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PROGRAM Reflections on Van Dauler’s Legacy...................................................10 May 29 & 31 program.......................................................................11 May 29 & 31 program notes.............................................................12 Juanjo Mena biography....................................................................20 Nancy Goeres biography...................................................................22 Tribute to James A. Wilkinson...........................................................24 Tribute to Michael Bielski..................................................................25 June 12-14 program.........................................................................27 June 12-14 program notes...............................................................28 Manfred Honeck biography..............................................................34 Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida biography..............................................36 Yefim Bronfman biography...............................................................38 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra biography......................................40 EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL Individuals........................................................................................42 Foundations & Public Agencies.........................................................49 Corporations .....................................................................................50 Legacy of Excellence..........................................................................52 Commitment to Excellence Special Named Gifts.............................54 Brick Campaign Donors....................................................................55 INDIVIDUALS & HEINZ HALL INFORMATION Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Musicians........................................2 Board of Trustees ................................................................................3 Chairman’s Council & Jack Heinz Society...........................................5 New Leadership Board........................................................................5 Pittsburgh Symphony Association......................................................5 Administrative Staff.............................................................................7 Heinz Hall Information.....................................................................56

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A TRIBUTE

L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. JUNE 13, 1943 – APRIL 19, 2015

The Pittsburgh Symphony family mourns the loss of longtime trustee L. Van V. Dauler, Jr., who died Sunday, April 19. Van faced his two-year battle with pancreatic cancer with grace, courage and the singular humor for which he will always be remembered.

After earning degrees from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, Van worked in New York as a health care management consultant for Coopers & Lybrand and Peat Marwick Mitchell and as a vice president in the municipal finance department at Merrill Lynch. In 1988, he returned to his native Pittsburgh to join the business his grandfathers founded, Neville Chemical Co., where he was president from 1989 to 2005 and board chairman since 1987.

In addition to being deeply respected by his employees and colleagues, Van was a quiet philanthropist whose support touched many lives. Through his family foundation, Van and his beloved wife, Randi, directed grants to a wide range of cultural and healthrelated charities in the region. He served on the boards of the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children and UPMC Shadyside and became a Pittsburgh Symphony trustee in 2004. During his tenure with the symphony, he chaired the finance and partnership committees and served as a member of the executive committee since 2008.

Van was a man of many passions but the pride and joy he derived from his affiliation with the symphony was among his greatest. He and Randi enjoyed hosting guest artists for casual, elegant dinners in their home and became close to a number of the orchestra’s musicians.

Through the years his generosity helped support, among other things, the symphony’s archival and broadcast recording studio and the development of an early childhood program website. His legacy with the Pittsburgh Symphony also includes support for a state-of-the-art hearing loop to enhance the concert experience in Heinz Hall for hearing impaired patrons, which will be installed in the future.

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Juanjo Mena, conductor Nancy Goeres, bassoon Pre-concert

Concert Prelude with Resident Conductor Fawzi Haimor & composer David Ludwig

Claude Debussy

“Ibéria,” No. 2 from Images for Orchestra I. Par les rues et par les chemins II. Les parfums de la nuit III. Le matin d’un jour de fête

David Ludwig Pictures from the Floating World for Bassoon and Orchestra

I. Sunken Cathedral

II. Sirens

III. En Bateau

IV. Voiles

V. Reflections in the Water

Ms. Goeres Intermission

Alberto Ginastera

Suite from Panambí, Opus 1a

I. Claro de luna sobre el Paraná

II. Invocación a los espíritus poderosos

III. Lamento de la doncellas

IV. Fiesta indígena — Ronda de la doncellas —

Danza de los guerreros

Alberto Ginastera

Four Dances from Estancia, Opus 8a I. Los trabajadores agricolas II. Danza del trigo III. Los peones de hacienda IV. Danza final: Malambo

Manuel De Falla

Interlude and Dance from La Vida Breve

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CLAUDE DEBUSSY

Ibéria from Images for Orchestra (1905-1908)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 2 August 1862 in St. Germain-en-Laye, near Paris died 25 March 1918 in Paris PREMIERE OF WORK

Paris, 20 February 1910 Orchestra of the Concerts Colonne Gabriel Pierné, conductor PSO PREMIERE

9 April 1946 Heinz Hall William Steinberg, conductor INSTRUMENTATION

two piccolos, three flutes, two oboes, English horn, three clarinets, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, two harps and strings DURATION

20 minutes

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The year 1908 was a difficult one for Debussy — one of the succession of difficult years that comprised the last decade and a half of his life. The success of his only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande of 1902, had catapulted him into the public consciousness as an important musical personality, but the effect of that notoriety on Debussy was not so salutary as might be expected. It meant that he could no longer play the reclusive bohemian, composing what he like, when he liked. Fame increased the demand for both his music and his personal appearances, and to fulfill the former, he undertook an ambitious agreement with the publisher Jacques Durand that imposed heavy creative obligations on him. Though Debussy frequently found Durand’s demands difficult to meet, the works that he produced during the succeeding years were among the greatest to come from his pen — La Mer, Jeux, the Images for Orchestra and most of the important piano compositions. He satisfied the calls for his personal appearances with several strenuous European concert tours in which he conducted his own compositions. Concerning those trips, he wrote in a letter to his wife, “Everything annoys me. My nerves are on edge and I find that a composer of music is required to excel in those qualities of toughness possessed by a traveling salesman.”

The reason that Debussy gave so much time to these wearing activities was, of course, money. He had abandoned his first wife, Lilly, in 1904, and her subsequent suicide attempt created a good deal of animosity among the Parisian public toward the composer.

The judgment at their divorce hearing went against him, with the result that he was harassed by lawsuits regarding his first wife for the rest of his life. At the same time Debussy left Lilly, he had taken up with Emma Bardac; they were married in 1908. She had expected a large inheritance from a wealthy uncle on his death in 1907, but it turned out that she had been disinherited, probably because of her liaison with this composer who could barely support himself. The financial burden of two marriages plus the birth of a daughter to his second wife made seeking all available work mandatory for Debussy.

In addition to his familial and financial problems, those years also saw a severe decline in Debussy’s health. In January 1909, his plans for several concerts in England were cancelled because of the first signs of an illness that was diagnosed later in the year as cancer. Morphine and cocaine to ease the pain helped him to continue — after a fashion.

Following a February concert in London, he wrote to Durand, “Arrived here Thursday, have been ill all the time. The concert today went off admirably. It only depended on me to secure an encore for L’Aprèsmidi d’un faune, but I could hardly stand up — a very bad posture for conducting anything.”

That such a brilliant work as Ibéria could arise out of such difficult circumstances is a tribute to Debussy’s artistic spirit and creative diligence. Equally remarkable is how clearly he captured the atmosphere of the land across the Pyrenees, despite the fact that he had spent only a single afternoon in Spain during his entire life — to attend a bullfight in San Sebastian. Manuel de Falla, Spain’s great composer, wrote admiringly of Ibéria, “The entire piece down to the smallest detail makes one feel the character of Spain.” Ibéria, which Debussy included as the second of his three Images for Orchestra (it is seldom performed with the other two, Gigues and Rondes de Printemps), is in three movements.

The first, Par les rues et par le chemins (“On the Highways and the Byways”), establishes the Spanish inspiration of the work with a rhythm dominated by tambourine and castanets.

The opening melody suggested to Falla “village songs heard in the bright, scintillating light.” A martial middle section dominated by the horns follows, and leads to the return of the opening melody. The second movement, evocatively titled Les parfums de la nuit (“Fragrances of the Night”), is a dreamy nocturne, but one presented with detailed precision. This is music marked by a glorious instrumental palette, subtle rhythm, luscious harmony and sinuous melody that embodies the quintessential Impressionist style. The finale, Le matin d’un jour de fête (“A Holiday Morning”), celebrates a festival day amid the sounds of strumming guitars (represented by pizzicato strings) and church bells.

The movement represents, Debussy wrote, “the whole rising feeling, the awakening of people and of nature.” It is a brilliant tour-de-force of orchestral color and infectious rhythm, extroverted and sunny in mood. Ibéria is music of celebration, of dance, of joy — invigorating, enthusiastic, life-affirming.

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DAVID LUDWIG

Pictures from the Floating World for Bassoon and Orchestra (2013)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 1 December 1972 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania PREMIERE OF WORK

Philadelphia, 1 November 2013 Kimmel Center Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor Daniel Matsukawa, soloist THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION

pairs of woodwinds plus piccolo, two horns, two trumpets, trombone, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION

19 minutes

David Ludwig, born in 1972 in Doylestown in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is the descendant of a distinguished musical family — pianists Rudolf Serkin and Peter Serkin are his grandfather and uncle, and his great-grandfather was the renowned violinist Adolf Busch. Ludwig studied at Oberlin College (B.M.) and the Manhattan School of Music (M.M.), and continued his post-graduate work at the Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School before earning a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania; his teachers include Richard Hoffmann, Richard Danielpour, Jennifer Higdon, Ned Rorem and John Corigliano. In 2002, Ludwig was appointed to the faculty of the Curtis Institute, where he now serves as the Artistic Chair of Performance and Director of the Curtis 20/21 Contemporary Music Ensemble. He was Young-Composer-in-Residence at the Marlboro Music Festival from 1997 to 1999, and has also held residencies at Yaddo, Aspen Music Festival, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Académie Musicale de Villecroze, Pacific Music Festival, Isabella Gardner Art Museum in Boston, Vermont Symphony, Seoul National University, Shanghai International Summer Music Festival and Atlantic Center Composers and Singers Program in Florence, Italy; he is 2015 Composer-inResidence at Music from Angel Fire. David Ludwig has received commissions from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Curtis Institute, New York Youth Symphony, eighth blackbird, Concertante, choral conductor Judith Clurman, pianist Jonathan Biss, violinist Lara St. John, flutist Jeffrey Khaner and other noted ensembles and performers. His honors include the First Music Award, Independence Foundation Fellowship, Theodore Presser Foundation Career Grant, Fleischer Orchestra Award and two nominations for the Stoeger Award of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

He has also received grants from Meet the Composer, American Composers Forum, American Music Center and National Endowment for the Arts; in 2009 he was honored as a City Cultural Leader by the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, and in 2011 NPR Music selected him as one of the “Top 100 Composers Under 40 in the World.”

Ludwig wrote of Pictures from the Floating World, composed in 2013 for bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa, the Philadelphia Orchestra and its Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin. “Danny wanted music that lived in melodies, music that brought forward the beautiful flowing bassoon lines that so many composers of past centuries have written into their music. This was a great prompt for me to start thinking about the idea of floating lines, which led to thoughts of water, which led to floating, which led to thoughts of the Japanese art tradition of Ukiyo-e print making (the ‘floating world’ of our every day life), which led me to think of Debussy (who became obsessed with the prints he saw at the World Exhibition of 1889), which brought me to the idea of the

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piece: Pictures from the Floating World. This is the process by which many of my pieces get written; composers find something meaningful in an initial seed or idea, and then develop that idea into something bigger. I am especially interested in the intersection of cultures, and Debussy’s fascination with Japanese art is likewise fascinating to me.

“This piece is five movements, each taking its title from one of Debussy’s ‘water pieces’: I. Sunken Cathedral [La cathédrale engloutie from Préludes, Bk. I]; II. Sirens [Sirènes from Nocturnes for Orchestra]; III. En Bateau (‘In a Boat’ from Petite Suite); IV. Voiles [‘Sails’ from Préludes, Bk. I]; V. Reflections in the Water [Reflets dans l’eau from Images for Piano, Bk. I]. Each movement flows into the next — again the idea of fluidity and floating being key. The bassoon sings throughout the whole twenty minutes of the piece, and the orchestra provides sheen to its color and support to its lyricism.

“There is something poetic for me about the idea of the ‘Floating World,’ as we in the modern world tend to float through our days as one passes into the next, losing definition into memory. (Debussy had an especially keen sense of this.) This piece is a journal, of sorts, to describe that feeling, gliding on time in a world of fleet impressions.”

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ALBERTO GINASTERA

Suite from Panambí, Opus 1a (1937)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 11 April 1916 in Buenos Aires died 25 June 1983 in Geneva PREMIERE OF WORK

Buenos Aires, 27 November 1937 Teatro Colón Orchestra Juan José Castro, conductor THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, three flutes, three oboes, English horn, three clarinets, bass

Argentinean composer Alberto Ginastera, of Catalan and Italian descent, showed musical talent early and began studying formally when he was seven. Five years later he was admitted to the music school established in Buenos Aires in 1893 by the pioneering Paris Conservatoire-trained Brazilian composer Alberto Williams (1862-1952), among the first to incorporate indigenous influences in his works; Ginastera graduated in 1935 with a Gold Medal in composition. He composed prolifically after entering the National Conservatory of Music the following year, and got his big break on November 27, 1937, while he was still a student, when Juan José Castro, principal conductor of the Teatro Colón, performed a suite from the ballet based on Argentinean legend he had just completed — Panambí. The young composer became a musical celebrity in Argentina when Castro led the premiere of the complete ballet at the Colón on July 12, 1940, and he gained international notice when Lincoln Kirstein, director of the American Ballet Caravan of New York, became familiar with Panambí during the company’s South American tour the following year and commissioned him to write his next ballet, Estancia, with a scenario depicting Argentinean country life. Aaron Copland, who accompanied Ballet Caravan on its tour, met Ginastera and predicted, “He will, no doubt, someday be an outstanding figure in Argentine music.” They became friends, and after World War II Copland arranged a fellowship for Ginastera to spend 18 months in the United States and study with him at Tanglewood.

clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, celesta, harp, piano and strings DURATION

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Panambí is based on a legend of the Guaraní people, the indigenous culture of the region where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet; the Guaraní language and Spanish are the two official languages of Paraguay. Ginastera captured the setting, the romance, the violence and the supernatural elements of the timeless tale in his music (in Guaraní, Panambí means “butterfly,” thought by them to be the reincarnated spirits of certain individuals), which is outlined in the score: “According to the legend, Panambí was the beautiful daughter of the chieftain of an Indian tribe on the banks of the Paraná River. She was betrothed to Guirahú, the most valiant warrior of the tribe, who, shortly before the wedding day, is kidnapped by the maiden spirits of the river. The tribe sorcerer, who is also in love with Panambí but has been rejected by her, tries to take advantage of the situation by claiming that the almighty spirits decreed that she should descend into the river in quest of her lover. Panambí is ready to carry out the supposedly divine orders when Tupá, the good god, appears from above and stops her. Tupá punishes the sorcerer by turning him into a strange black bird and restores Guirahú, who rises from the waters of the river to throw himself into the arms of his loved one.” The suite includes six evocative movements extracted from the complete score, the last three played without pause: Moonlight on the Paraná, Invocation to the Spirits of Power, Lament of the Maidens, Native Festival, Round Dance of the Maidens and Warriors’ Dance.

