Violin Superstar Midori Joins Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for BNY MELLON GRAND CLASSICS 2/3-3

Violin superstar Midori first captured hearts and minds of audiences 30 years ago as an 11-year-old virtuoso. She returns to Heinz Hall for the first time since 2004 to perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during the BNY Mellon Grand Classics on February 3 & 5 at Heinz Hall.

During the weekend's performances, Midori will dazzle audiences with Mendelssohn's poetic and lyrical Violin Concerto. Music Director Manfred Honeck opens the program with Mozart's ingenious "Haffner" Symphony. Originally designed as party music for the prominent Haffner family of Salzburg, this work was later transformed into a symphony for the great musical center of Vienna. This concert weekend also features Brahms' triumphant Symphony No. 1. This work, nearly 14 years in the making, announced the composer's arrival as a symphonist in dramatic style.

A pre-concert talk, open to all ticketholders and led by Andrés Franco, will occur on stage one hour before each concert.The CMU Young Artist Orchestra will perform in the Grand Lobby one hour before the concert start on Friday, February 3. Both of these pre-concert activities are free for ticketholders.

Program notes for the weekend are available online at pittsburghsymphony.org/Midori and on the PSO mobile app the day of the concert.

The concert begins at 8 p.m. on Friday and 2:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets, ranging in price from $20 to $94, can be purchased by calling the Heinz Hall box office at 412-392-4900 or visiting pittsburghsymphony.org/Midori.

Midori will also perform with the Pittsburgh Symphony during the Scottish Rite Cathedral Series in New Castle onFebruary 4 and at the Canady Symphony Series at West Virginia University on February 6.

The Pittsburgh Symphony would like to recognize and thank BNY Mellon for its 2016-2017 title sponsorship of BNY Mellon Grand Classics. Fairmont Pittsburgh is the official hotel of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Delta Air Lines is the official airline of the Pittsburgh Symphony. Radio station WQED-FM 89.3 and WQEJ-FM89.7 is the official voice of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

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