PSO Pops Season Delivers Eclectic Mix

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FROM DISNEY TO TEXAS HEARTTHROBS, THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S 2014-2015 PNC POPS SEASON DELIVERS ECLECTIC MIX OF MUSICAL FAVORITES

Highlights:
•         Hugely popular Chris Botti returns to Heinz Hall performing romantic ballads and standards in his signature jazz style.
•         The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will be “Singin’ in the Rain,” performing the soundtrack to the classic movie musical.
•         “America’s Got Talent” sensation The Texas Tenors make their Heinz Hall debut.

PITTSBURGH—Familiar friends and new sensations take their turns on the Heinz Hall stage during the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s 2014-2015 PNC Pops season, one that promises an eclectic mix of favorites and surprises.

The season opens with a concert that gives the ageless fight between good and evil a musical twist with “Heroes and Villains” (Oct. 17-19, 2014). Conductor Lucas Richman leads a program full of epic plots, dangerous villains, thrilling battles and dastardly deeds. Join us for a concert where the notes will fly faster than speeding bullets!

Put on your Spock ears and “Live long and prosper,” when Jack Everly returns to the PNC Pops series to conduct “Sci-Fi Spectacular” (Nov. 14-16, 2014), an “out-of-this-world” concert featuring vintage TV themes, cult movie scores and music from epic space films.

The Pittsburgh holiday tradition Highmark Holiday Pops (Dec. 12-14, 2014; additional performances on Dec. 20 & 21) with conductor Todd Ellison returns! This annual concert has become a series favorite and a Pittsburgh tradition. Ellison, a prominent Broadway conductor who joined the Highmark Holiday Pops last year, is back at Heinz Hall, bringing with him the warmth and charm that made him an instant audience favorite! Classic carols and holiday favorites performed by an all-star cast of guest artists and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will have even Santa dancing in his seat!

Trumpeter and fan-favorite Chris Botti (Feb. 6-8, 2015) has firmly established himself as a major artist on the world’s stage. Add to that his Grammy nominations and three #1 albums and Botti's status as a jazz superstar is firmly cemented. With the world-class Pittsburgh Symphony backing Botti, this concert is not to be missed!

Grab an umbrella and get ready to sing along when the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents “Singin’ in the Rain” (March 13-15, 2015), the classic movie musical beloved for generations. Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds will once again dance into your hearts to the swelling orchestral accompaniment of the Pittsburgh Symphony.

The Texas Tenors (April 24-26, 2015), a trio of dashing cowboys ride into town to headline PNC Pops in April. Since their success on “America’s Got Talent,” the Texas Tenors have performed more than 500 concerts around the globe, and their debut album, “Country Roots — Classical Sound,” is the only independent album to hit number one on both the country and classical charts.

The 2014-2015 PNC Pops season concludes with a program that will thrill kids of all ages, “Disney in Concert: A Tale as Old as Time” (June 19-21, 2015), featuring a quartet of Disney in Concert singers performing songs from favorite Disney movies like Frozen,Tangled, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and many more!

Seven-concert season ticket packages range from $122.50 to $659.75, and can be purchased by calling 412-392-4900, or visiting pittsburghsymphony.org. Tickets for individual concerts will go on sale around Labor Day.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra would like to recognize and thank PNC for its 2014-2015 title sponsorship of the PNC Pops, marking PNC’s 14th consecutive year as title sponsor of this series.The Pittsburgh Symphony also would like to recognize and thank Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield for its 2014 title sponsorship of Highmark Holiday Pops. Fairmont Pittsburgh is the official hotel of the Pittsburgh Symphony.
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2014-2015 PNC Pops Season at a Glance
Programs, artists and dates are subject to change

October 17-19, 2014
Heroes and Villains
Lucas Richman, conductor
All-Star College Choir (Christine Hestwood, director)
Fly to Heinz Hall as the battle between good and evil begins! Armed with epic music from stage and screen, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will once again save the day with notes that fly faster than speeding bullets.

November 14-16, 2014
Sci-Fi Spectacular
Jack Everly, conductor
Kristen Plumley, vocalist
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (Betsy Burleigh, director)
Join the Pittsburgh Symphony for a program that's out of this world! From vintage sci-fi television themes to the movie music of epic space films, this concert is an out-of-this-world musical adventure.

December 12-14 (and Dec. 20 & 21), 2014
Highmark Holiday Pops
Todd Ellison, conductor
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (Betsy Burleigh, director)
The Pittsburgh tradition returns! Enjoy favorite carols and much-loved holiday music from an all-star cast of guest artists (including Santa Claus) and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in this festive concert.