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Four Dances from Estancia, Opus 8a (1941)

PREMIERE OF WORK

Buenos Aires, 12 May 1943 Teatro Colón Orchestra Ferruccio Calusio, conductor THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE PSO PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION

woodwinds in pairs, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, percussion, piano and strings DURATION

12 minutes

Lincoln Kirstein, director of the American Ballet Caravan, became familiar with Ginastera’s first ballet, Panambi, during the company’s tour of South America on 1941. Recognizing the young composer’s genius, Kirstein commissioned from Ginastera Estancia, a stage work for the Ballet Caravan with a scenario based on Argentine country life. Though the company was disbanded the following year before it had performed the new work, a suite of dances from the score was given on May 12, 1943 at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón that confirmed Ginastera’s position as a leading figure in Argentine musical life. (The full ballet was not staged until 1952, at the Colón.) In extracting the suite from Estancia, Ginastera omitted the songs for baritone based on texts from the great epic poem of the “gauchesco” literature, Martin Fierro, and several pastoral scenes. Except for the gentle second dance, Danza del trigo (“Dance of the Wheat”), the symphonic suite, comprising Los trabajadores agricolas (“The Workers of the Land”), Los peones de hacienda (“The Cattle Men”) and Danza final: Malambo (“Final Dance: Malambo”), is brilliant and driving, largely built on short, recurring rhythmic and melodic patterns that accumulate enormous energy.

The preface to the score notes, “The deep and bare beauty of the land, its richness and natural strength, constitutes the basis of Argentine life.

This ballet presents various daily aspects of the activities of an ‘estancia’ (Argentine ranch), from dawn to dusk, with a symbolic sense of continuity.

The plot of the ballet shows a country girl who at first despises the man of the city. She finally admires him when he proves that he can perform the most rough and difficult tasks of the country.”

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MANUEL DE FALLA

Interlude and Dance from La Vida Breve (“The Brief Life”) (1904-1905)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 23 November 1876 in Cádiz, Spain; died 14 November 1946 in Alta Gracia, Argentina PREMIERE OF WORK

Nice, France, 1 April 1913 Casino Orchestra Jacques Miranne, conductor PSO PREMIERE

9 April 1948 Syria Mosque Fritz Reiner, conductor INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, contrabassoon, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, two harps and strings DURATION

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Suzanne Demarquez outlined the stark plot of the opera La Vida Breve in her biography of Manuel de Falla: “A Gypsy girl, Salud, lives with her grandmother and her aunt in the Albaïcin quarter of Granada.

She has been seduced by Paco, a fashionable young man. Both have sworn eternal love, but Paco has deserted Salud for a rich novia [i.e., fiancée], Carmela, whom he plans to marry. On the day of the wedding, Salud, followed by her relations, appears in the middle of the wedding feast, reproaches her lover for his unscrupulous conduct, and falls dead at his feet.” The Interlude and Dance from La Vida Breve not only suggest the opera’s Andalusian setting but also distill the essence of Falla’s Spanish musical nationalism.

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JUANJO MENA Munich Radio Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Oslo Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, the Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala, Milan and the Netherlands Radio Following his recent concerts with the Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with all the symphonies of Los Angeles, Boston, St. major orchestras in Spain.

Louis, Cincinnati and Toronto, Mena’s busy North America 2014-2015 season includes His operatic work includes The Flying return visits to Los Angeles, Boston, Dutchman, Salome, Elektra, Ariadne auf Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as his Naxos, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and debuts with the New York Philharmonic, Erwartung and productions including the Cleveland Orchestra and the Montreal Eugene Onegin in Genoa, The Marriage of Figaro in Lausanne and Billy Budd in Bilbao.

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Chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester, United Kingdom, Juanjo Mena is one of Spain’s most distinguished international conductors.

He has made several recordings with the BBC Philharmonic, including a disc of works

by Manuel de Falla, which was a BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month; Gabriel Pierné, which was a Gramophone Editor’s Choice; and recent releases of music by Montsalvatge, Weber and Turina, which have gained excellent reviews from the specialist music press. He has also recorded A guest of international festivals, Mena has a collection of Basque symphonic music appeared at the Stars of White Nights Festival with the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra for in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Hollywood Naxos, and a critically acclaimed rendering Bowl, Grant Park (Chicago), Tanglewood of Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony for and La Folle Journée (Nantes). He recently Hyperion with the Bergen Philharmonic led the BBC Philharmonic on two tours of Orchestra. Mena’s Messiaen interpretation Europe and Spain, including performances is said to “utterly redefine the terms under in Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna and which past/current/future Turangalîlas need Madrid, and performs with them every year to be judged.” at the BBC Proms in London.

Mena last conducted the Pittsburgh Throughout Europe, Juanjo Mena has Symphony in April 2013. appeared with the Dresden Philharmonic, His European highlights this season include his debuts with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the Nash Ensemble, as well as concerts with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquesta Nacional de España and the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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BIOGRAPHY 2014-2015 SEASON

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NANCY GOERES Principal Bassoonist Nancy Goeres joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 1984. Prior to coming to Pittsburgh, Goeres held similar positions with Florida Orchestra, The Caracas Philharmonic and the Cincinnati Symphony.

Symphony. Other concerto performances with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra include Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante, John Williams’ bassoon concerto, The Five Sacred Trees, and the Mozart and Rossini Bassoon Concertos.

An active teacher, Goeres has given master classes in Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and returns frequently to China.

In the United States, she often works with the students of the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute of Music. She is a member of the faculty of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University, where she not only trains the next generation of musicians, but also conducts workshops Alan Fletcher’s Concerto for Bassoon for bassoonists around the country via and Orchestra, commissioned by the the internet. Since 1991, she can be found Pittsburgh Symphony, was premiered teaching and performing with the Aspen

by Goeres and conducted by Manfred Music Festival and School in the summer.

Honeck in 2011. She subsequently Goeres will also join the faculty of the performed the concerto with the Aspen Boston University School of Fine Arts in fall 2015.

Chamber Symphony in summer 2012.

In addition to her appearances with the Pittsburgh Symphony, she has performed at the leading festivals around the country including Aspen, Tanglewood, Marlboro, Sarasota, La Jolla and Mainly Mozart festivals, New York’s 92nd Street Y Series, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Music in the Vineyards (CA) and Instrumenta Verano, Puebla, Mexico. She has also toured with Musicians from Marlboro.

With Lorin Maazel and the Pittsburgh Symphony, she premiered Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s Bassoon Concerto, commissioned for her by the Pittsburgh Symphony. In addition to recording the Zwilich Concerto with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Lorin Maazel on the New World label, she has subsequently performed it with the Chamber Symphony of the Aspen Music Festival and at a conference of the International Double Reed Society. In 2004, she traveled to Cuba to conduct master classes and perform the concerto with the Havana

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A native of Lodi, Wisconsin, her principal teachers were Sherman Walt and Richard Lottridge. Goeres holds the Pittsburgh Symphony’s Mr. & Mrs. William Genge and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Lee Principal Bassoon Chair. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Woodlands Foundation, whose mission is to enrich the lives of children and adults with disabilities.

Goeres last soloed with the Pittsburgh Symphony in June 2011.

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IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE

James A. Wilkinson James A. Wilkinson has served the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for decades — in so many capacities that a list would be not only exceptionally lengthy, but also amazingly diverse. Most recently, he began his tenure as president and CEO of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in November 2011. He has been affiliated with the organization as a labor negotiator since 1976, and as a member of the Board of Trustees since 1984.

As a trustee, he led the Pittsburgh Symphony’s 2005 strategic planning effort. In reflecting upon his years on the board, Jim has shared that what was most gratifying about his experience was his collaboration with past executive directors/presidents of the Pittsburgh Symphony on key matters such as human resources and labor relations. And then there have been the incredible musical performances he has experienced in Heinz Hall. Rachmaninoff is Jim’s favorite composer, and he still recalls the first time he heard the Symphony No. 2.

André Previn was conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Jim’s multifaceted professional career beyond Heinz Hall has included serving as senior financial analyst with USX Corporation, chairman of the Health Law Section with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney P. C., and executive vice president and general counsel/part owner of Meritcare, Inc. – a company that owned and operated more than 50 long-term care facilities in 11 states with more than 2,000 employees.

He most recently completed a brief tenure as the executive director of the Society for Contemporary Craft. He currently serves on the boards of the Carnegie Institute, the Andy Warhol Museum and the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and was previously on the board of Carlow University. Jim holds a BSFS from Georgetown University, a J.D. from Duquesne University and an M.A. in art history from the University of Pittsburgh. Jim’s wife, Susanne Wilkinson, has been a longtime and active member of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Association. Together, they have championed the Pittsburgh Symphony mission in remarkable ways.

The Pittsburgh Symphony is proud to dedicate the June 12, 2015 classical concert to James A. Wilkinson, with deep appreciation for his distinguished service.

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IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICE

Michael E. Bielski When Michael Bielski retires in September 2015, he will have completed more than 25 years in a leadership role with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He came to the Pittsburgh Symphony in 1990 as general manager. In 2005, he was promoted to his current position of senior vice president and chief operating officer.

A clarinetist by training, Michael holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music composition from the University of Illinois. During his studies, he developed an interest in the production side of the orchestra business, which led to his career in music management. Starting with the Opera Society of Washington, D.C. at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, continuing with the Buffalo Philharmonic, where he served as executive director, and culminating in his long tenure with the Pittsburgh Symphony, Michael has used his musical knowledge and management skills to direct the myriad behind-the-scenes efforts involved in producing the concerts we see and hear on stage. He has managed every aspect of concert production and scheduling, represented Pittsburgh Symphony management in orchestra negotiations and coordinated Pittsburgh Symphony tours across the globe, from Europe to South America to Asia. The January 2004 tour to the Vatican, during which the Pittsburgh Symphony was the first American orchestra to perform for a pope (John Paul II) was a highlight for him in its uniqueness and also its complexity.

In his current position, Michael has been responsible for developing relationships and giving the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra a presence in communities outside of Pittsburgh. He established and has nurtured the Pittsburgh Symphony at the Scottish Rite series in New Castle, the Canady Series at West Virginia University and relationships with many other universities and performing arts venues, including Lincoln Park, in Pittsburgh and in western and central Pennsylvania. His efforts complemented the work already done through the Sales Department to bring university students, faculty and staff to concerts.

Michael is proud to have worked with three Pittsburgh Symphony music directors — Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons and Manfred Honeck. He enjoyed a close personal, as well as professional, relationship with the late Marvin Hamlisch and his family, before and during Marvin’s tenure as principal pops conductor, and he continues to maintain friendships with many other great artists with whom he has worked, including Manfred Honeck, Sir Neville Marriner, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Pinchas Zukerman, Michael Tilson Thomas and Emanuel Ax. The Pittsburgh Symphony is proud to dedicate the June 13, 2015 classical concert to Michael E. Bielski, in gratitude for his distinguished service.

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BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS | HEINZ HALL FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015 AT 7:30 PM SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 AT 7:30 PM SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 2015 AT 2:30 PM

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, oboe Yefim Bronfman, piano Pre-concert

Concert Prelude with Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh

Alan Fletcher

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra

I. Maestoso

II. Chaconne: Serioso

III. Allegro

Ms. DeAlmeida WORLD PREMIERE

Commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Franz Liszt

Concerto No. 2 in A major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 23 Adagio sostenuto assai Allegro agitato assai Allegro moderato Allegro deciso Marziale un poco meno Allegro Allegro animato (Played without pause) Mr. Bronfman

Intermission

Artist signing in the Grand Lobby

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 1 in D major I. Langsam, schleppend — Sehr gemächlich II. Kräftig bewegt III. Feierlich und gemessen, ohne zu schleppen IV. Stürmisch bewegt

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The performance on June 12 is dedicated to President and CEO James A. Wilkinson.

The performance on June 13 is dedicated to Senior Vice President and COO Michael E. Bielski.

Both are retiring at the end of this season and the PSO is grateful for their leadership.

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This weekend’s performances by pianist Yefim Bronfman have been made possible, in part, by support from the BNY Mellon Artistic Excellence fund.

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ALAN FLETCHER

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra COMMISSIONED BY THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

(2014)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 19 November 1956 in Riverside, New Jersey THESE PERFORMANCES MARK THE WORLD PREMIERE INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, two flutes, oboe, English horn, two clarinets, bass clarinet, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, two trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION

20 minutes

Alan Fletcher, one of this country’s most accomplished music administrators and respected composers, was born in 1956 in the Philadelphia suburb of Riverside, New Jersey and earned his baccalaureate at Princeton University (1978) and his master’s degree (1979) and doctorate (1983) at Juilliard; he studied composition with Roger Sessions, Milton Babbitt, Edward T. Cone, Paul Lansky and piano with Jacob Lateiner and Robert Helps. In 1985, Fletcher was appointed to the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, teaching composition and serving successively during his 16year tenure at the school as dean, provost and senior vice president.

From 2001 to 2006, he was professor of music and head of the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, after which he assumed his current position as president and chief executive Officer of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Fletcher has lectured nationally and internationally on music and music administration, served on many boards, panels, juries, seminars and committees, and contributed articles and opinion pieces to Symphony magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Sonus: Journal of Global Music, Pittsburgh PostGazette, Baltimore Sun and Britain’s Gramophone. Fletcher has won numerous composing awards and received commissions from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Nashua Symphony, National Gallery of Art, Boston Celebrity Series, Duquesne University, New York Camerata and other noted ensembles, organizations and soloists.

