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 Major Winners featured at the Chamber Music Series of Greater Johnstown
After a hiatus due mainly to the Covid pandemic, PCS is pleased to resume collaboration with the Johnstown Concert Series. As of the 2024-25 season, one PCS Major winner will be featured on that series which brings world-class musicians to Johnstown since 2005.
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