Conductor Lawrence Loh

February 6-8, 2015
Chris Botti
Lawrence Loh, conductor
Best-selling jazz instrumentalist Chris Botti returns bringing his inimitable velvet tone and sublime phrasing. Hear why he and his trumpet hold multiple Grammys, Gold and Platinum records, and the hearts of millions of music lovers.

March 13-15, 2015
Singin’ in the Rain
Lawrence Loh, conductor
Topping the American Film Institute’s list of the 25 Greatest Movie Musicals of all time, this film masterpiece features live orchestral accompaniment by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and award-winning on-screen performances by Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor and Debbie Reynolds.

April 24-26, 2015
The Texas Tenors — Marcus Collins, J.C. Fisher, John Hagen
Lawrence Loh, conductor
“America’s Got Talent” stars, these three classically trained singers present a one-of-a-kind mix of Broadway, classical, country and gospel music.

June 19-21, 2015
Disney in Concert: Tale as Old as Time
Lawrence Loh, conductor
A feast for the ears and eyes, a quartet of Disney in Concert singers perform to film clips of favorite Disney movies.

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2013-2014 PNC Pops Season Announced

STREISAND SONGBOOK, ‘SMASH’ STAR MEGAN HILTY SINGING SINATRA, BUGS BUNNY & FRIENDS, JOHN WILLIAMS’ MUSIC, BROADWAY TUNES
HIGHLIGHT PSO’S 2013-2014 PNC POPS SEASON

PITTSBURGH – Songs made famous by Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra, the music of Oscar-winning composer John Williams, Broadway tunes, Bugs Bunny and friends, along with singing sensations Ann Hampton Callaway, Smash star Megan Hilty, and Brian Stokes Mitchell highlight the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) 2013-2014 PNC Pops season at Heinz Hall.

Seven-concert subscriptions range from $122.50 to $659.75, and can be purchased by calling 412.392.4900, or visiting www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Tickets for individual concerts will go on sale around Labor Day.

The season opens with Tony Award-winning actor and singer Brian Stokes Mitchell joining the PSO on stage for Broadway and Beyond (Oct. 17-20), featuring songs from classic Broadway musicals, including Porgy and Bess, South Pacific and Funny Girl. Dubbed “the Broadway baritone extraordinaire,” he has enjoyed a rich and critically acclaimed career on Broadway, film and television, as well as in some of America’s finest concert halls. Ted Sperling, music director and conductor of the first Broadway revival of South Pacific, which won seven 2008 Tony Awards, will conduct. In 2005, Sperling won the Tony and Drama Desk awards (with Adam Guettel and Bruce Coughlin) for his orchestrations of The Light in the Piazza. Stephen Holden of The New York Times called a March 2011 concert conducted by Sperling, “the ultimate embodiment of the romantic myth that sustained the Broadway musical during its golden years.”

Next, award-winning singer-songwriter and Tony Award-nominee Ann Hampton Callaway performs unforgettable songs made famous by one of the most powerful and enduring musical artists, Barbra Streisand. The Streisand Songbook (Nov. 14-17) features timeless classics from Streisand’s extraordinary five-decades-long career. Callaway crafts a loving musical portrait of the legendary performer, while putting a unique pop/jazz spin on unforgettable songs from Streisand’s Broadway years to her film and pop album works. PSO Assistant Conductor Fawzi Haimor will conduct.

The hugely popular Highmark Holiday Pops (Dec. 12-15 & 20-21), returns for two weekends. Todd Ellison, hailed by The New York Times as one of “Broadway’s electric conductors,” leads the PSO in the concerts that feature the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and a host of guest artists. Currently music director and conductor of the new Broadway production of Annie, Ellison’s credits include Monty Python’s Spamalot, La Cage aux Folles, and Michel Legrand’s Amour. He also was the late Marvin Hamlisch’s music director and worked with Hamlisch on productions of Ballroom and The Nutty Professor.

The PNC Pops begins 2014 in grand fashion when the PSO’s Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh leads a weekend of concerts featuring the music of John Williams (Jan. 23-26), quite possibly the most famous composer of movie music. The winner of five Academy Awards, Williams has written music for Lincoln, Jaws, Schindler’s List, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Superman, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Saving Private Ryan, The Accidental Tourist, War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin, Born on the Fourth of July, the first three Harry Potter movies and the unforgettable themes for Star Wars and all four Indiana Jones films.