Fletcher wrote of his Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, commissioned in 2014 for Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Principal Oboe, Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida, “My first thought on beginning the composition of a concerto for oboe was to make it very brilliant — a sort of scherzo among my wind concertos. But Cynthia DeAlmeida asked that it would have generous, long, singing lines. She was not opposed to virtuosity, but she wanted to balance it with expressive passages showcasing her beautiful sound and the musicality Pittsburgh audiences are so lucky to hear.

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“She told me a touching story about her childhood: her father would sing her to sleep, and she credits this memory as the basis for her career as a musician. She asked whether I might use their favorite song, a traditional Irish tune, in the concerto. I thought probably not, supposing that the tune would overwhelm everything around it. But as the first movement took shape, I realized that it is based on elements of Irish piping, seemingly a reference to the song: The pipes, the pipes are calling. There’s a grand, mixed-up (major/minor) opening like the start of a bagpipe band, and the soloist calls over it in simple piping figures. Thus I decided after all that the second movement would follow with a variation on the tune itself.

“The second movement is called Chaconne, an ancient form in which a repeated pattern is varied, sometimes until it changes its surface completely. The music begins with a serene, even very cool texture. The fundamental pattern is heard three times, with various decorations, and then three times in a much faster tempo. A feature of the theme is a pause about two thirds of the way through each iteration, almost like holding one’s breath, or catching it. The original slow tempo comes back, but after one more variation, the oboe reveals something new: the simple four-note chords, if played out in a melodic rather than harmonic sequence, spell out the familiar tune. As the oboe comes to the climax of the tune, it hesitates, perhaps uncertain how to go on, or unwilling to complete the thought.

The place in the earlier music where there was always a hushed pause turns out to be the high point of the melody, and the whole orchestra takes up the song.

“The last movement opens with a restless figure and muted melodic lines. These appear and disappear, eventually leading to a gently rocking figure borrowed from the first movement.

This develops into a grand moment for the full orchestra, which in turn introduces a quick march that turns into a whirlwind finale, finally bringing together the brilliance I originally imagined with Cynthia DeAlmeida’s hoped-for poignant lyricism.”

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FRANZ LISZT

Concerto No. 2 in A major for Piano and Orchestra, Opus 23 (1839, 1849)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 22 October 1811 in Doborján, Hungary (now Raiding, Austria) died 31 July 1886 in Bayreuth, Germany PREMIERE OF WORK

Weimar, 7 January 1857 Grand Ducal Theater Franz Liszt, conductor Hans von Bronsart, soloist PSO PREMIERE

28 January 1897 Carnegie Music Hall Frederic Archer, conductor Herman Kortheuer, soloist INSTRUMENTATION

piccolo, three flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, cymbals and strings DURATION

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Liszt sketched his two piano concertos in 1839, but they lay unfinished until he became music director at Weimar nine years later. He completed the Second Concerto, in A major, in summer 1849, but he did not get around to having it performed for more than seven years. Liszt required of a concerto that it be “clear in sense, brilliant in expression, and grand in style.” In other words, it had to be a knockout. While it was inevitable that this Concerto would have a high percentage of finger-churning display, it was not automatic that it should also be of high musical quality — but it is.

The procedure on which Liszt built this Concerto and other of his orchestral works is called “thematic transformation,” or, to use the rather more jolly phrase of the 19th-centurry American music critic William Foster Apthorp, “The Life and Adventures of a Melody.”

Never bothered that he was ignoring the Classical models of form, Liszt concocted his own new structures around this transformation technique. (“Music is never stationary,” he pronounced. “Successive forms and styles can only be like so many resting places — like tents pitched and taken down again on the road to the Ideal.”) Basically, the “thematic transformation” process consisted of inventing a theme that could be used to create a wide variety of moods, tempos, orchestrations and rhythms to suggest whatever emotional states were required by the different sections of the piece. It is not unlike a single actor changing costumes to play Puck, Bottom the Weaver and Oberon all in the same production (now that’s an actor) — recognizably the same at the core, but dressed up differently for each scene.

There are at least six such scenes in Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto. The composer provided no specific plot for any of these, but wrote music of such extroverted emotionalism that it is not difficult for imaginative listeners to provide their own: languor, storm, love, strife, resolve and battle is only one possible sequence. It is a diverting game to play, and Liszt has invited all to take part. The melody on which this Concerto is based is presented immediately at the beginning by the clarinet. It courses through each section, and can most easily be identified by the little half-step sigh at the end of the first phrase.

Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto is a hugely entertaining work that creates a special, almost unique, atmosphere. In the words of Apthorp, “It is monstrous, formless, whimsical and fantastic; but it is also magical and gorgeous as anything in the Arabian Nights.”

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GUSTAV MAHLER

Symphony No. 1 in D major (1883-1888)

ABOUT THE COMPOSER

Born 7 July 1860 in Kalischt, Bohemia died 18 May 1911 in Vienna PREMIERE OF WORK

Budapest, 20 November 1889 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Gustav Mahler, conductor PSO PREMIERE

4 January 1952 Syria Mosque William Steinberg, conductor INSTRUMENTATION

wo piccolos, four flutes, four oboes, English horn, E-flat clarinet, three clarinets, bass clarinet, three bassoons, contrabassoon, seven horns, four trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp and strings DURATION

56 minutes

Though he did not marry until 1902, Mahler had a healthy interest in the opposite sex, and at least three love affairs touch upon the First Symphony. In 1880, he conceived a short-lived but ferocious passion for Josephine Poisl, the daughter of the postmaster in his boyhood home of Iglau, and she inspired from him three songs and a cantata after Grimm, Das klagende Lied (“Song of Lamentation”), which contributed thematic fragments to the gestation of the Symphony.

The second affair, which came early in 1884, was the spark that actually ignited the composition of the work. Johanne Richter possessed a numbing musical mediocrity alleviated by a pretty face, and it was because of an infatuation with this singer at the Cassel Opera, where Mahler was then conducting, that not only the First Symphony but also the Songs of the Wayfarer sprang to life. The third liaison, in 1887, came as the Symphony was nearing completion. Mahler revived and reworked an opera by Carl Maria von Weber called Die drei Pintos (“The Three Pintos,” two being impostors of the title character) and was aided in the venture by the grandson of that composer, also named Carl. During the almost daily contact with the Weber family necessitated by the preparation of the work, Mahler fell in love with Carl’s wife, Marion. Mahler was serious enough to propose that he and Marion run away together, but at the last minute she had a sudden change of heart and left Mahler standing, quite literally, at the train station. The emotional turbulence of all these encounters found its way into the First Symphony, especially the finale, but, looking back in 1896, Mahler put these experiences into a better perspective. “The Symphony,” he wrote, “begins where the love affair [with Johanne Richter] ends; it is based on the affair which preceded the Symphony in the emotional life of the composer. But the extrinsic experience became the occasion, not the message of the work.”

The Symphony begins with an evocation of a verdant springtime filled with the natural call of the cuckoo (solo clarinet) and the manmade calls of the hunt (clarinets, then trumpets). The main theme, which enters softly in the cellos after the wonderfully descriptive introduction, is based on the second of the Songs of a Wayfarer, Ging heut’ Morgen übers Feld (“I Crossed the Meadow this Morn”).

This engaging, folk-like melody, with its characteristic interval of a descending fourth, runs through much of the Symphony to provide an aural link among its movements. The first movement is given over to this theme combined with the spring sounds of the introduction in a cheerful display of ebullient spirits into which creeps an occasional shudder of doubt.

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style that finds its way into most of Mahler’s symphonies. The simple tonic-dominant accompaniment of the basses recalls the falling fourth of the opening movement, while the tune in the woodwinds resembles the Wayfarer song. (Note particularly the little run up the scale.) The gentle trio, ushered in by solo horn, makes use of the string glissandos that were so integral a part of Mahler’s orchestral technique.

The third movement begins and ends with a lugubrious, minor-mode transformation of the European folk song known most widely by its French title, Frére Jacques. It is heard initially in an eerie solo for muted string bass in its highest register, played above the tread of the timpani intoning the falling-fourth motive from the preceding movements. The middle of the movement contains a melody marked “Mit Parodie” (played “col legno” by the strings, i.e., tapping with the wood rather than the hair of the bow), and a simple, tender theme based on another melody from the Wayfarer songs, Die zwei blauen Augen (“The Two Blue Eyes”). The mock funeral march of this movement was inspired by a woodcut of Moritz von Schwind titled How the Animals Bury the Hunter from his Munich Picture Book for Children.

The finale, according to Bruno Walter, protégé and friend of the composer and himself a master conductor, is filled with “raging vehemence.” The stormy character of the beginning is maintained for much of the movement. Throughout, themes from earlier movements are heard again, with the hunting calls of the opening introduction given special prominence. The tempest is finally blown away by a great blast from the horns (“Bells in the air!” entreats Mahler) to usher in the triumphant ending of the work, a grand affirmation of joyous celebration.

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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is very excited to present its first sensory-friendly performance — Celbrate Pittsburgh — at Heinz Hall on Saturday, June 27, 2015!

Everyone is invited to join the symphony and Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh for a musical celebration of Pittsburgh in a welcoming, inclusive and relaxed environment designed especially for patrons of all ages with autism spectrum disorders, sensory sensitivities and other disabilities.

Pre-concert activities will begin at 1:15 p.m., and the concert will start at 2:30 p.m.

Visit pittsburghsymphony.org/sensoryfriendly for more information.

This concert has been funded, in part, by the generous support of The Jack Buncher Foundation, Pirates Charities, and Bender Consulting Services, Inc.

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MANFRED HONECK Manfred Honeck has served as music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since the 2008-2009 season. After two extensions, his contract now runs until the end of the 2019-2020 season. To great acclaim, Honeck and his orchestra perform regularly for European audiences. Since 2010, annual tour performances have led them to numerous European music capitals and major music festivals, amongst them Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, Musikfest Berlin, Grafenegg Festival, Lucerne Festival and the BBC Proms. The 2012 tour focused on a week-long residency at the Vienna Musikverein. In summer 2013, concerts took place in Grafenegg, Berlin, Bucharest, Paris, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Lucerne and Bonn.

Several recordings, amongst them Mahler’s Symphony No. 4, which won a 2012 International Classical Music Award, are available on Japanese label Exton. Honeck’s successful work with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is now captured by Reference Recordings. The first SACD — of Strauss tone poems — was released in fall 2013 and received rave reviews. The second recording, of Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 and the Symphonic Suite from Janáček’s opera Jenůfa, conceptualized by Honeck himself, followed in summer 2014 and was likewise enthusiastically received. Several additional recordings are completed and it is expected that two releases will be issued per year.

From 2007 to 2011, Honeck was music director of the Staatsoper Stuttgart where he conducted premieres including Berlioz’s Les Troyens, Mozart’s Idomeneo, Verdi’s Aida, Richard Strauss’s Rosenkavalier, Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites and Wagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal, as well as numerous symphonic concerts. His operatic guest appearances include Semperoper Dresden, Komische Oper Berlin, Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, Royal Opera of Copenhagen, the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg and the Salzburg Festival.

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Born in Austria, Honeck received his musical training at the Academy of Music in Vienna.

Many years of experience as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and at the helm of the Vienna

Jeunesse Orchestra have given his conducting a distinctive stamp. He began his career as assistant to Claudio Abbado in Vienna.

Subsequently, he was engaged by the Zurich Opera House, where he was bestowed the prestigious European Conductor’s Award in 1993. Other early stations of his career include Leipzig, where he was one of three main conductors of the MDR Symphony Orchestra and Oslo, where he assumed the post of music director at the Norwegian National Opera on short notice for a year and was engaged as principal guest conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for several years.

From 2000 to 2006, he was music director of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Stockholm and, from 2008 to 2011, principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has resumed for another three years at the beginning of the 2013-2014 season.

As a guest conductor, Honeck has worked with leading international orchestras such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rome and the Vienna Philharmonic. Orchestras he conducted in the United States include New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and Boston Symphony Orchestra. He also is a regular guest at the Verbier Festival. In February 2013, he had his successful debut with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the direct result of which was a CD recording together with Anne-Sophie Mutter (works of Dvořák) for DG. The current season sees him return to Bamberg, Stuttgart, Rome and New York as well as to the Vienna Symphony (a CD of works by the Strauss family was released in summer 2013) and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. He also will conduct Tonhalleorchester Zürich and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, amongst others.

Honeck has received honorary doctorates from St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and, most recently, from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Moreover, he has been artistic director of the “International Concerts Wolfegg” in Germany for more than 15 years.

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CYNTHIA KOLEDO De ALMEIDA Cynthia Koledo DeAlmeida has enjoyed playing as principal oboe of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra since 1991. For two years prior, she was associate principal oboe of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

of Philadelphia and the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic.

DeAlmeida is an avid chamber musician, having performed nine full recitals at Carnegie Mellon University since 1993.

DeAlmeida has been featured with Each summer since 2002, she performs and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in teaches as a faculty member of the Music concertos by Bach (Concerto in A major for Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, Oboe D’amore, Frans Bruggen, conductor, California. Several of her performances there and Brandenburg Concerto Nos. 1 and have been featured on NPR’s “Performance 2, Jeannette Sorrell, conductor); Haydn Today.” DeAlmeida has also performed at (Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, the Strings Festival in Steamboat Springs, Alessandro Siciliani, conductor, and Colorado; the La Jolla Festival in La Jolla, Concerto in C major, Manfred Honeck, California; and the Marlboro Music Festival conductor); Vaughan Williams (Concerto in Vermont. in A minor, Yoav Talmi, conductor); Strauss (Concerto in D major, Sir Andre Previn, In November 2002, DeAlmeida’s first solo conductor); Mozart (Concerto in C major); CD was released on the Boston Records and Francaix (The Flowerclock, Leonard label. Classic Discoveries for Oboe was Slatkin, conductor). She has performed hailed by American Record Guide as “a Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe with masterly recording… Cynthia Koledo the Pittsburgh Symphony and Vladimir DeAlmeida is simply one of the finest Spivakov, Andres Cardenes, Pinchas exponents of the instrument anywhere.”

