October 2023 Concerts
♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ♦ The Sounds of NOW: Opening Weekend Heinz Hall October 1, 2:30PM Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari [ PITTSBURGH PREMIERE ] Schumann: Piano Concerto Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 Celebrate opening weekend with the sounds of NOW alongside Music Director Manfred Honeck and your Pittsburgh Symphony. Long-time friend of the PSO, Hélène Grimaud, returns to interpret Schumann’s one and only Piano Concerto, written in a season pain as this pianist had to declare one of his fingers terminally lame. Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 culminates the evening, illustrating how he emerged from adversity and triumphed with another masterpiece. Composer Gabriela Ortiz also ushers…