♦ PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
♦ Guster
Heinz Hall
September 19, 7:30PM
Boston alt-rock band Guster joins the PSO with their winsome melodies, soaring hooks, and immaculate song-craft with a career-spanning set.
♦ NOW is the Time Gala
Heinz Hall
September 23, 8:00PM
NOW is the time to experience an unforgettable evening as Manfred Honeck leads your Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra along with celebrated singer Renée Fleming at the 2023 Annual Gala. It’s an evening that is sure to please as we showcase the voices of NOW.
♦ The Sounds of NOW: Opening Weekend
Heinz Hall
September 29, 8:00PM
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 us into this new season with her shimmering piece, Kauyumari, embodying how music can “heal our wounds, binding us to what can only be expressed through sound.”
♦ Nick Offerman: Live!
Heinz Hall
September 30, 7:00PM
Join Nick Offerman for a night of deliberative talking, mirth, and music. An evening that compels listeners to chuckle while also causing them to honestly countenance the aspects of humanity about which we have to laugh so that we don’t attack one another with shovels. If the evening is light on dance, the audience has only themselves to blame.
♦ CITY THEATRE
♦ Somewhere Over the Border
1300 Bingham Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
September 23 – October 15, 2023
A co-production with Pittsburgh CLO and People’s Light (Malvern, PA)
Inspired by the true story of the playwright’s mother’s journey from El Salvador to the US, Somewhere Over the Border brings audiences down a different yellow brick road in a new musical. Infused with Cumbia, Mexican Mariachi Boleros, American Rock, and Hip Hop, it’s an uplifting tale about the power of determination, family, and love.