Her second solo CD, entitled Mist Over Zukerman and Noah Bendix-Balgley. the Lake on the Crystal Record label, was DeAlmeida has been honored with the released in 2006 to rave reviews: “Ms. commissioning of three oboe concerti DeAlmeida is hands down one of the best for her by the Pittsburgh Symphony. The players in the world…” She can also be first one, commissioned by Lorin Maazel, heard on Crystal Records’ recording of Sir was composed by Leonardo Balada and Andre Previn’s Sonata for Oboe, Bassoon, premiered in 1993 with Lorin Maazel and Piano with Sir Andre Previn, as well as conducting. The following season she all the Pittsburgh Symphony recordings recorded it with Maazel and the symphony since 1991 under Lorin Maazel, Mariss for New World records. The second Jansons, Marek Janowski and Manfred Pittsburgh commission for DeAlmeida was Honeck. In 2009, DeAlmeida was asked to written by Lucas Richman. She premiered travel to Berlin to perform and record the it in 2006 with the Pittsburgh Symphony German Requiem of Brahms with Marek conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. In 2008, Janowski and the Radio Orchestra of Berlin she performed it again with the Knoxville (RSB) on the Pentatone label.

Symphony, Lucas Richman conducting.

In 2015, she recorded this concerto with Teaching has always been a rewarding part the Pittsburgh Symphony, Lucas Richman of DeAlmeida’s artistic life. She has been conducting, for Albany Records. A third associate teaching professor at Carnegie commissioned concerto, composed by Mellon University’s School of Music since Alan Fletcher, will be premiered with the 2012, and a faculty member there since 1991.

Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck She has held teaching positions at Temple in June 2015. DeAlmeida has also appeared University in Philadelphia and Trenton State as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, College in New Jersey, and has also been the Haddonfield Symphony, the Cayuga invited to teach at the National Orchestral Chamber Orchestra, the Concerto Soloists Institute at the University of Maryland as 36

well as the New World Symphony. She is frequently asked to teach masterclasses at universities in the United States and abroad.

In 2003, DeAlmeida was featured on national television on the CBS “Early Show” in a story relating to the oboe and its remarkable health benefits for asthma sufferers, which led to her work as an ambassador for the American Respiratory Alliance in Pittsburgh.

DeAlmeida volunteers at the classical radio station WQED in their fundraising pledge drives. She participates in the Pittsburgh photo credit: Rob Davidson

Symphony’s Education and Community Engagement department playing and speaking to young people in various venues throughout the Pittsburgh area.

DeAlmeida received the Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan, studying with Arno Mariotti, and the Master of Music degree from Temple University, as a student of Richard Woodhams. She proudly plays on F. Loree oboes of Paris, France.

DeAlmeida last soloed with the Pittsburgh Symphony in March 2015.

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YEFIM BRONFMAN concerti over 3 weeks in June to bring the orchestra’s season to a close. Bronfman also completed a short duo tour with friend and collaborator Pinchas Zukerman.

At the Berlin Philharmonic’s new spring residency in Baden-Baden he performed Beethoven conducted by Zubin Mehta and throughout the season returned to the orchestras of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Toronto, Boston, Summer festivals at Tanglewood, Aspen, Houston, Dallas and Detroit as well as Paris, Vail, La Jolla and a residency at the Santa Munich, Berlin and Amsterdam with whose Fe Chamber Music Festival provide the Concertgebouworkester he toured in starting point for his 2014-2015 season Australia as part of that orchestra’s worldwhich will include performances in the wide centenary celebrations.

United States with the symphonies of Chicago (with whom he also appears in Bronfman works regularly with an Carnegie Hall), St. Louis, San Francisco, illustrious group of conductors, including Dallas, Seattle, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, New Daniel Barenboim, Herbert Blomstedt, World Symphony, Metropolitan Orchestra Christoph von Dohnányi, Charles Dutoit, and the New York and Los Angeles Christoph Eschenbach, Valery Gergiev, Philharmonics. Continuing his commitment Mariss Jansons, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, to contemporary composers, the world Zubin Mehta, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yuri premiere of a concerto written for him Temirkanov, Franz Welser-Möst and David

by Jörg Widmann is scheduled with the Zinman. Summer engagements have Berlin Philharmonic in December as well regularly taken him to the major festivals of as performances of Magnus Lindberg’s Europe and the US. Concerto No. 2 with the Göteborgs Symfoniker and the London Philharmonic. He has also given numerous solo recitals in With the Cleveland Orchestra & Franz the leading halls of North America, Europe Welser-Möst, he will play and record both and the Far East, including acclaimed Brahms concerti, repertoire he will also debuts at Carnegie Hall in 1989 and Avery take to Milan’s La Scala with Valery Gergiev. Fisher Hall in 1993. In 1991, he gave a After a break of many years, he will return to series of joint recitals with Isaac Stern in Japan for recitals and orchestral concerts Russia, marking Bronfman’s first public with London’s Philharmonia Orchestra performances there since his emigration and Esa-Pekka Salonen and to Singapore, to Israel at age 15. That same year, he Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Sydney and was awarded the prestigious Avery Fisher Melbourne. In the spring he will join Anne- Prize, one of the highest honors given to Sophie Mutter and Lynn Harrell for their American instrumentalists. In 2010, he was honored as the recipient of the Jean first U.S. tour together.

Gimbel Lane prize in piano performance In the 2013-2014 season, Bronfman from Northwestern University. performed regularly with the New York Philharmonic as it’s featured artist-in- Widely praised for his solo, chamber and residence. Repertoire from Tchaikovsky to orchestral recordings, he was nominated Lindberg and contemporary composers for a Grammy® Award in 2009 for his Marc-André Dalbavie and Marc Neikrug Deutsche Grammophon recording of were featured in chamber concerts Esa-Pekka Salonen’s piano concerto with with a winter tour to the Far East and Salonen conducting and with whom he won a complete cycle of all the Beethoven a Grammy® Award in 1997 for his recording Yefim Bronfman is widely regarded as one of the most talented virtuoso pianists performing today. His commanding technique and exceptional lyrical gifts have won him consistent critical acclaim and enthusiastic audiences worldwide, whether for his solo recitals, his prestigious orchestral engagements or his rapidly growing catalogue of recordings.

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of the three Bartók Piano Concerti and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His performance of Beethoven’s fifth piano concerto with Andris Nelsons and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from the 2011 Lucerne Festival is now available on DVD and his performance of Rachmaninoff’s third concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle was released on DVD by the EuroArts label. His most recent CD releases are the 2014 Grammy ® nominated Magnus Lindberg’s Piano Concerto No. 2 commissioned for him and performed by the New York Philharmonic conducted

by Alan Gilbert on the Da Capo label, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1 with Mariss Jansons and the Bayerischer Rundfunk, a recital disc, Perspectives, complementing Bronfman’s designation as a Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist for the 2007-2008 season, and recordings of all the Beethoven piano concerti as well as

the Triple Concerto together with violinist Gil Shaham, cellist Truls Mørk and the Tönhalle Orchestra Zürich under David Zinman for the Arte Nova/BMG label.

Born in Tashkent in the Soviet Union on April 10, 1958, Bronfman immigrated to Israel with his family in 1973, where he studied with pianist Arie Vardi, head of the Rubin Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. In the United States, he studied at The Juilliard School, Marlboro and the Curtis Institute, and with Rudolf Firkusny, Leon Fleisher and Rudolf Serkin.

Bronfman became an American citizen in July 1989.

Bronfman last soloed with the Pittsburgh Symphony in November 2012.

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THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA For more than 119 years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been an essential part of Pittsburgh’s cultural landscape.

The Pittsburgh Symphony, known for its artistic excellence, is credited with a rich history of the world’s finest conductors and musicians, and a strong commitment to the Pittsburgh region and its citizens.

This tradition was furthered in fall 2008, when Austrian conductor Manfred Honeck became music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

With a long and distinguished history of touring both domestically and overseas since 1900, the Pittsburgh Symphony continues to be critically acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest orchestras. With more than 36 international tours, including 20

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European tours, eight trips to the Far East, and two to South America. The Pittsburgh Symphony was the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican in January 2004 for the late Pope John Paul II, as part of the Pontiff’s Silver Jubilee celebration.

The Pittsburgh Symphony has a long and illustrious history in the areas of recordings and radio concerts. As early as 1936, the Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast coastto-coast, receiving increased national attention in 1982 through network radio broadcasts on Public Radio International.

The PRI series is produced by Classical WQED-FM 89.3 in Pittsburgh and is made possible by the musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

ARTIST Q&A FEATURING CYNTHIA KOLEDO DEALMEIDA, PRINCIPAL OBOE

What is your favorite Pittsburgh neighborhood?

I love so many areas of Pittsburgh, but I have to say that Shadyside/Bloomfield holds the most special place in my heart because my daughter and son were born at West Penn Hospital and we lived in a wonderful Victorian house there.

Outside of classical music, what composers, performers or genres do you enjoy?

An artist whom I have been listening to and wanting to emulate for most of my life is Barbra Streisand. I also love Broadway musicals and theatre.

My daughter, Veronica, and I regularly attend the great productions of our own Pittsburgh Public Theater.

Do you have any special pre-concert rituals?

Yes, depending on how stressful my responsibilities will be in the music that night. For a concerto (solo) performance, I will arrive at the hall several hours early in order to hear myself play on the stage when it is silent. The oboe reed can change dramatically from morning to evening due to temperature and humidity fluctuations.

I must adjust the thickness of the wood as close to concert time as possible in order to feel confident in my playing.

What is your favorite spot in Heinz Hall?

The third floor ladies locker room! This is where so many friendships are made. We celebrate happy events there like bridal and baby showers, complete with lots of decorations and food, and we share confidences and console each other in difficult times up there. It is a very special place.

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EVERY GIFT IS INSTRUMENTAL The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts are pleased to acknowledge the following members of our donor family who have made generous gifts of $500 or more to the Annual Fund during the past year. Those who have made a new gift or increased their previous gift are listed in italics. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy; however, if you are not listed correctly, please call 412.392.4880. Thank you!

MAESTRO’S CIRCLE

Bob & Joan Peirce Mr. Matthew V. T. Ray

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

Mr. & Mrs. R. Drew Kistler Sheldon Marstine Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. James W. McGlothlin Pittsburgh Symphony Association & Affiliates Betty & Granger Morgan $15,000 - $19,999 Dick & Ginny Simmons Janet & Donald Moritz Michele & Pat Atkins

Richard E. & Alice S. Patton Nadine E. Bognar/E.J. Bognar, Inc. BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Svetlana S. Price $50,000 - $99,999 Kathryn & Michael Bryson Abby & Reid Ruttenberg Vivian & Bill Benter Ron & Dorothy Chutz Rick & Laurie Johnson James K. & Sara C. Donnell Pauline Santelli The David S. & Karen A. Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Shapira Foundation Juergen F. Mross, Naples, FL Graham Jill & Craig Tillotson Mrs. Nancy K. Hansen Mr. & Mrs. John T. Ryan III Jan & Anthony Tomasello Nancy & Jeff Leininger Steve & Brenda Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Usher Schlotterbeck Mr. & Mrs. John W. Lynch Dr. Michael J. White & Mr. Jon & Carol Walton David & Carol McCormish Richard LeBeau Arthur & Barbara* Weldon Devin & Shannon Barbara & Bruce Wiegand James & Susanne Wilkinson McGranahan Dr. & Mrs. Merrill F. Wymer Pittsburgh Symphony North

Cheryl & James Redmond FOUNDER’S CIRCLE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Joanne Byrd Rogers $25,000 - $49,999 $7,500 - $9,999 Robert P. Zinn & Darlene R. Anonymous Ted & Kathie Bobby Berkovitz James & Electra Agras Larry & Tracy Brockway

Tony & Linda Bucci James & Margaret Byrne GUARANTOR’S CIRCLE Dr. & Mrs. William Canady $10,000 - $14,999 Jerry & Mimi Davis Randi & *L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. Anonymous Dr. James H. & Mary E. Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Duggan Andrew & Michelle Aloe Donahue Dr. & Mrs. Martin Earle Allen Baum & Elizabeth Steven & Beverlynn Elliott Witzke-Baum Henry & Ann Fenner Marcia M. Gumberg Mr. & Mrs. Benno Bernt Barbara Jeremiah Rich & Scheryl Harshman Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Drue Heinz Churchill McConomy Elsie & Henry Hillman Mr. & Mrs. E. V. Clarke Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Audrey R. Hughes Betty Diskin in memory of her beloved husband Elliott S. Oshry Douglas B. McAdams Arthur J. Diskin, Esq. and Dr. & Mrs. William R. Poller Gerald McGinnis their sons William & Robert in honor of our four Tom & Jamee Todd Roy & Susan Dorrance grandsons Ellen & Jim Walton Barbara & Bob Egan Richard E. Rauh Helge & Erika Wehmeier Hans & Leslie Fleischner Mr. & Mrs. Frank Brooks

Robinson Frank & Angela Grebowski CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Millie & Gary Ryan Christiane & Manfred $20,000 - $24,999 Honeck Alece & David Schreiber Anonymous Joseph & Dorothy Jackovic Carol Hefren Tillotson Jean & Sigo Falk Craig Jordan & Elaine KoziarJordan Tom & Dona Hotopp

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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $5,000 - $7,499

Anonymous (4) Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman John Ahern Sudhir Bajaj Dr. & Mrs. John C. Barber Philip & Melinda Beard Edwin H. Beachler Noah Bendix-Balgley Michael & Sherle Berger Dr. Alan & Marsha Bramowitz Mr.* & Mrs. Christopher Brent Suzy & Jim Broadhurst Barbara & David Burstin Jane & Rae R. Burton Dr. & Mrs. Sidney N. Busis Mr. & Mrs. Joseph L. Calihan James C. Chaplin Basil & Jayne Adair Cox Mary Ann Craig, D.M.E. Randall Crawford & Ellen Goodman Ruby A. Cunningham Alison H. & Patrick D. Deem Mr. & Mrs. Armand C. Dellovade Philip J. & Sherry S. Dieringer June & Barry Dietrich Carol & Brian Duggan Mr. William J. Fetter Terri H. Fitzpatrick Robert & Jeanne Gleason Caryl & Irving Halpern In Honor of Helge & Erika Wehmeier Dr. & Mrs. Allen Hogge Gerald and Diane Holder Mr. David Holmberg Mrs. Milton G. Hulme Elizabeth S. Hurtt Robert W. & Elizabeth C. Kampmeinert Bill & Tricia Kassling

