2022-2023 Season

BNY Mellon Grand Classics

Welcome to the 2022-2023 BNY Mellon Grand Classics season! Every program is intentionally crafted to showcase art with meaning and purpose for our community. Experience the power of music during this awe-inspiring season!

Our Offerings

Subscriptions to fit your taste

Explore subscription options below by choosing a package that works for you! PSO subscriptions are extremely flexible, so you can exchange your tickets for any other concert within your series by simply contacting your Patron Services Representative.

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Fireworks

Starting at $102

 

Package Highlights

Be the first to experience Heinz Hall’s new Steinway concert piano with this package, as well as Holst’s interstellar sensation, The Planets, and Stravinsky’s riot-inducing masterpiece, The Rite of Spring.

6 Concerts Include

Steinway Debut with Yefim Bronfman  •   Rachmaninoff's Triumphant Final Symphony  •   Holst's The Planets  •   In Words and Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem  •   Canellakis Debut: Beethoven & Shostakovich  •   The Rite of Spring


Forte

Starting at $126

 

Package Highlights

Hear the most iconic sounds to ever grace the concert stage in this epic package. From Beethoven’s 4 notes that changed the world in his 5th symphony to Manfred Honeck’s transcendent interpretation of Mozart’s Requiem, this package is sure to inspire.

7 Concerts Include

Steinway Debut with Yefim Bronfman  •   Honeck Conducts Beethoven's Fifth  •   Holst's The Planets  •   In Words and Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem  •   Schubert's "Great" Symphony  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro  •   The Pines of Rome


Bravura

Starting at $119

 

Package Highlights

Featuring 5 U.S. premieres and 1 world premiere, this package is filled with the emerging voices of today alongside the most well-known composers of the past. From Jessie Montgomery to Frédéric Chopin, each concert will take you through the historic array of orchestral music.

7 Concerts Include

Stravinsky's Petrushka  •   Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique"  •   Mozart & More  •   Honeck Conducts Beethoven's Fifth  •   Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin  •   Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances  •   The Pines of Rome


Virtuoso

Starting at $119

 

Package Highlights

Bookended by two masterpieces, this package showcases Berlioz’s hallucinatory depiction of love alongside the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s show-stopping interpretation of Ravel’s Boléro. Also sprinkled within are stunning soloists, from Gil Shaham to Seong-Jin Cho.

7 Concerts Include

Symphonie Fantastique  •   Shostakovich Symphony No. 1  •   Thanksgiving Tradition: Strauss Family Favorites  •   Mozart's Great Mass  •   Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto  •   Schubert's "Great" Symphony  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro


Ovation

Starting at $217

 

Package Highlights

This package will carry you through the majority of this awe-inducing season, from the tale of the love-sick puppet in Petrushka to the forests of Italy in The Pines of Rome.

14 Concerts Include

Symphonie Fantastique  •   Stravinsky's Petrushka  •   Shostakovich Symphony No. 1  •   Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique"  •   Thanksgiving Tradition: Strauss Family Favorites  •   Mozart's Great Mass  •   Mozart & More  •   Honeck Conducts Beethoven's Fifth  •   Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto  •   Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin  •   Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances  •   Schubert's "Great" Symphony  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro  •   The Pines of Rome


Premiere

Starting at $295

 

Package Highlights

Experience the full power of music in this package covering the entirety of the 2022-2023 season. Offering the best value, you’ll be able to hear from every hand-selected soloist and composer for the price of only 15 concerts.

20 Concerts Include

Symphonie Fantastique  •   Stravinsky's Petrushka  •   Shostakovich Symphony No. 1  •   Steinway Debut with Yefim Bronfman  •   Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique"  •   Thanksgiving Tradition: Strauss Family Favorites  •   Mozart's Great Mass  •   Rachmaninoff's Triumphant Final Symphony  •   Mozart & More  •   Honeck Conducts Beethoven's Fifth  •   Holst's The Planets  •   Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto  •   Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin  •   In Words and Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem  •   Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances  •   Canellakis Debut: Beethoven & Shostakovich  •   Schubert's "Great" Symphony  •   The Rite of Spring  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro  •   The Pines of Rome

Our Offerings

Season Themes

Every BNY Mellon Grand Classics season is intentionally crafted to showcase art with meaning and purpose for our community. Enjoy these three themes running throughout the course of the 2022-2023 season.

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Voices of Today

 

Be the first in Pittsburgh to see and hear an array of the most outstanding and creative voices in orchestral music, including four world premieres, one U.S. premiere, 11 Pittsburgh premieres, and 15 new stars of the stage.

 

Explore the Concerts

Symphonie Fantastique  •   Stravinsky's Petrushka  •   Shostakovich Symphony No. 1  •   Steinway Debut with Yefim Bronfman  •   Thanksgiving Tradition: Strauss Family Favorites  •   Rachmaninoff's Triumphant Final Symphony  •   Honeck Conducts Beethoven's Fifth  •   Holst's The Planets  •   Gil Shaham Beethoven Violin Concerto  •   In Words and Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem  •   Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro  •   The Pines of Rome

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Made in Pittsburgh

 

Celebrate the Steel City with these world-class creators and performers, all connected to Pittsburgh.

 

Explore the Concerts

Symphonie Fantastique  •   Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique"  •   Thanksgiving Tradition: Strauss Family Favorites  •   Mozart's Great Mass  •   Holst's The Planets  •   In Words and Music: Honeck Conducts Mozart’s Requiem  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro

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"88 Keys for Pittsburgh"

Follow the Piano

 

The long-awaited new Steinway concert piano has arrived at Heinz Hall, and we invite you to follow these “88 Keys for Pittsburgh” together with 10 of the most admired pianists in the world.

 

Explore the Concerts

Steinway Debut with Yefim Bronfman  •   Mozart's Great Mass  •   Mozart & More  •   Emanuel Ax Plays Chopin  •   Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances  •   Canellakis Debut: Beethoven & Shostakovich  •   Schubert's "Great" Symphony  •   The Rite of Spring  •   Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: Boléro