The PSO brings some razzle-dazzle to Heinz Hall when celebrated Broadway stars and conductor Jack Everly join the orchestra for All That Jazz: A Symphonic Celebration of Kander and Ebb (March 6-9). One of Broadway’s most successful songwriting teams, composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb wrote such hits as Chicago, Cabaret, New York, New York, and The Scottsboro Boys. The concerts feature favorites, including “All That Jazz,” “Razzle Dazzle,” “Mr. Cellophane,” “Cabaret,” “Me and My Baby,” “Maybe This Time” and “Don’t Tell Mama!”

Audiences can experience a fantastic fusion of classical music and classic animation with Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (April 10-13). Created and conducted by Emmy Award-winner George Daugherty, the concert features favorite Warner Bros. Looney Tunes characters on screen in their most memorable moments, all with live accompaniment by the PSO. Bugs Bunny will be joined by his well-known cohorts Elmer Fudd, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, Pepe Le Pew, Daffy Duck, Tweety and more. In a review of Daugherty’s “Bugs Bunny on Broadway” concert, The Chicago Tribune raved, “The roaring kettledrums, the sweetly confiding strings, the braying brasses, and luxuriant woodwinds were every bit as vibrant as the colors and choreography of the animation on screen.”

The PNC Pops season concludes with Megan Hilty, star of NBC’s hit television show, Smash, acclaimed conductor Steven Reineke and the PSO paying tribute to songs Ol’ Blue Eyes made famous. In a weekend of concerts titled, Luck Be a Lady (June 19-22), Hilty will perform Sinatra staples such as The Lady Is a Tramp, Moon River, and I’ve Got You Under My Skin, as well as other classics, including Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend, Someone to Watch Over Me and Almost Like Being in Love. The concert will be led by Steven Reineke, newly appointed Principal Pops Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, and Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The PSO will continue the popular tradition of hosting Pops Talks, an insider’s look at the concerts, following each Thursday performance.

The PSO would like to recognize and thank PNC for its 2013-2014 title sponsorship of the PNC Pops, marking PNC’s 13th consecutive year as title sponsor of this series. The PSO would also like to recognize and thank Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield for its 2013 title sponsorship of Highmark Holiday Pops. Fairmont Pittsburgh is the official hotel of the PSO.

Thursday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20, at 2:30 p.m.
Broadway and Beyond with Brian Stokes Mitchell
Ted Sperling, conductor
Brian Stokes Mitchell, vocalist

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Thursday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 15, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 16, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2:30 p.m.
Ann Hampton Callaway presents The Streisand Songbook
Fawzi Haimor, conductor
Ann Hampton Callaway, vocalist

Vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway

Thursday, Dec. 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 13, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14, at 2:30 & 8 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15, at 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 20, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 21, at 2:30 & 8 p.m.
Highmark Holiday Pops
Todd Ellison, conductor
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

John Williams

Thursday, Jan. 23, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 24, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2:30 p.m.
The Music of John Williams
Lawrence Loh, conductor





Thursday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 7, at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 8, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 9, at 2:30 p.m.
All That Jazz: A Symphonic Celebration of Kander & Ebb
Jack Everly, conductor

Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, April 11, at 8 p.m.

Saturday, April 12, at 2:30 & 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 13, at 2:30 p.m.

Bugs Bunny at the Symphony

George Daugherty, conductor

Megan Hilty

Thursday, June 19, at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, June 20, at 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 21, at 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 22, at 2:30 p.m.

Luck Be a Lady: Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra and More

Steven Reineke, conductor

Megan Hilty, vocalist

All artists, programs and dates are subject to change.

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Highmark Holiday Pops Concerts Return

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Dec. 7, 2012

PSO CONTINUES SEASON’S GRAND TRADITION – POPULAR HIGHMARK HOLIDAY POPS CONCERTS RETURN TO HEINZ HALL

Guest conductor Daniel Meyer leads concerts that feature Pittsburgh’s own Ricky Manning, Marvin Hamlisch’s ‘Search for a Star’ winner vocalist Rachel DeShon, Mendelssohn Choir, violinist Jenny Oaks Baker, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, Santa, music by John Williams

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) continues its grand seasonal tradition when the hugely popular Highmark Holiday Pops concerts return to Heinz Hall this month.

This year’s concerts begin at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 20; 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 21; 2:30 & 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 22; and 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 23. Tickets, ranging from $20 - $98, can be purchased by calling the Heinz Hall box office at 412.392.4900, or visiting the PSO online at www.pittsburghsymphony.org.