Judith & Lester* Lave D. H. Lee Jr. Arthur S. Levine, M.D. & Linda S. Melada Mary Lou & Ted N. Magee Robert & Dana McCutcheon Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn George & Bonnie Meanor Sam Michaels Robert D. Mierley Family Foundation II Mary Ellen Miller Morby Family Charitable Foundation H. Ward & Shirley Olander James Parrish & Chris Siewers Steven C. & Tami Pederson Catherine & Bill Perez Mary Alice Price Dr. Tor Richter in memory of Elizabeth W. Richter James W. & Erin M. Rimmel Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer Mr. & Mrs. Daniel M. Rooney Karen Scansaroli Mrs. Virginia W. Schatz Nancy Schepis Michael Shefler Robert & Janet Squires Edward W. Stack & Donna Ann Burnett Subra & Mary Suresh John P. & Elizabeth L. Surma Symphony East Dr. Sharon Taylor & Dr. Philip Rabinowitz Jodi & Andrew Weisfield Seldon Whitaker In Memory of Susan Whitaker William Winkenwerder Jr., M.D. Rachel W. Wymard

AMBASSADOR’S CIRCLE $2,500 - $4,999

Anonymous (5) The Barbara and Marcus Aaron Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Andrea & David Aloe Jane Callomon Arkus

Joseph E. Bailey, Sr. Lorraine E. Balun, in memory of Phyllis E. Zimmerman Barbara L. Barry Dr. & Mrs. David Beaudreau Nick & Dotty Beckwith Martha L. Berg Gerald & Carolyn Eberly Blaney Marian & Bruce Block Don & Judy Borneman Dana & Margaret Bovbjerg Mr. & Mrs.* Kenneth Brand Hugh & Jean Brannan Gary & Judy Bruce Charles* & Patricia Burke Jan Burton Mr. & Mrs. Frank V. Cahouet Gail & Rob Canizares Cipriani & Werner Judy Clough Charles C. Cohen & Michele M. McKenney Bill & Cynthia Cooley Alan & Hazel Cope Rose & Vincent A. Crisanti Ms. Sheryl Ann Cupps George & Ada Davidson Jamini Vincent Davies Ada Davis Robert & Renee Denove Mr. Frank R. Dziama Edith H. Fisher Curt & Kim Tillotson Fleming Mr. William R. Forsythe Chauncey & Magdaline Frazier Janet M. Frissora Dina & Jerry Fulmer Bruce & Ann Gabler Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot Gary & Joanne Garvin Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Gebhardt Dr. Robert J. & Susan J. Gluckman Nancy Goeres & Michael Rusinek Dr. & Mrs. Sanford A. Gordon Franklyn & Dale Gorell Mr. James Gorton & Mrs. Gretchen Van Hoesen George & Jane Greer

Mr. & Mrs. George V. Grune Jr. William & Victoria Guy Jim & Marnie Haines Gail & Gregory Harbaugh Mr. & Mrs. J. Brett Harvey Dan & Gwen Hepler Mr. & Mrs. C. T. Hiteshew Dorothy A. Howat Alysia & Robert Hoyt Hyman Family Foundation Alice Jane Jenkins Leo & Marge Kane Gerri Kay* Arthur J. Kerr Jr. Sydelle Kessler Charles & Kathleen Kovac Susan Oberg Lane Dr. Joseph & AnnaMae Lenkey Doris L. Litman Tom & Gail Litwiler Mark & Joan Lombardi Patrick & Alice Loughney James & Jennifer Martin Dave & Kathy Maskalick Victoria & Alicia McGinnis Margaret J. McGowan Marilyn & Allan Meltzer Montgomery IP Associates Gerald Lee Morosco & Paul Ford Jr. Jim & Susan Morris in Honor of Kay Stolarevsky Abby L. Morrison Lesa B. Morrison, Ph. D Barbara & Eugene Myers Constance Nelson Dr. & Mrs. Michael L. Nieland Fritz Okie Paul & Nancy O’Neill Charitable Trust Ellen Ormond Dr. Thaddeus A. Osial Jr. & Linda Shooer Osial Robert & Lillian Panagulias Mr. & Mrs. William A. Partain Ned & Sally Randall Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Riordan Mr. & Mrs. James E. Rohr Judy & Stanley Ruskin Dr. Alan Russell

Donald D. Saxton Jr. in memory of Barbara Morey Saxton Leonard* & Joan Scheinholtz Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy Manny H. & Ileane Smith Marisa & Walter C. Smith Mr. Frederick Steinberg Lowell & Jan Steinbrenner Jeff & Linda Stengel Edward & Rebecca Stephan Dr. & Mrs. Leonard Stept Theodore & Elizabeth Stern Fred & Maryann Steward Mr. & Mrs. Frank Talenfeld Margaret Tarpey & Bruce Freeman Richard & Sandra Teodori Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Thomas John & Nancy Traina Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Turner C. Robert Walker Jim Walker & Jonnie Viakley Dr. Ronald J. & Patricia J. Wasilak Dr. Konrad & Mrs. Konrad M. Weis Carolyn & Richard Westerhoff Drs. Barry & Iris Wu Miriam L. Young Harvey* & Florence Zeve Dorothea K. Zikos

ENCORE CLUB $1,500 - $2,499

Anonymous (3) Mrs. E. L. Abernathy Ronald Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Colin Bailey Mr. & Mrs. Francis A. Balog Fred & Sue* Bennitt Jeanne B. & Richard F. Berdik Mr. Michael E. Bielski Paul E. Block Philip & Bernice Bollman Dr. Carole B. Boyd Bozzone Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. James H. Bregenser Lawrence R. Breletic & Donald C. Wobb

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Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Bridges Jill & Chuck Brodbeck Roger & Lea Brown Mr. & Mrs. David A. Brownlee Howard & Marilyn Bruschi Timothy & Linda Burke Gene & Sue Burns Dr. Bernadette G. Callery* & Dr. Joseph M. Newcomer Susan & Bill Cercone Janet E. Chadwick Kenneth & Celia Christman Mrs. Arthur L. Coburn III Judge Maurice Cohill Jr. Sen. Herbert B. & Linda Conner Sheila Corrall & Ray Lester Marion S. Damick Bruce & Rita Decker Dan & Dee Delaney Frank D. & Mary K. Devono Mr. & Mrs. James R. Drake Michelle Ann Duralia Linda & Robert Ellison Marlene & Louis Epstein Ms. Kelly G. Estes & Mr. Hank Snell Donald & Judith Feigert John H. Feist, M.D. Mrs. Orlie S. Ferretti Albert L. Filoni Dr. Edward L. Foley J. Tomlinson Fort Mrs. J. William Futrell Gamma Investment Corporation Keith & Susan Garver Alice V. Gelormino Mr. & Mrs. David C. Genter Kenneth* & Lillian Goldsmith Laurie Graham Rick & Stephanie Green Ernest Grindle Dr. Alberto M. Guzman Mrs. Ellen Hagerty Mr. & Mrs.* George K. Hanna Rev. Diana D. Harbison Paul T. Harper Mr. & Mrs. Edward J. Harris Bob & Georgia Hernandez Douglas & Antionette Hill Kelvin Hill & Cheryl Chotiner Dr. Joseph & Marie Hinchcliffe 44

Dr. & Mrs. John W. Hoyt Micki Huff Joan M. Hurrell Mary Lee & Joe Irwin Barbara Johnstone Jackie & Ley Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jayant Kapadia David & Fran Kaplan Rolf & Florence M. Kayser William & Lucille Kenworthy Gloria Kleiman James & Jane Knox Lewis & Alice Kuller George & Alexandra Kusic Dr. & Mrs. Howard N. Lang Father Ronald P. Lengwin Claire & Larry Levine Harriet, Barbara, Marc, Scott and Kim Lewis in memory of Elliott (Bud) Lewis Dr. Michael Lewis & Dr. Katia Sycara Elsa Limbach Ken & Hope Linge Roslyn M. Litman In Memory of Norval W. Lyle Francis & Debbie Lynch Daphne & John Lynn Neil & Ruth MacKay George & Jane Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in memory of Mrs. Lori Martin John & Cathy Mary Carolyn Maue & Bryan Hunt Donna & Stephen Maxwell Mary C. McCormick Jean H. McCullough Dr. & Mrs. J. B. McGee Declan McGovern Alan & Marilyn McIvor Carol Jean McKenzie & Bill Maurer Nessa Green Mines Constance C. Morrison Dr. & Mrs. Etsuro K. Motoyama Harry & Kathleen Nagel Maurice & Nancy Nernberg Maureen S. O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Patrick M. O’Donnell Seth & Pamela Pearlman Connie & Mike Phillips Mr. & Mrs. E. Kears Pollock Mrs. Mildred M. Posvar

Sandy Pysh & Rich Somplatsky Charles & Patricia Ransom Stephen G. Robinson Dr. Lee A. & Rosalind* Rosenblum Dr. & Mrs. Wilfred T. Rouleau Rich & Linda Ruffalo Dr. James R. Sahovey Drs. Guy & Mary Beth Salama Thomas & Perri Schelat Joseph Schewe Jr. Esther Schreiber Jolie Schroeder Robert J. & Sharon E. Sclabassi Sean Shannon Preston & Annette Shimer Dr. Ralph T. Shuey & Ms. Rebecca L. Carlin Marilyn G. Shure Constance Silipigni Paul & Linda Silver Juliet Lea Hillman Simonds Mr. Frank Simpkins Dennis & Susan Slevin Bill & Patty Snodgrass Mrs. Alice R. Snyder Marcie Solomon & Nathan Goldblatt The Honorable* & Mrs. William L. Standish Lewis M. Steele & Ann Labounsky Steele Mark Steele Barbara & Lou Steiner Mr. Douglas Stirling Dr. & Mrs. Ron Stoller Dick & Thea Stover Judith & Steve Thomas Bob & Bette Thomson Jill Thomson Mr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Ticknor Rosalyn & Albert Treger Jane F. Treherne-Thomas Albert & Megan Trezza Drs. Ben Van Houten & Victoria Woshner Bob & Denise Ventura Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Vest Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Vismor Mr. & Mrs. Burt Wald Mr. & Mrs. Keith Wannamaker Frank & Heide Wenzel

Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White James R. Whitehead Ellie & Joe Wymard Mr. & Mrs. Charles Zellefrow Simone Ziegler

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Anonymous (26) Janese A. Abbott & David E. Clark Barbara & Otto Abraham Deborah L. Acklin Mary Beth Adams Dr. Lawrence Adler & Judy Brody Jacob Allebach Erin & Kevin Allen Joe & Chris Aloe Richard C. Alter & Eric D. Johnson Craig & Dawn Andersson Anne B. Angerman The Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger Stan & Sarah Angrist Dr. Nicole Ansani-Jankowski Joan Apt Yoshio Arai Warren J. Archer & Madeline C. Archer James & Susanne Armour Mr.* & Mrs. David J. Armstrong Dr. Donald & Joann Atkinson Mr. & Dr. Avetta Dr. & Mrs. Alan A. Axelson Ruth Bachman in Memory of James Bachman Sidney Baker Donna L. Balewick MD Bob & Martha Ball Diane Banks Dr. Esther L. Barazzone Joe & Sandra Barnes Richard C. Barney Robert & Loretta Barone Robert Bastress & Barbara Fleischauer Martin & Bridgett Bates Robert & Janet Baum John & Betsy Baun Barbara N. Baur

Vitasta Bazaz & Sheen Sehgal Fund in Memory of Dr. Kuldeep Sehgal Barbara C. & Ralph J. Bean Jr. Dr. Diana Beattie Kenneth & Elsa Beckerman Vange & Nick Beldecos Judith Bell Eleanor H. Berge Ron & Nancy Bergey Dr. Peter & Judy Berkowitz Helen & Don Berman Mrs. Georgia Berner & Mr. James Farber Dr. Lawson Bernstein Robert S. Bernstein & Ellie K. Bernstein Fund Ms. Robin Joan Bernstein Don Berry* Marilyn & Guy Berry Henry & Charlotte Beukema Drs. Barbara & Al Biglan Harry S. Binakonsky, M.D. Rob & Hongwei Bittner Franklin & Bonnie Blackstone Michael & Carol Bleier Mr. & Mrs. Donald G. Block Clifford Bob & Joan Miles Steve & Jeanne Boehmer Marianne Bokan-Blair Betsy Bossong Barbara H. Bott & Robert Jennings Dr. & Mrs. A’Delbert Bowen William & Elizabeth Bowers Robert N. Brand Mr. & Mrs. William H. Brandeis Gary & Connie Brandenberger Sue & Mark Breedlove Gerda & Abe Bretton Mary & Russell Brignano Mary L. Briscoe Daniel & Lise Brodkey Anna Brophy Suzanne Broughton & Richard Margerum Mr. & Mrs.* Earle O. Brown Jr. Timothy R. Brown & Heidi K. Bartholomew Nancy & John* Brownell Lois R. Brozenick* Dr. & Mrs. John A. Burkholder Dr. Stuart S. Burstein

Nicholas Butera & Grace Wagner Michael F. Butler Christopher & Nancy Caldwell James & Judith Callomon John & Kelly Camp Susan Campbell & Patrick Curry Andrés Cárdenes & Monique Mead Dr. Albert A. Caretto Richard & Jeanne* Carter Rebecca J. Caserio M.D. Charles & Donna Cashdollar James P. Cassaro Dr. & Mrs. Richard G. Cassoff Sue Challinor & Matt Teplitz Deborah & David Chapman Peggy & Joe Charny Dr. & Mrs. Albert E. Chung Ralph & Phyllis Cioffi Edward Cipriano William R. Clarkson & Dr. Andrea Velletri Robert & Elizabeth Clemens Sarah Clendenning & Un Kim William & Elizabeth Clendenning Brian Clista Stuart & Cathryn Coblin Christine & Howard Cohen Dr. Richard & Sally B. Cohen Jared L. & Maureen B. Cohon Alan & Lynne Colker In Loving Memory of Johnathan Heath College Estelle Comay & Bruce Rabin Connell Leonard Family The David Conover Family Lin & Anne Cook R. Bruce Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Cleon L. Cornes Patricia J. Cover Barton & Teri Cowan Ms. Eileen Cox Hanley B. Cox Susan & George Craig Susan O. Cramer David* & Marian Crossman John D. & Laurie B. Culbertson Kent & Merle Culley Mr. S. A. Cunningham

