The Pittsburgh Concert Society promotes the finest Pittsburgh based classical musicians, all selected by adjudicators of national stature, providing each winner with a formal recital opportunity as well as a financial award.
2024-2025 season
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PCS 2024-2025 Season
All concerts and auditions are held at the Kresge Theater, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University.
All concerts are on Sundays at 2:00 PM.
Majors Concerts:
Sunday, September 22, 2024, 2:00 PM
Joshua Lee, violin
Sung-Im Kim, piano
Tartan Quartet, Forest Ma and Andrew Gray, violins, Kai Su, viola and Soobee Kim, cello
Sunday, October 6, 2024, 2:00 PM
Joseph Breslau, baritone
Juon Project: the Trio, Igor Kraevsky, piano, Yingchen Zhang, violin and Sean Juhl, viola
Sunday, November 3, 2024, 2:00 PM
Roy Xiong, piano
Duo, Evan Curatolo, flute and Arilyn Mitchell, harp
Young Artists Auditions, Jose Garcia-León, Dean of the Yale School of Music, adjudicator.
March 8, 2025. Applications accepted from February 1 to February 28, 2025
Majors Auditions, Thomas Novak, Director of Artistic Planning, Production and Administration, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, adjudicator.
April 4 and 5, 2025. Applications accepted from March 1 to March 25, 2025.
Young Artists Concerts:
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 2:00 PM
Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2:00 PM
Alumni Concert
Sunday, June 1, 2025, 2:00 PM
William Davidson, piano
Jeffrey Turner, double bass
auditions
Six Major Artist winners are presented in three concerts, generally in late fall. Young Artist Winners are presented in the spring. Major Auditions are open to candidates who are eighteen (18) years or older; Young Artist instrumentalists must be under the age of 19, vocalists under 22 by June 30 of the audition year. All candidates must meet the Pittsburgh Concert Society program and living area requirements. Each winner receives a financial award.
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The Pittsburgh Concert Society is a non-profit and equal opportunity organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permissible by law.