Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Yuja Wang in Pittsburgh

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra founded in 1895. It performs classical symphonic repertoire, and its recording history is closely associated with conductors William Steinberg, André Previn, Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons and Manfred Honeck, including works by Beethoven, Mahler and Richard Strauss. Heinz Hall has been its home since 1971, hosting subscription concerts and special programs. Maazel and Jansons led the orchestra on international tours, followed by further European tours under Honeck. Away from Pittsburgh, the orchestra has performed at the Salzburg Festival and at London’s BBC Proms.

Yuja Wang is a Chinese classical pianist born in Beijing in 1987. Her repertoire includes music by Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Liszt, and her recordings include Sonatas & Etudes, Fantasia and The Berlin Recital. In 2007, she substituted for Martha Argerich in concerts with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit. She made her Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2011; in 2023, she returned for a Rachmaninoff marathon featuring all four piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Beyond her native city, she has appeared at Vienna’s Musikverein and given concerts at the Philharmonie in Berlin.