Zelda Curtiss Cynthia Custer Mr. & Mrs. Cyrus Daboo Dr. & Mrs. Richard H. Daffner Mr. Enrico & Mrs. Federica Dallavecchia Mrs. Heidi Daley Joan & Jim Darby Norina H. Daubner Dr. & Mrs. K. C. Davides Joan Clark Davis Constance P. Davis Morningside Dental Jim* & Peggy Degnan Charles S. Degrosky Dr. & Mrs. Gregory G. Dell’Omo Lynn & David DeLorenzo Dr. Richard S. DeLuca David & Diane Denis Edward U. DePersis Patrick C. Derrico Diane Dewalt Mr. & Mrs. Victor DiCarlo Mrs. Tika Dickos Alfred & Eileen Diorio Peter Ditsch Docimo Family Holland & Susan Donaldson Lisa Donnermeyer Michel & Christine Douglas Doris Dowling Anthony V. Dralle Dristas, Thomas & Teresa Mr. David Duffee & Ms. Rebecca Catelinet Mary A. Duggan* David & Lisa Durbin Jeff & Wendy Dutkovic John & Elizabeth Eckenrod Mr. & Mrs. David H. Ehrenwerth Christopher* & Gretchen Elkus Mr. Jack W. & Mrs. Mary Jo Elliott Arnold & Eva Engler Mindy & Richard Epstein Dan & Nancy Fales Mr. Carmine Fantini Joan Feldman Dana H. Ferry Janet Fesq Dr. Joseph Fine Dr. A.M. & Jeanne Blend Finton

Nancy A. Fitch Paul & Joanna Fitting Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Fitzgerald Warren & Joan Fitzpatrick Ms. Ann P. Flaherty Mr. Mark F. Flaherty Mr. & Mrs. James Flanigan Jan Fleisher Iris R. Flinn Michael J. Flinn & Eileen Flinn Suzanne Flood Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Fonseca Mr. & Mrs. Edward Fortwangler Mr. & Mrs. K. H. Fraelich Jr. Christina Friday Eleanor Friedman Friends of the PSO Reanette & Steve Frobouck John & Elaine Frombach Francis T. Fruehstorfer Mrs. Fran Frye Normandie Fulson Mr. Gabriel C. Fusco Michael & Nina Gaffney Dr. Kent Galey & Dr. Karen Roche Dr. & Mrs. Marc E. Garfinkel Hans & Gudrun Garkisch Beth & Phil Gasiewicz Joan & Stuart Gaul Pete Geissler Mr. & Mrs. William P. Getty Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Getze Revs. Gaylord & Catherine Gillis Barbara & Fred Gilman Mr. David Givens & Mr. Stephen Mellett Mike & Cordy Glenn Virgil Gligor & Alicia Avery Daniel & Marcia Glosser Fund Mr. & Mrs. Ted Goldberg Walter L. Goldburg Bernard Goldstein, M.D. & Russellyn Carruth Thomas W. Golightly* & Rev. Dr. Carolyn J Jones Dr. & Mrs. C. B. Good Richard E. Gordon & June F. Swanson Ms. Rita J. Gould The Graf Family

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Dr. Lora D. Graves & Dr. Bryan Katherine Holter D. Dye Mr. William B. Holtzman David & Nancy Green Dr. & Mrs. Elmer Holzinger Ms. Madeleine Hombosky Lori Greene & Chris Decker Tom & Mary Hooten Charlotte T. Greenwald Mr. & Mrs. Michael E. Hooton Dr. & Mrs. M. Joseph Thomas O. Hornstein* Grennan Charitable Fund of the Mr. & Mrs. Steven Gridley Pittsburgh Foundation Margaret L. Groninger Joseph W. Hostetler D.T. Gruelle Specialty Mr. & Mrs. Alan R. Huffman Logistics Mark Huggins & Bonnie Ormond & Jay Guenard Siefers Ms. E. A. Gundelfinger Mr. & Mrs. Elwood T. Hughes Andrew Gurcak & Elaine Lees Jean & Richard Humphreys Kristine Haig & John Robert W. & M. Elise Hyland Sonnenday George L. Illig Jr.* John & Judith Hall Anthony C. Infanti Mr. & Mrs. Van Beck Hall Robert & Rose Marie Izzo Robin & Scot Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. Vincent J. Jacob Susan & Wilfred Hansen Dr. & Mrs. Samuel A. Jacobs Jeanie & Ben Hardesty Lynne & Blair Jacobson Susan & David Hardesty Dr. & Mrs. Edward W. Jew Jr. Mr. & Mrs. James H. Hardie Dawn M. Johnson Mary O. Harrison Janis & Jonas Johnson Mr. Robert Hartman Joanne K. Johnson Ms. Christine A. Hartung Tom & Wendy Jones in James & Ann Harty Honor of Chris Wu Cal & Donna Hastings John & Maureen Joyce Greg Haughey Mr. & Mrs. J. Paul Kadlic Dr. Bobbie Lee Hawranko Mr. & Mrs. Richard Kahlson DMD Alice & Richard Kalla Barbara A. Hays Daniel G. & Carole L. Kamin Mr. Phillip Hazlet Dr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kaplan Cathy & John Heggestad Michael & Dolores Kara Dr. & Mrs. Fred P. Jim Keller & Mary Ellen Hoy Heidenreich Flo & Bob Kenny In Memory of John G. Rhian Kenny Heidish Ms. Martha S. Helmreich in Jayne & Niles Kenyon Honor of my mother, Anne The Kessler Family J. Schaff Greta Keverline Eric & Lizz Helmsen Ellen Kiam & William B. Troy Paul & Colleen Hennigan Norman L. Kimes Marianne & Marshall Hess Mr. Milton B. Kimura Mr. Ralf E. Hess Rich & Jan Kleiser Professor Benjamin E. Hicks Stuart L. & Ann K. Knoop Dr. & Mrs. John B. Hill Peggy C. Knott Jean A. Hinrichsen Ms. Marilyn Koch Pete & Rebecca Hoch Bob & Susie Kopf Mr. Richard Hodos Drs. Fotios & Linda Ms. Donna Hoffman & Mr. Koumpouras Richard Dum Mr. & Mrs. John Krolikowski Karen & Thomas Hoffman Phyllis Jo Kubey Greg & Amy Hogue Rose M. Kutsenkow Clare & Jim Hoke Mr. Nicholas Kyriazi Philo & Erika Holcomb Betty Lamb 46

Mr. & Mrs. Scott Lammie Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Landay Ronald & Lida Larsen Earl & Marilyn Latterman Kathy & Hank Lawrence Marvin & Gerry Lebby Drs. Grace & Joon Lee Ms. Janet Lee & Mr. Matthew Rosengart Joe Leja Diana K. Lemley MD & Paul L. Shay MD Mr. David W. Lendt Robert W. Lenker Dr. Herbert & Barbara Levit Mrs. William E. Lewellen III Anne Lewis Mr. & Mrs. Phillip K. Liebscher Robert & Janet Liljestrand Dr. Claudio A. Lima & Mrs. Kenia Ashby Mr. & Mrs. Kurt L. Limbach Walter F. Limbach Jim & Sandi Linaberger W. F. Lindgren Jackie & Larry Lobl Margery J. Loevner Don & Hanne Lorch Mrs. Howard M. Love Eddie Lowy & Ricardo CortĂŠs Mr. Anthony G. Lucas & Mr. Andrew Leo Annette Lutz Mr. David A. Lynch & Ms. Dorothy A. Davis Edward Lynch & Regina Lindsey-Lynch In Memory of James Lyne William & Helen Lyons Mrs. Guinevere R. Mabunay Pat & Don MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. William L. MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Sean Mahoney John K. Maitland Louise & Michael Malakoff Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Malnati Mr. & Mrs. William G. Malter Carl & Alexis Mancuso Drs. Ellen Mandel & Lawrence Weber Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Mangold Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Donald Marinelli Bud & Barbara Mars Mr. & Mrs. Rodger Marticke Thomas & Elizabeth Massella

Helen F. Mathieson Dr. William Matlack & Leslie Crawford Matlack Karen Matthews Kenneth & Dr. Carol N. Maurer Sidney McBride Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall Mr. & Mrs. Jon W. McCarter Patrick & Michelle McCarthy McCarthy Rail Insurance Managers, Inc. Mr. Richard E. McClain Mr. Samuel A. McClung* Jonathan & Kathryn McClure Paula & Bob McCracken Mr. Bernard J. McCrory Mrs. Samuel K. McCune Nancy McDonald Mary McDonough Keith McDuffie Kent & Martha McElhattan Barbara McKenna & Family Alexis & Andrew McKinley Jean S. McLaughlin Mr. & Mrs. William J. Mehaffey Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Mellon Suzanne Mellon Peter & Memi Melotti Barbara Sachnoff Mendlowitz In Memory of William C. Menges Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Merriman Robert & Elizabeth Mertz Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Mrs. William Metcalf III Bridget & Scott Michael Dr. & Mrs. Milton M. Michaels Dr. & Mrs. Donald B. Middleton Ms. Laurie Miller Robert & Miriam Miller Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Miller Dr. & Mrs. Vincent P. Miller Jr. Jack Millstein Frank C. & Judy L. Mindicino Mr. & Mrs. M. Lee Minter Jeffrey Mishler Ann & Mark Mizer Paul & Connie Mockenhaupt Ruth M. Montgomery Amy & Ira* M. Morgan

Bill & Jane Morgan Dr. Harvey M. Morris Eric Von Morton Frank & Brenda Moses Michael & Cynthia Mullins Hilde Munck & Eckard Munck Richard & Martha Munsch Arthur J. Murphy Jr. Mr. George Mycoff James & Marlee Myers Dr. & Mrs. Donald D. Naragon Dr. & Mrs. Dennis W. Nebel Ellen & Ade Neidermeyer Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rev. Robert & Suzanne Newpher Patricia K. Nichols Renee K. Nicholson Mr. & Mrs. David Nimick Karen Kelley Noble Hide & Julia Miller Nobumori Dr. Sean Nolan Mark & Nikki Nordenberg Charles A. Norton James & Lindsey Nova Dr. & Mrs. Harry M. Null Lee* & John Oehrle Dr. Everett F. Oesterling & Mrs. Joyce Oesterling Mr. & Mrs. Hale Oliver John Orndorff Jr. Dr. & Mrs. Richard A. Orr Dee Jay Oshry & Bart Rack John A. Osuch Sandy & Gene O’Sullivan Russell G. & Karen Overfield Paul M. Palevsky, MD & Sharon R. Roseman, MD Dr. & Mrs. A. H. Panahandeh Dr. Armand J. Panson Pamela & Ronald Pape Sang C. Park Pauline R. Parker John & Joan Pasteris Carol & Richard Patterson Mr. & Mrs. James Patton Camilla Brent Pearce Mr. & Mrs. Gerald F. Pellett Daniel M. Pennell Dale & Michele Perelman Bill & Stella Perrine Dr. Jeffrey & Francesca Peters Judy Petty

Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Pfendler Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Jon R. Piersol Ed & Mary Ellen Pisula Drs. Mary & Raymond Pontzer Dr. & Mrs. Frederick Porkolab David & Marilyn Posner Shirley Pow Ann & Mal Powell Richard O. Price Sarah A. Prichard Bob & Mary Jo Purvis Mrs. Jean Purvis Andrew & Liberty Pyros Mr. & Mrs. C. J. Queenan Jr. Fran Quinlan Janet K. Quint Ms. Barbara Rackoff The Rackoff Family, ASKO Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Betty Radvak-Shovlin Susan M. Rakfal, MD James D. & Carol L. Randolph Barbara M. Rankin Mr. Leonard E. Rausch Paul & Dorothy Reiber Eric* & Frances Reichl Marnie Repasky John C.* & Mary A. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs.* James H. Rich Mr. & Mrs. James Roberts Mr. & Mrs. Philip R. Roberts Sam & Diana Robinson Bette & Howard M. Rom Janice G. Rosenberg Dr. Pinchas Rosenberg Shoshana & Jerry Rosenberg Mr. & Mrs. Byron W. Rosener III Mrs. Louisa S. Rosenthal* Carol & Scott Rotruck Dr. Joel S. Rozen Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Edmund S. Ruffin III Mr. Robert Rupp Shirley & Murray Rust Mrs. John M. Sadler Tamiko Sampson Mr. & Mrs. Dan D. Sandman Mr. & Mrs. Ferd Sauereisen Sally & Keith Saylor Lawrence P. & Sharron A. Schaefer

Eric Schaffer & Michelle GraySchaffer Albert & Kathleen Schartner Paul & Cathy Schaughency Christopher & Jennifer Scheib Ann & Bill Scherlis Dr. & Mrs. Melvin M. Schiff Joe & Nancy Schmitt Mrs. Shirley Schneirov Christian Schörnich Mrs. Carol Schuler Bernie & Cookie Soldo Schultz Mary Ann Scialabba Louise & Franco Sciannameo Barry & Celinda Scott Mr.* & Mrs. Jobst W. Seehausen George & Marcia Seeley Mr. & Mrs. David P. Segel Mr. & Mrs. John M. Seifarth Michael Sexauer Aleen Mathews Shallberg & Richard Shallberg George & Carol Shannon Mrs. Sue Shapera Mr. & Mrs. Raymond V. Shepherd Jr. Dr. Karen Shulman & Mr. Jay I. Shulman Dr. Charles H. Shultz Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Shure Rhoda & Seymour* Sikov Lee & Myrna Silverman Marjorie K. Silverman Marilyn & Norman A. Sindler Carol Slomski, MD Bobbie & Keith Smith Don & Beth Smith Kathleen Opat Smith Margaret C. Smith Nancy N. Smith Rep. Sam & Donna Smith Mrs. Barney Snyder J. Soffietti David Solosko & Sandra Kniess Fund Dr. & Mrs. Edward M. Sorr in support of music & wellness Herbert H. & Barbara South Drs. Horton C.* & Jannene M. Southworth Mr. James Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Alexander C. Speyer III