The concerts will feature holiday favorites, including music by John Williams, Here Comes Santa Claus, A Holly Jolly Christmas, O Holy Night, Silent Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, as well as music from The Nutcracker, and a Christmas sing-along.

Daniel Meyer, music director of the Asheville Symphony and Erie Philharmonic and former PSO resident conductor, has worked closely with Manfred Honeck, Mariss Jansons, Sir Andrew Davis, and Charles Dutoit, led the Pittsburgh Symphony on tour, and conducted performances with Pinchas Zukerman, Sarah Chang, and the late Marvin Hamlisch, among other notable soloists.

The concerts also feature the return of Pittsburgh’s “Singing Sheriff,” Ricky Manning, as well as vocalist Rachel DeShon, winner of Hamlisch’s Search for a Star competition, violinist Jenny Oaks Baker, dancers from the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

Visitors also will be able to see the 25-foot tall Christmas tree, and menorah, featured in the Grand Lobby.

The PSO would like to recognize and thank Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield for its 2012 title sponsorship of Highmark Holiday Pops. Fairmont Pittsburgh is the official hotel of the PSO.

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Contact: James Barthen, Vice President of Public Affairs
Phone: 412.392.4835 | email: jbarthen@pittsburghsymphony.org

Contact: Ramesh Santanam, Director of Media Relations
Phone: 412.392.4827 | email: rsantanam@pittsburghsymphony.org

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Marvin Hamlisch Tribute Concert

For Immediate Release
Dec. 2, 2012

IDINA MENZEL, MARIA FRIEDMAN, LUCIE ARNAZ, ROBERT KLEIN
AMONG STARS JOINING SPECIAL PSO TRIBUTE TO MARVIN HAMLISCH

Special concert is Tuesday, Jan. 29 at Heinz Hall; tickets go on sale Dec. 3 to PSO subscribers, Dec. 17 to general public

PITTSBURGH – Tony Award-winning performer and Broadway star Idina Menzel will lead a cast of stars who will join the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) at Heinz Hall in January for a special concert paying tribute to the PSO’s world-renowned and beloved Principal Pops Conductor, the late Marvin Hamlisch.

The special concert, One Singular Sensation, will be at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 29. Tickets, ranging from $35 to $150, go on sale at 9 a.m., Monday, Dec. 3 to PSO subscribers. The general public can buy tickets starting at 9 a.m., Monday, Dec. 17. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Heinz Hall box office at 412.392.4900, or visiting www.pittsburghsymphony.org. Net proceeds from the concert will benefit the Marvin Hamlisch Pops Artistic Excellence Fund.

The tribute concert will feature Hamlisch’s works, including such hits as What I Did For Love, The Way We Were, They’re Playing Our Song, At the Ballet and many more. Joining Menzel and the PSO on stage will be Maria Friedman, Lucie Arnaz, Robert Klein and Kevin Cole, among others. The PSO will be led by acclaimed conductor J. Ernest Green.

Called “the Streisand of her generation” by The Denver Post, Menzel shot to superstardom in her Tony Award-winning performance in the blockbuster, Wicked, and her Tony-nominated role in Rent. She appeared on Broadway in Hair and Aida, as well as in the hit TV series, Glee. Menzel toured nationally last year, playing to sold-out houses to promote her most recent album, I Stand.

A three-time Olivier Award-winner and one of Britain’s leading musical stars, Friedman has played Dot in Sunday in the Park with George at the National Theatre, Fosca in Passion at the Queen’s, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at the Royal Festival Hall, and Mary in Merrily We Roll Along at the Leicester Haymarket.  She also was invited by Hamlisch to appear as guest singer at the reopening of the famous Venetian rooms in the Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.

Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein were the original stars of Hamlisch’s Broadway show, They’re Playing Our Song. Regarded as the foremost interpreter of George Gershwin, Kevin Cole performed in June with the PSO and Hamlisch at Heinz Hall in the PNC Pops concerts, “Here to Stay – The Gershwin Experience.”

The PSO would like to thank PNC for its generous support of this special concert.

