FM Cultural Calendar | Starting Thursday, June 6, 2013

A Grand Finale with Yuja Wang
Manfred Honeck closes the season with the young Chinese virtuoso Yuja Wang in Tchaikovsky's powerhouse Piano Concerto #1. Shostakovich's Symphony #5 is a Russian masterpiece with deep meaning for the composer and his country – a grand finale.
06/07/2013 - 06/09/2013
06/07 - 8:00 pm
06/08 - 8:00 pm
06/09 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
The 54th annual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival connects the community to the arts through high-quality and diverse visual and performing art attractions including more than 100 events and activities featuring more than 500 artists in over 20 venues. The Festival is free and open to the public. June 10th is Classical Music Day, featuring a concert by the Pittsburgh Symphony and Pittsburgh Opera resident artists at the Point.
06/07/2013 - 06/16/2013

Location: downtown Pittsburgh & Point State Park
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Trillium Ensemble presents Silent Spring
Silent Spring features new works and the completion of John Adams' Gnarly Buttons. Trillium Ensemble commissioned Mark Fromm's Silent Spring, inspired by Rachel Carson, which uses a singing pianist, extended flute techniques, and bass clarinet. A world premiere piano solo, Matthew Heap's On The Ceiling Of The Sky, presents a full-range rhythmic thunderstorm. Mathew Rosenblum’s Under the Rainbow, for flute and pre-recorded CD, journeys through techno, karaoke, lounge, and cartoon soundtrack genres, with samples from MGM's Wizard of Oz.
06/08/2013
Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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Playground Project
Part of the upcoming 2013 Carnegie International, The Playground Project is a richly-illustrated exhibition exploring postwar playground designs from 1940 to 1980. Examples from Europe, the US, and Japan are seen in more than 130 photographs, prints, plans, models, books, films, and slideshows.
06/10/2013 - 08/16/2013
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Milly didn't know life with Adam would include six rowdy brothers-in-law as roommates. Now, her plans to marry them off may backfire when the rambunctious bachelors kidnap rather than court their brides-to-be. Based on the MGM film, this show features daredevil dancing and the songs "Wonderful, Wonderful Day," "Love Never Goes Away" and "Sobbin' Women."
06/11/2013 - 06/16/2013

Location: Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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Kenny G
In a recording career that spans almost three decades and 23 albums, Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Kenny G has grafted elements of R&B, pop and Latin to a jazz foundation solidifying his reputation as the premiere artist in contemporary "smooth jazz." PSO Resident Conductor Lawrence Loh leads the orchestra.
06/13/2013 - 06/16/2013
06/13 - 7:30 pm
06/14 - 8:00 pm
06/15 - 8:00 pm
06/16 - 2:30 pm
Heinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
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