Henry Spinelli Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. St. Clair Janet H. Staab Mr. & Mrs.* Jack Stabile Mr. & Mrs. James C. Stalder Gary & Charlene Stanich Ms. Carrie M. Stanny Dr. James Staples Mr. & Mrs. Robert B. Stayer Jim & Barbara Steffy Charles & Rachel Stegeman MaryJean & John Stephen Jerry Stephens Dr. & Mrs. Mervin S. Stewart Steve Stockton Mr. Ray C. Stoner In Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Mona & E.J. Strassburger Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. St. Clair Mr. Su & Ms. Van Dusen Peter Sullivan Richard A. Sundra, in Loving Memory of Patricia Sundra Drs. Gary & Heidi Swanson Joel & Maria Swanson Robert Swendsen & Roberta Klatzky Stu & Liz Symonds in Memory of Roger Sherman Tom & Karen Tabor Dr. Jocelyn Tan & Dr. Alaa Shalaby Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Tannenbaum Carol L. Tasillo Mr. & Mrs. William H. Taylor Jr. Gordon & Catherine Telfer Douglas E. Thomas Dorothea Thompson Mayor John A. Thompson Mary Lloyd & George Thompson Mrs. Sonya Thorbecke Jim & Gail Titus Becky & Herb Torbin Father James Torquato Melissa Trax & Adam Kupec Mr. & Mrs. Clifton C. Trees In Memory of Audrey Treloar & Florence & Norman Golomb Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Trombetta Jeff & Melissa Tsai

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Jeffrey Turner & Tonya Stefko Eric & Barbara Udren Mary & Gerald Unger Diane & Dennis Unkovic Judy Vaglia Theo & Pia Van De Venne Suzan M. Vandertie Dr. Filomena F. Varvaro Mary Vasilakis Dr. & Mrs. James E. Vaux Cate & Jerry Vockley Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Vogel Edward L. & Margaret Vogel Drs. Joan Vondra & Thomas Chang John & Linda Vuono Jan Wagner Judy Wagner & Mike LaRue Wagner Family Charitable Trust Suzanne & Richard Wagner

Kevin & Jennifer Walker John & Irene Wall Mr. W.L. & Dr. B.H. Ward Tony & Pat Waterman Ms. Sally Webster & Ms. Susan Bassett Marvin & Dot* Wedeen Phillips Wedemeyer & Jeanne Hanchett Drs. John & Carla Weidman Michael & Cynthia Weisfield Norman & Marilyn Weizenbaum Mr. & Mrs. James P. Welch Jim & Jinny Welker Mr. & Mrs. Fred C. Wellinger Jane Wentling Bernard & Sheila Werner Nancy Werner Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Westerberg Rebecca M. Wharton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas White

Robert Wickesberg & Susan Noffke Mr. Norm Wien Dr. Philip M. Wildenhain & Dr. Sarah L. Wildenhain Dr. Bruce L. Wilder Ken & Trudie Wilkins Robert E. Williams Mr. & Mrs. Miles C. Wilson James & Ramona Wingate Mary Jo Winokur Mr. & Mrs. Thomas H. Witmer Sheryl & Bruce Wolf Dr. & Mrs. D. Scott Wood Michael J. Woodring Mr. Christopher Wu & Mrs. Annette Wu Dr. & Mrs. John A. Yauch Mark & Judy Yogman Marlene & John Yokim Alice L. Young Hugh D*. & Alice C. Young

Maureen Young Mr. Joe Yzurdiaga Frank A. Zabrosky Mr. & Mrs. Richard Zahren Mr. & Mrs. Walter Ziatek Michael & Naomi Zigmond David & Patricia Zimba *deceased We would like to thank all individuals who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall.

Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony.org for a complete listing.

Current as of May 18, 2015

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FOUNDATIONS & PUBLIC AGENCIES Allegheny County Economic Development Allegheny Regional Asset District The Almira Foundation Bessie F. Anathan Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Benjamin and Fannie Applestein Charitable Trust Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation The Benter Foundation The Sherle and Michael Berger Charitable Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh Allen H. Berkman and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust Maxine and William Block Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Paul and Dina Block Foundation Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation Jack Buncher Foundation Anne L. and George H. Clapp Charitable and Educational Trust Compton Family Foundation The Rose Y. and J. Samuel Cox Charitable Fund Jean Hartley Davis and Nancy Lane Davis Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Dietrich Charitable Trust Peter C. Dozzi Family Foundation Eden Hall Foundation Eichleay Foundation Jane M. Epstine Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Fair Oaks Foundation, Inc. Falk Foundation The Fine Foundation The Audrey Hillman Fisher Foundation, Inc. Goldberg Family Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Grable Foundation Grune Family Foundation Hansen Foundation William Randolph Hearst Foundation The Heinz Endowments Elsie H. Hillman Foundation The Emma Clyde Hodge Memorial Fund May Emma Hoyt Foundation Milton G. Hulme Charitable Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Eugene F. and Margaret Moltrup Jannuzi Foundation Lawrence County

Martha Mack Lewis Foundation Edward D. and Opal C. Loughney Foundation Thomas Marshall Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Ruth Rankin McCullough Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation McKinney Charitable Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Richard King Mellon Foundation Howard and Nell E. Miller Foundation Phyllis and Victor Mizel Charitable Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Montague Family Foundation National Endowment for the Arts A.J. & Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust Parker Foundation The Lewis A. and Donna M. Patterson Charitable Foundation W. I. Patterson Charitable Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development Anna L. & Benjamin Perlow Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pauline Pickens Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Pittsburgh Symphony Association Norman C. Ray Trust RMK Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Donald & Sylvia Robinson Family Foundation The William Christopher & Mary Laughlin Robinson Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ryan Memorial Foundation Salvitti Family Foundation James M. & Lucy K. Schoonmaker Foundation Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation The Mrs. William R. Scott Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation W.P. Snyder III Charitable Fund Alexander C. and Tillie S. Speyer Foundation Tippins Foundation The Edith L. Trees Charitable Trust Rachel Mellon Walton Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Current as of May 18, 2015

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CORPORATIONS Business Leadership Association SIGNATURE CIRCLE

SILVER CIRCLE

(Includes corporate annual fund contributions and sponsorships)

Marsh USA Inc. Morton’s The Steakhouse A.C. Dellovade, Inc. Mozart Management $75,000 AND ABOVE American Eagle Outfitters Pittsburgh Corning Allegheny Technologies Corporation Bayer Healthcare R&I Incorporated (ATI) Pittsburgh Valve & Fitting Bayer USA Foundation BNY Mellon Company The Brown Hurray Plantz EQT Foundation Silhol Builders Supply Group, Merrill Lynch Highmark Blue Cross Blue Management United Bank Shield c3controls Wampum Hardware Inc. PNC The Common Plea Catering WPXI-TV Inc. DIAMOND CIRCLE Deloitte Business Partners $40,000 - $74,999 ELG Haniel Metals Corp.

PEWTER LEVEL MSA Farmers & Merchants Bank $1,000 - $2,499 of Western PA AlphaGraphics in the Levin Furniture Cultural District PLATINUM CIRCLE Mascaro Construction $20,000 - $39,999 Calgon Carbon Corporation Company Cohen & Grigsby, P.C. Coury Financial Group Mylan Pharmaceuticals Federal Home Loan Bank of ESB Bank Oliver Wyman Pittsburgh First Commonwealth Bank Pirates Charities First National Bank of Flaherty & O’Hara, P.C. Pennsylvania PwC Gordon Terminal Service Co. Giant Eagle Schreiber Industrial Hughes Television Development Co. H. J. Heinz Company Productions Foundation Trumbull Corporation and Jendoco Construction P.J. Dick Incorporated LANXESS Corporation Corporation UBER Macy’s Jennmar Corporation Triangle Tech Group Kerr Engineered Sales BRONZE CIRCLE Trib Total Media Company $2,500 - $4,999 Lawrence County Tourist Angelo, Gordon & Co. Promotion Agency GOLD CIRCLE Bank of America Merrill MacLachlan, Cornelius & $10,000 - $19,999 Lynch Filoni, Inc. Citigroup BB&T McKamish, Inc. Clearview Federal Credit Bender Consulting Nocito Enterprises, Inc. Union Services, Inc. Practice Growth Partners Delta Air Lines, Inc. Berner International Corp. Rothman Gordon PC Dollar Bank Foundation Big Burrito Restaurant Sarris Candies, Inc. Ernst & Young LLP Group Six Penn Kitchen Fairmont Pittsburgh & Buchanan Ingersoll & Habitat Restaurant Steptoe & Johnson PLLC Rooney PC Federated Investors, Inc. Stringert, Inc. Cipriani & Werner PC FedEx Ground The Techs Dominion Resources Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. Trebuchet Consulting LLC Eat’n Park Restaurants Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Elite Coach Transportation TriState Capital Bank Inc. United Safety Services, Inc. Erie Insurance PPG Industries Foundation UPMC & UPMC Health Plan Fifth Third Bank The Frank E. Rath-Spang & Vallozzi’s Pittsburgh Company Charitable Trust Huntington Bank Koppers Reed Smith LLP PARTNER LEVEL KPMG LLP United States Steel $500 - $999 Corporation Lighthouse Electric Company, Inc. Allegheny Valley Bank

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Armada Austrian American Cultural Society, Inc. Bridges & Company, Inc. The Buncher Company BYS Yoga Students Clark Precision Machined Components Consolidated Communications CrawfordEllenbogen LLC Enterprise Bank General Wire Spring Co. Goehring, Rutter & Boehm Hamill Mfg. Co. Hertz Gateway Center, LP John B. Conomos, Inc. Joyce’s Jewelry Boutique K & I Sheet Metal, Inc. Lucas Systems, Inc. Marketing Support Network Master Remodelers Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP Attorneys at Law Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. Modany-Falcone, Inc. Neville Chemical Company PGT Trucking Pzena Investment Management, LLC Rebecca L. Pounds DDS LLC Scott Metals Inc. Walter Long Manufacturing Company Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research, Inc. We would like to thank all corporations who contribute to the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Heinz Hall. Please see our website at pittsburghsymphony.org for a complete listing.

Current as of May 18, 2015

BNY MELLON PRESENTS

Smokey Robinson THURSDAY, JULY 9 • 7:30 P.M.

Johnny Mathis

THURSDAY, JULY 16 • 7:30 P.M.

SUMMER WITH THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY

Diana Krall

THURSDAY, JULY 23 • 7:30 P.M.

Randy Newman

THURSDAY, JULY 30 • 7:30 P.M.

SOME VOICES ARE SO WELL KNOWN, SO INSTANTLY RECOGNIZABLE THAT THEY BECOME ICONS. THIS JULY, SOME OF THE MOST ICONIC VOICES OF AMERICAN MUSIC JOIN WITH THE PITTSBURGH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOR FOUR NIGHTS OF MUSIC AT ITS VERY BEST.

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LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE

In addition to income from the Annual Fund, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is dependent on a robust endowment to assure its long-term financial stability. Gifts from Legacy of Excellence programs are directed to the endowment to provide for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s future.

The Steinberg Society honors donors who have advised the Pittsburgh Symphony in writing that they have made a provision for the orchestra in their will. Members of the Sid Kaplan Tribute program have made a gift to the endowment of $10,000.00 or more to commemorate a particular person or event. Endowed naming opportunities for guest artists, musicians’ chairs, concert series, educational programs or designated spaces allow donors to specify a name or tribute for 10 years, 20 years or in perpetuity. For additional information, please call Jan Fleisher at 412.392.3320.

STEINBERG SOCIETY Anonymous (21) Siamak & Joan Adibi Rev. Drs. A. Gary & Judy Angleberger The Joan & Jerome* Apt Families Francis A. Balog Robert & Loretta Barone Scott J. Bell Dr. Elaine H. Berkowitz Benno & Constance Bernt Michael Bielski Drs. Barbara & Albert Biglan Thomas G. Black Barbara M. Brock Lois R. Brozenick* Tom & Jackie Cain Estate of Cynthia Calhoun Judy & Michael Cheteyan Educational/Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. David W. Christopher Mr.* & Mrs. Edward S. Churchill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. Eugene S. Cohen Basil & Jayne Adair Cox In Memory of Stuart William Discount Mr.* & Mrs. Thomas J. Donnelly Frank R. Dziama Steven G. & Beverlynn Elliott Emil & Ruth Feldman* Joan Feldman & William Adams Mrs. Loti Gaffney Keith & Susan Garver Ken* & Lillian Goldsmith Mr. & Mrs. Ira H. Gordon James A. Gorton Estate of Anna R. Greenberg 52

Estate of Lorraine M. Gross Elizabeth Anne Hardie Charles & Angela Hardwick Carolyn Heil Eric & Lizz Helmsen Ms. Judith Hess Estate of Mr. John H. Hill Estate of Mr. & Mrs. William C. Hurtt Philo & Erika Holcomb Mr. & Mrs. Blair Jacobson Esther G. Jacovitz Patricia Prattis Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Kahn* Leo & Marge Kane Lois S. Kaufman Stephen & Kimberly Keen Mr. Arthur J. Kerr Jr. Ms. Bernadette Kersting Dr. Laibe A.* & Sydelle Kessler Stanley & Margaret Leonard Frances F. Levin Doris L. Litman Penny Locke Estate of Edward D. Loughney Lauren & Hampton Mallory Dr. Richard Martin in Memory of Mrs. Lori Martin* Dale & Dr. Marlene* McCall George E. Meanor Mary Ellen Miller Ms. Jean L. Misner* Catherine Missenda* Dr. Mercedes C. Monjian Mr. & Mrs. Paul J. Mooney Perry* & BeeJee Morrison Mildred S. Myers & William C. Frederick Donn & Peggy* Neal Dr. Nancy Z. Nelson Rhonda & Dennis Norman

