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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and its Music Director Manfred Honeck are returning to Europe from 26 August to 11 September 2011. They will be appearing at 12 concerts in 9 cities including Rheingau Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Grafenegg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn, BBC Proms, Musikfest Berlin, Paris and Vilnius, Lithuania.

Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and pianist Hélène Grimaud will be joining the orchestra on tour. Programme highlights will include Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and Rihm’s Violin Concerto.

“Touring Europe with our wonderful musicians is always a special experience for me,” says Music Director Honeck. “It is fantastic to create music with our world-class orchestra in some of the finest music halls in the world.”


26 August    
Rheingau Musik Festival Wiesbaden, Friedrich-von-Thiersch-Saal        
Rihm: Violin concerto »Lichtes Spiel« German premiere
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

27 August    
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Hamburg, Laeiszhalle        
Rihm: Violin concerto »Lichtes Spiel«  
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

29 August    
Vilnius
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

1 September    
Grafenegg Festival
Rihm: Violin concerto »Lichtes Spiel«
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

2 September    
Grafenegg Festival                        
Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Hélène Grimaud, Piano

3 September    
Lucerne Festival, Kultur- und Kongresszentrum        
Rihm: Violin concerto »Lichtes Spiel«
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

5 September    
BBC Proms London, Royal Albert Hall                
Braunfels: Fantastic Appearances of a Theme by Hector Berlioz
Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Hélène Grimaud, Piano

6 September    
BBC Proms London, Royal Albert Hall                
Rihm: Violin concerto »Gesungene Zeit«
Rihm: Violin concerto »Lichtes Spiel«
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

7 September    
Paris, Salle Pleyel                
Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 4
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Hélène Grimaud, Piano

9 September    
Beethovenfest Bonn, Beethovenhalle                
Rihm: Violin concerto »Lichtes Spiel«
Mendelssohn: Violin concerto
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin

10 September    
Beethovenfest Bonn, Beethovenhalle                
Beethoven: Piano concerto No. 4
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Hélène Grimaud, Piano

11 September    
Musikfest Berlin, Philharmonie                
Wagner: Prelude to Lohengrin
Rihm: Violin concerto »Gesungene Zeit«
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violin