Major Winners Concert

Sunday September 24 2023 • 2 pm • Kresge Theatre

Theresa Kesser, soprano
with Billie Jo Miller, piano
Works by Moore, Puccini, Strauss


4V + P = Q
Four Violins and Piano
Works by Kreisler, Papini, Hellmesberger, Gershwin, Dinicu

Major Winners Concert

Sunday October 22 2023 • 2 pm • Kresge Theatre

Benjamin Hopkins, piano
Works by Vine, Beethoven, Gershwin–Wild, Chopin


Cello and Harp Duo
Devin LaMarr
, cello
Alice Statham, harp
Works by Price, Saint-Saëns, Villa-Lobos, Keneko, Andrès

Major Winners Concert

Sunday November 12 2023 • 2 pm • Kresge Theatre

Douglas-Jayd Burn, piano
Works by Beethoven, Barber, Hindemith


Zoe Sorrell, flute
Works by Hoover, Marais, Debussy, Hailstork

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.

2023-2024 season

Season Ticket $60

Access to all concerts in the 2023-2024 season

Major Winners Concert

Sunday September 24 2023 • 2 pm • Kresge Theatre

Theresa Kesser, soprano
with Billie Jo Miller, piano

Works by Moore, Puccini, Strauss


4V + P = Q
Four Violins and Piano

Irene Cheng, violin
Yeokyung Kim, violin
Laura Motchalov, violin
Dylan Naroff, violin
Igor Kraevsky, piano

Works by Kreisler, Papini, Hellmesberger, Gershwin, Dinicu

Major Winners Concert

Sunday October 22 2023 • 2 pm • Kresge Theatre

Benjamin Hopkins, piano

Works by Vine, Beethoven, Gershwin–Wild, Chopin


Cello and Harp Duo

Devin LaMarr, cello
Alice Statham, harp

Works by Price, Saint-Saëns, Villa-Lobos, Keneko, Andrès

Major Winners Concert

Sunday November 12 2023 • 2 pm • Kresge Theatre

Douglas-Jayd Burn, piano

Works by Beethoven, Barber, Hindemith


Zoe Sorrell, flute

Works by Hoover, Marais, Debussy, Hailstork

news

PCS Young Artists at SLB Radio

As in past years, PCS is grateful to the staff of SLB Radio for inviting our Young Artists to have, each, his or her half hour radio program.

This year’s schedule is as follows:

  • June 6, 2023 The Ab-So-Flutely Amazing Quartet
  • July 15, 2023, Soham Dam, piano
  • August 19, 2023, Haley Hunt, soprano
  • September 1, 2023, Andrew Li, piano
  • September 16, 2023, Eleanor Edwards, violin
  • September 30, 2023, Nathan Choe, cello
  • October 14, 2023, Benjamin Lin, piano
  • October 28, 2023, Nicholas Todorov, tuba

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.

support our mission

The Pittsburgh Concert Society is a non-profit and equal opportunity organization. Contributions are tax deductible to the extent permissible by law.

most recent concert

Janet Sung, violin with Dimitri Papadimitriou, piano

Bruce Murray, piano

spring 2024

March 9, 2024 Young Artists auditions
April 7, 2024 first Young Artists winners concert
April 12 and 13, 2024 Majors auditions
April 21, 2024 second Young Artists winners concert
June 2, 2024 Alumni concert

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