FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Friday, June 8, 2012

Joshua Bell Plays Brahms
Manfred Honeck, praised by The Guardian for his PSO recording of Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben leads  three tone poems: Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell returns for an impassioned performance of Brahms' technically-demanding Violin Concerto.
06/08/2012 - 06/10/2012
06/08 - 8:00 pm
06/09 - 8:00 pm
06/10 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Opera's Greatest Hits
The Allegheny County Summer Concert Series presents Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artists Juan José de León and Kyle Oliver and former Resident Artists Katherine Drago and Shannon Kessler Dooley with accompanist Mark Trawka in numbers such as La donna e mobile from Rigoletto, O sole mio, Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville, Brindisi (Drinking Song) from La Traviata, The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha, and Taylor the Latte Boy.  Free admission.
06/08/2012
Time: 7:30 pm

Location: South Park Amphitheater, Buffalo Drive, South Park, PA
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Piano Scholarship Winners Recital
The Pittsburgh Piano Teachers Association presents 2012 scholarship winner Ben Grove, who will attend Westminster College, and past winners Alvin Zhu (Julliard) and Ted Evangelista (Boston University).
06/09/2012
Time: 3:00 pm

Location: Steinway Gallery, 445 Main St., Pittsburgh, PA
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Musicians with a Mission
Members of the Westmoreland Symphony and Mendelsshon Choir and other talented local musicians will present a free one-hour concert hosted by QED's Jim Cunningham. A silent auction for the nonprofit Musicians with a Mission will expand their ability to bring live music into local healthcare settings.
06/09/2012
Time: 7:00 pm

Location: Third Presbyterian Church, 5701 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Duo Cieli
Duo Cieli (Tara Yaney, flute, and John Marcinizyn, guitar) give a free outdoor performance under the Schenley Plaza tent.
06/14/2012
Time: Noon - 1:30 pm

Location: Schenley Plaza, 4100 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Grand Finale with Honeck
Manfred Honeck closes the season with the PSO's Gorton family (James, Gretchen and daughter Heidi) in an imaginative Concert Piece by Eugene Goossens. Maestro Honeck continues the PSO's Mahler Cycle with the immensely moving Sixth Symphony, containing the haunting sounds of Alpine cowbells, celesta, and a devastating hammer of fate. Last performed by the PSO ten years ago, this "Tragic" Symphony is an epic masterwork.
06/15/2012 - 06/17/2012
06/15 - 8:00 pm
06/16 - 8:00 pm
06/17 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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A Chorus Line
From the pen of legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch comes this Tony Award-winning "singular sensation" -- a powerful and emotion-filled musical for anyone who's ever had a dream and put it all on the line.
06/15/2012 - 06/24/2012

Location: Benedum Center
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First Position
This documentary follows six gifted young dancers who are among the thousands, ages 9 to 19, who enter the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions.
06/15/2012 - 06/28/2012

Location: Harris Theater, 809 Liberty Ave., downtown
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Three Centuries of Printmaking
The Frick features three exhibitions of printmaking: its own collections of 18th-century mezzotints and 19th century chomolithographs, complemented by the traveling exhibition The Prints of Jacques Callot. The three shows span over 200 years, yet all the works demonstrate the importance of the printmaker in recording, publishing and disseminating a distinct view of the world.
06/15/2012 - 09/02/2012
7227 Reynolds St., Pittsburgh, PA
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