013-2014 Season PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (March 18, ...
View ArticleRIP Seymour Rosen, former managing director of the PSO
I just got word that former managing director of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Seymour Rosen, died this weekend. He was responsible ...
View ArticleObit of Seymour Rosen, former head of PSO and national arts institutions
The official link to our obit of ...
View ArticleBig Score, really big score, Lisa Biewala's 'Airfield Broadcasts'
I love Lisa Bielawa's music, but I am ...
View ArticleOne-handed violinist helps the disabled make music
Amazing story, CNN reporting in its Ideas Series.
View ArticleKenny G coming to Heinz Hall in June
Just announced CHRIS BOTTI’S PSO APPEARANCE POSTPONED Kenny G to Perform June 13 through June 16 PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) ...
View ArticlePSO concertmaster to play at Pittsburgh Pirates opening day
@pghsymphony The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's ...
View ArticleRise Stevens: a fond remembrance
By Robert Croan Post-Gazette Senior Editor The great Rise Stevens was a presence in my parents’ home ...
View ArticleRiccardo Schulz, person of interest
Pls read my short Q&A of this fascinating person here in Pittsburgh http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/person-of-interest-riccardo-schulz-recording-engineer-681546/
View ArticleOregon Symphony musicians perform free concerts where you can tweet, text
story from the Oregonian about an innovative concert at the Oregon Symphony...
View ArticleMet Opera' s Live in HD simulcasts for 2013-14
By Robert Croan, Post-Gazette Senior Editor If there needed to be proof that the world of opera has something for everyone,
View ArticlePittsburgh Symphony goes clubbing
I skipped the Pittsburgh Symphony's Heinz Hall concert Friday to go to another PSO concert at Static. What? Yes the ...
View ArticleBravo Babies at Children's Museum
Local child development innovator, Shirli Nikolsburg, has created a film extolling the benefits of combining music and sign ...
View ArticlePitt music professor Rosenblum wins Guggenheim fellowship
I have enjoyed listening to and writing about M athew Rosenblum 's ...
View ArticlePYSO gets Heinz Endowment grant
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerts at Heinz Hall are going to be free for at least the next three years thanks ...
View ArticleP-G Classical Music Critic takes his leave
Please indulge me by reading my final column for the P-G as an employee!
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