Thaddeus A. Osial Jr. M.D. Estate of Irene G. Otte Judy Petty Estate of Dorothy R. Rairigh Barbara M. Rankin Richard E. Rauh Cheryl & James Redmond Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Donald & Sylvia Robinson Mr. & Mrs. David M. Roderick Charlotta Klein Ross Harvey & Lynn Rubin Mr. & Mrs. Gary L. Ryan Virginia Schatz Nancy Schepis Dr. & Mrs. Harry E. Serene Dr. Charles H. Shultz Michael Shefler Dr. Stanley Shostak & Dr. Marcia Landy Mr. & Mrs. Richard P. Simmons Dr. & Mrs. Leonard A. Stept Estate of Dr. Raymond & Karla Stept Mrs. Margaret Stouffer in Memory of Miss Jean Alexander Moore Tom & Jamee Todd Mrs. Jane Treherne-Thomas Eva & Walter J. Vogel Mr. & Mrs. George L. Vosburgh Estate of John & Betty Weiland In memory of Isaac Serrins from Mr. & Mrs. Ira Weiss Brian Weller Seldon Whitaker Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Raymond B. White Charles L. & Katherine A. Wiley

James & Susanne Wilkinson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Witmer Patricia L. Wurster Estate of Rufus J. Wysor Naomi Yoran Miriam L. Young Estate of Ruth Yount SID KAPLAN TRIBUTE PROGRAM The Sid Kaplan Memorial Hallway given by David Kaplan in appreciation of generous gifts commemorating family and friends In Honor of Dr. Raymond Stept from his loving family In Honor of Mariss & Irina Jansons and friendship from Dr. Laibe* & Sydelle Kessler Honoring my dear friend, Marvin Hamlisch, from Mina Kulber In Loving Memory of Martin Smith, PSO Horn, 1980-2005, from his siblings Todd Smith, Judy Dupont & Susan Noble

ENDOWED CHAIRS Principal Horn Chair, given by an Anonymous Donor First Violin Chair, given

by Allen H. Berkman in memory of his beloved wife, Selma Wiener Berkman Michael & Carol Bleier Viola Chair given in memory of our parents, Tina & Charles Bleier and Ruth & Shelley Stein

ENDOWED CHAIRS Cont. Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin F. Lois R. Brozenick Memorial Jones III Guest Keyboard Chair First Violin Chair Robert & Louise Kahn Fund Jane & Rae Burton for Pittsburgh Symphony Cello Chair Orchestra Schooltime Concerts Cynthia S. Calhoun Principal Viola Chair Virginia Kaufman Virginia Campbell Resident Conductor Chair, Principal Harp Chair Lawrence Loh Ron & Dorothy Chutz First Violin Chair Johannes & Mona L. Coetzee Memorial Principal English Horn Chair George & Eileen Dorman Assistant Principal Cello Chair Albert H. Eckert Associate Principal Percussion Chair Beverlynn & Steven Elliott Associate Concertmaster Chair Jean & Sigo Falk Principal Librarian Chair

Stephen & Kimberly Keen Bass Chair

Reed Smith Chair honoring Jacqueline Wechsler Tom Todd Horn Chair given in Horn Chair memory of Irving (Buddy) Wechsler Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart Barbara Weldon Oboe Chair Principal Timpani Chair Donald & Sylvia Robinson Hilda M. Willis Foundation Family Foundation Flute Chair Guest Conductor Chair Martha Brooks Robinson Principal Trumpet Chair

Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Silberman Principal Clarinet Chair G. Christian Lantzsch & Duquesne Light Company Mr. and Mrs. Willard J. Principal Second Violin Tillotson Jr. Chair Viola Chair Mr. & Mrs. William Genge Tom & Jamee Todd and Mr. & Mrs. James E. Principal Trombone Chair Lee Principal Bassoon Chair United States Steel Corporation Nancy & Jeffery Leininger Assistant Principal Bass First Violin Chair Chair

Thomas H. & Frances Witmer Assistant Principal Horn Chair Current as of May 18, 2015 *deceased

Edward D. Loughney Co-Principal Trumpet

Rachel Mellon Walton Concertmaster Chair, given

by Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fiddlesticks Family Concert Mellon Scaife Series Endowed by Gerald & Audrey McGinnis Honoring The Center for Young Musicians

Endowed Principal Piccolo Chair, given to honor Frank and Loti Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. Martin G. McGuinn William & Sarah Galbraith Viola Chair Second Violin Chair Dr. William Larimer Mellon Jr. The Estate of Olga T. Gazalie Principal Oboe Chair, given First Violin Chair

by Rachel Mellon Walton Ira & Nanette Gordon Messiah Concerts Endowed The Gracky Fund for by the Howard and Nell E. Education & Community Miller Chair Engagement Donald I. & Janet Moritz Susan S. Greer Memorial and Equitable Resources, Trumpet Chair, given by Inc. Associate Principal Peter Greer Cello Chair William Randolph Hearst The Perry & BeeJee Endowed Fund for Morrison String Education Instrument Loan Fund Vira I. Heinz The Morrison Family Music Director Chair Associate Principal Second Violin Chair Principal Pops Conductor Chair Endowed by Henry & Jackman Pfouts Elsie Hillman Principal Flute Chair, given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Dona Hotopp Arthur Jackman by Barbara Principal Bass Chair Jackman Pfouts Milton G. Hulme Jr. Pittsburgh Symphony Guest Conductor Chair Association given by Mine Safety Principal Cello Chair Appliances Company

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COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE SPECIAL NAMED GIFTS BNY Mellon .................................................................... Recordings & Electronic Media and Artistic Excellence Programs Benno & Constance Bernt..........................................................................................................................Stage Right Door Rae & Jane Burton.......................................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Basil & Jayne Adair Cox.................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Randi & *L. Van V. Dauler, Jr. ..................................................................................Mozart Room Elevator & Garden Bench William S. Dietrich II*............................................................Endowment for PittsburghSymphony Educational Programs Dollar Bank Foundation................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Mr. & Mrs. J. Christopher Donahue.........................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Roy & Susan Dorrance ..........................................................................................................................Music for the Spirit EQT Foundation............................................................... Community Engagement & EQT Student Side-By -Side Program Mr. & Mrs. Henry J. Gailliot.........................................................................................................Grand Piano, Paris Festival Goldman Sachs Gives ................................................................................................ Community Engagement Concerts Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield ......................................................................................... Music and Wellness Program Elsie & Henry Hillman...................................................The Henry L. Hillman Endowment for International Performances Ms. Seima Horvitz*........................................................................................................................................ Garden Bench David & Melissa Iwinski................................................................................................................................Stage Left Door Robert & Louise Kahn*......................................................................................................................... Schooltime Concerts Lillian Edwards Foundation.................................................................................................................Heartstrings Program Mr. & Mrs.* J. Robert Maxwell .................................................................................................President and CEO’s Office Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.........................................................................................................Grand Tier Door - Right Center PNC.............................................................................................................. PNC Walkway at Heinz Hall and PNC Tiny Tots Dr.* & Mrs. William E. Rinehart ...................................................................................................................... Grand Piano Mr. & Mrs. William F. Roemer......................................................................................................................... Garden Bench Catharine M. Ryan & John T. Ryan III ...................................................................................................Music for the Spirit Alece & David Schreiber................................................................................................................................. Garden Bench Harvey* & Florence Zeve ............................................................................................................................. Garden Bench *deceased

W ELCO ME S T HE F O L LOW ING GRO U PS TO T HE SE PERFO R M A NCE S

Legion of Valor Sisters of Charity New Leadership Board

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BRICK AND SEAT CAMPAIGN DONORS The Pittsburgh Symphony would like to thank the following donors who have supported our endowment through the purchase of Heinz Hall Commemorative Bricks and Seat Plaques this season. If you would like to purchase a brick or seat plaque, please contact Marina Nielsen at 412-392-2887 or mnielsen@ pittsburghsymphony.org or visit our website at http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/donate/brick-form.

Kay Allen & Paulette Hamilton Dr. & Mrs. Theodore Andersen Anonymous Kathleen & Joseph Baird Anne Friday Beck Helen & Don Breman Rich & Sue Boles Mrs. Margaret F. Booth William P. & Margaret Z. Bresnahan In Memory of Bill and Thelma Hall given by Bob and Patti Carothers Mary Beth Cartier The Theresa Cartier Family Harold F. Chambers, III Tatjana Mead Chamis Ellen Chen-Livingston David & Janese Clark Gloria Clark Donna Close College of Fine Arts - IUP Daniel Corkum Ranjita Kalita Cornette Janet & David DeAngelo Polly Dibella Judith Diven Drummers Service David Dzombak & Carolyn Menard Mary Jane Edwards

Hilary and Joan Feldman Vincent Ferro Richard F. Foran Ronald & Dana Fullerton & Will Bruce & Ann Gabler Kathleen Gavigan & William B. Dixon Mr. & Mrs. Donald Grace Bob & Wanda Grinder David Harding William & Jacqueline Herbein Kelvin Hill & Cheryl Chotiner Hoffman Family Tom & Mary Hooten Diane and Bradford Hunter Alfred & Necole Jacobsen Barbara Johns & Jeff Wagner Ms. Lori Sobol Kaplan Carol Karl Lee Karr & Renee McLamb The Kirk Family Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kurtanich William & Toni Land The Lauver Family Cecilia Marano In Memory of Lori Confer Martin John & Cathy Mary

Lorna McGhee Barbara Elkind McKenna & Janet Elkind Finfrock Bonn & Art McSorley Bridget Meacham Barbara Meharey Monsterz Scott & Stephanie Moore Betsy Morrison Harry C. & Kathleen L. Nagel Rachel Niederberger Marina Nielsen Ken & Dawn Ogilive In Honor of Allison Opsitnick Camilla B. Pearce and Dan Gee* Mary Persin Mr. John Peterson JoAnne Randolph James Reeping Joe Regna, Jr. Celeste M. Reisinger Cornelius Rifugiato Susan J. Riley Joseph & Anne Rogel Carol and Richard Rosenthal Elizabeth Russell Dr. Allan & Ruth Schachter Luci Schroepfer Noah & Danielle Schultz

Teresa Sciolla-Lynch Randall S. Shaffer Stephen Shaner Daniel and Jennifer Smith R. Damian Soffer Family Mrs. Connie Stobert Joel & Maria Swanson Jan & Leslie Swensen Brian Skwirut The Tabachnick Family Foundation Rosemary A. Thomas Carol Tillotson Carol Toth Ushers and Catering Staff at Heinz Hall Albin L. Vareha, Jr. Cate & Jerry Vockley Robert E. Walley, MD Patty & Joe Walton Ronald Wasilak James and Susanne Wilkinson Kierstin Wilson Jessica D. Wolfe & Joseph R. Martinez Rachel W. Wymard Sylvia & Norman Zibrat Mark Zumbro

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HEINZ HALL INFORMATION

BOX OFFICE HOURS are Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m; Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Weekend hours vary based on performance times. Tickets may be purchased by calling 412.392.4900 and are also available at the Theater Square Box Office.

CHILDREN are encouraged to attend our youth concerts and Fiddlesticks Family Concerts.

Children age six and over, are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. The Latecomer’s Gallery and lobby video monitors are always options for restless children.

GROUPS can receive discounted tickets, priority seats, personalized service and free reception space.

For more information, call 412.392.4819 or visit our website at pittsburghsymphony.org/groups for information.

LATECOMER’S GALLERY is located behind the Main Floor to enjoy the performance until you can be seated. Latecomers will be seated at suitable intervals during the program, at the discretion of the conductor. The gallery is also available for parents with restless children.

PHOTOGRAPHY, video, or audio recording of the performance is strictly prohibited at all times.

PRE-PAID PARKING is available to all ticketholders in the Sixth & Penn garage across from Heinz Hall. Ask about prepaid parking when you order your tickets.

REFRESHMENT BARS are located in the Garden and Overlook rooms and in the Grand Tier Lounge.

Intermission beverages may be ordered prior to performances. Water cups are available in the restrooms.

RESTROOMS are located on the Lower, Grand Tier, Gallery levels, and COAT CHECK is available in the LOCKERS are located on the off the Garden and Overlook rooms; Grand Lobby or in the Dorothy Porter Lower, Grand Tier and Gallery levels. a wheelchair-accessible restroom is Simmons Family Regency Room on LOST AND FOUND items on the Main Floor. the lower level. can be retrieved by calling SMOKING is not permitted 412.392.4844 on weekdays from CONCIERGE SERVICE is in Heinz Hall. The garden is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. available in the Entrance Lobby accessible during performances to assist with your questions for this purpose.

MOBILE DEVICES should and to help with dining, hotel, be turned off and put away upon SUPPORTING THE PSO entertainment and transportation entering the theater.

AND HEINZ HALL concerns. [Penny Vennare, Event is critical to the financial future of the THE MOZART ROOM Supervisor; Ron Ogrodowski, Pittsburgh Symphony. Ticket sales is available for a grand dining Barbara Smorul, Concierges.] only cover a portion of our operating experience catered by The DRESS CODE for all concerts costs. To make a tax-deductible gift, Common Plea, just seconds is at your personal discretion and please contact our Development away from your seats. For ranges from dress and business department at 412.392.4880 or visit reservations: 412.392.4879 attire to casual wear. us online at pittsburghsymphony.org or pittsburghsymphony.org/ mozartroom.

ELEVATOR is located next to the Grand Staircase.

EMERGENCY CALLS can be referred to the concierge desk at 412.392.2880.

FIRE EXITS are to be used ONLY in case of an emergency. If the fire alarm is activated, follow the direction of Heinz Hall ushers and staff to safely evacuate the theater.

THE FOLLOWING ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PATRONS WITH DISABILITIES:

• Level entrance and route to main floor of auditorium • Accessible seat locations with companion seats* • Portable assistive listening devices: Please see ushers for assistance.

• Braille programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics and PNC Pops performances.

• Large print programs are available at the concierge desk for all BNY Mellon Grand Classics, PNC Pops, and Fiddlesticks Family Series performances. *Please contact the box office for the location of these seats.

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