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Contact: James Barthen, Vice President of Public Affairs
Phone: 412.392.4835 | email: jbarthen@pittsburghsymphony.org

Contact: Ramesh Santanam, Director of Media Relations
Phone: 412.392.4827 | email: rsantanam@pittsburghsymphony.org

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Honeck to Lead PSO On Summer Tour

For Immediate Release
March 15, 2012

HONECK TO LEAD PSO IN CONCERTS IN CANADA, PHILADELPHIA

Cellist Johannes Moser joins PSO for concerts at Lanaudière Festival in Québec, Mann Center

PSO brings popular video game ‘Legend of Zelda’ to life at Mann Center



PITTSBURGH – Music Director Manfred Honeck will lead the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) in July on a summer tour of Québec, Canada, and Philadelphia.

The orchestra will perform at the Lanaudière Festival in Québec on July 21 & 22, and at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia on July 24 & 25. Honeck will conduct both concerts at the Lanaudière Amphitheatre, and the first concert at the Mann Center.

German-Canadian cellist Johannes Moser, often praised for his rich, gorgeous tone and playing that can range from lovely and elegant, to vigorous with head-banging, rock star energy, will be the guest soloist on July 21 in Québec, and July 24 in Philadelphia.

The second concert at the Mann Center will be a Pops concert, as the PSO performs the sensational, thematic and action-packed music of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, based on one of the most popular video games in the world.

The tour opens at 8 p.m., Saturday, July 21, at the Lanaudière Amphitheatre, where the PSO will perform the overture to Mikhail Glinka’s Russlan and Ludmilla, Dvořák’s Concerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. The next day, at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 22, the PSO’s concert will feature a suite from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, as well as several works by the Strauss Family.

In Philadelphia, Honeck will lead the PSO at 8 p.m., on Tuesday, July 24 in a concert featuring the works of Glinka, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky, performed three days earlier in Québec. The following evening, at 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 25, the PSO takes a different direction under Irish conductor/composer Eímear Noone in The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses. Large game screens and video accompany the musicians during the performance. The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses is the first-ever video game themed concert to feature a four-movement symphony, showcasing the work of Nintendo composer and sound director Koji Kondo.

Tickets for the Mann Center concerts range from $12.50 to $49.50 for the July 24 performance, and $19.50 to $95 for the July 25 performance. They can be purchased by calling the Mann Center box office at 215.893.1999, or by visiting the Mann Center at www.themanncenter.org.

The PSO last performed at the Lanaudière Festival in July 2010, and at the Mann Center in July 2011. International touring is made possible by the Hillman Endowment for International Performances.

A native of Austria, Manfred Honeck was appointed its ninth music director and began his tenure at the start of the 2008/2009 season. He recently extended his contract through the 2019-2020 season. After performances at Carnegie Hall and a much-celebrated tour of European musical capitals in 2010, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra returned to Europe again in August and September 2011 for appearances at major music festivals, such as the Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Grafenegg Festival, Musikfest Berlin, Beethovenfest Bonn, Lucerne Festival, BBC Proms, and concerts in Paris and Vilnius, Lithuania. In October-November 2012, he will lead the PSO in another tour of Europe, including a four-concert residency at the prestigious Musikverein in Vienna. Honeck's successful work in Pittsburgh is captured on CD by the audiophile Japanese label Exton. So far, Mahler's Symphonies Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5, Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, and Richard Strauss's Ein Heldenleben have been released to critical acclaim.

Hailed by Gramophone magazine as “one of the finest among the astonishing gallery of young virtuoso cellists,” Johannes Moser has performed with the world’s leading orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, London Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bayerische Rundfunk Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony and Israel Philharmonic. He works regularly with conductors of the highest level, including Riccardo Muti, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Valery Gergiev, Zubin Mehta, Vladimir Jurowski, Franz Welser-Möst, Manfred Honeck, Christian Thielemann, Pierre Boulez and Paavo Jarvi. Moser has gained a reputation for his exquisite performances of lesser-known repertoire, much of it recorded on his extensive award-winning discography on Hänssler Classics. His affinity for new music has brought him much attention from leading conductors, such as Pierre Boulez, who invited him to make his U.S. debut with the Chicago Symphony on the Rands Concerto. Moser is an enthusiastic advocate for the electric cello, which he uses to explore new possibilities in sound as well as for improvisation.



Tour details:

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
LANAUDIÈRE AMPHITHEATRE, QUÉBEC, CANADA

8 p.m., Saturday, July 21
MANFRED HONECK, conductor
JOHANNES MOSER, cello

2 p.m., Sunday, July 22
MANFRED HONECK, conductor


MANN CENTER, PHILADELPHIA

8 p.m., Tuesday, July 24
MANFRED HONECK, conductor
JOHANNES MOSER, cello

8:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 25
EÍMEAR NOONE, conductor

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