The Juilliard Quartet returns to Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland on March 30th at 7:30pm! All four members joined QED's Jim Cunningham via Zoom to talk about the concert, presented by Chamber Music Pittsburgh.

The current members of the Juilliard String Quartet are violinists Areta Zhulla and Leonard Fu, violist Molly Carr, and cellist Astrid Schween. They were the first ensemble presented by Chamber Music Pittsburgh in its inaugural season of October 1961. The current members explain the quartet's focus on American music, carrying on the spirit of the group from founder Robert Mann. They remember their influences, including cellist Jacqueline du Pré, Violinist Donald Weilerstein, violist Michael Tree, Pinchas Zukerman, and the many members of the Juilliard who have made contributions. 

On the program for their upcoming concert are Michelle Barzel Ross' Birds on the Run, her arrangement of Bach's Prelude in E-flat Major, plus Shostakovich's Seventh Quartet and Dvořák's American Quintet. Don't miss the Juilliard String Quartet at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland on Monday, March 30th at 7:30pm. More information and tickets can be found on Chamber Music Pittsburgh's website.

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Pittsburgh contemporary ensemble, the IonSound Project, have an upcoming concert titled "Respite and Reflection" at St. Vincent's Basilica crypt. Cellist Elisa Kohanski and clarinetist Kathleen Costello spoke with QED's Jim Cunningham about the concert.

Included on the program for "Respite and Reflection" are Robert Muczynski, Jessie Montgomery, Mark Abel, Connor Chee, and James MacMillan. Elisa and Kathleen will play a few duos by Georgina Sanchez Torres; their pianist Jack Kurutz will join them Paul Juon's Trio Miniatures for clarinet, cello, and piano. IonSound also commissioned a new arrangement of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" for this concert.

Kathleen and Elisa also talk about each of their individual careers. Kathleen plays in the Alabama Symphony in Birmingham and is also a visual artist, and Elisa is the principal cellist in the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra, and play with the Wheeling Symphony, the PSO, and various other ensembles in the area.

Join IonSound Project for "Respite and Reflection" at the St. Vincent Basilica Crypt on Friday, March 27th at 7:30pm. More information about the concert can be found on IonSound's website.

IonSound also recently released a new CD called "Inspired By..." featuring newly commissioned music inspired by and alongside two pieces by Beethoven and Brahms, which will be featured on an upcoming Performance in Pittsburgh Friday evening program. Stay tuned!

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The Andy Warhol Museum and Carnegie Mellon University School of Art's MFA program continue their collaboration to present the class of 2026's thesis exhibition at the Warhol. Katie Briski, Associate Registrar of Exhibitions and Loans at the Warhol, and CMU School of Art's Elizabeth Chodos talked with QED's Anna singer about the exhibition.

Elizabeth introduces the artists. They include Naomi Chambers, a mixed-media artist who hails from Pittsburgh; Afrooz Partovi, an Iranian artist who is using 3D-animated videos to explore space in 1980s Iran; and Bulumko Mbete, an African artist working with ceramics, textiles, and beading centered on craft-based practices in South Africa. Katie talks about bringing each artists' work into the Warhol.

Katie and Elizabeth also each explain their own work. Katie helps with the museum's art loans, often traveling with the art and supervising installation. Elizabeth, who is an associate professor of Curatorial Studies at CMU, talks Anna through curatorial processes, how art can be a resource for interpretation, and how she prepares her students for the professional world.

There will be a public opening reception on Friday, March 27th from 5:00-8:00pm. Time-Honored Non-Specifics will be on view at The Andy Warhol Museum until April 12th. More information and tickets can be found on the Warhol's website.

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Music for Food returns with Romantic Masterpieces, featuring the music of the Mendelssohn siblings. Pianist Nanette Kaplan Solomon, cellist Paula Tuttle, and violinist Alison Fujito spoke with QED's Jim Cunningham about the program.

Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in D minor will serve as the cornerstone of the concert. Nanette recounts the relationship between Fanny and Felix, including Fanny's pursuit of music against the expectations of women at the time. Nanette, Paula, and Alison will be joined by soprano Colleen Gray singing four pieces from Fanny Mendelssohn. Fanny's four-hand Piano Duets will also be featured, with Amy Simpson joining Nanette.

Paula, Nanette, and Alison also perform two pieces in the QED studio: Paula and Nanette play Felix Mendelssohn's The Song Without Words, written for Lisa Christiani, the first woman to sit at the cello and one of the earliest professional female musicians. Alison and Nanette play Fanny Mendelssohn's Adagio in E major for violin and piano.

Hear Nanette, Alison, and Paula at Music for Food: Romantic Masterpieces on Saturday, March 28th at 3:00pm, at Chatham University's James Laughlin Music Hall. Admission is free, but at-will donations will be accepted to support the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. More information can be found on Music for Food's website.

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Alaine Fink, pianist and Minister of Music at First Presbyterian Church downtown, is starting a new concert series called First with Friends! She spoke with Jim Cunningham about the creation of the series.

First with Friends will take place on Tuesdays at 12:00pm at the church. Alaine explains the motivation for the series, focusing on revitalizing Pittsburgh's downtown area. She encourages residents and professionals to attend, and they are welcome to bring their own lunch and eat in the sanctuary. She hopes to expand the series to include not just classical music, but also jazz, solo organ, and Pittsburgh area student concerts.

The first concert will take place on March 24th and will feature Christopher Wilson, principal trumpet of the PSO. He will play a Torelli sonata to open his program, with Alaine accompanying on organ. PSO principal harpist Gretchen Van Hoeson will perform for the series on April 14th, and PSO associate principal cellist Dale Jeong follows on May 12th. Alaine also teases the programs for those concerts.

Make your way downtown to First Presbyterian Church on 6th Avenue for the inaugural First with Friends concert with Christopher Wilson on Tuesday, March 24th at noon!

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Chatham Baroque celebrate Bach's birthday next weekend with "Bach's Sublime Chamber Music," featuring mostly Bach but also his contemporaries Telemann and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. QED's Anna Singer spoke with Chatham Baroque members Scott Pauley and Patricia Halverson live on the QED Afternoon Show about the program.

Scott and Patty walk Anna through the pieces, which include sonatas for the full group and breakaway pieces for smaller ensembles. Selections from the program are Bach's Trio Sonata in G Major and Partita No. 3 in E Major for solo violin, Telemann's Paris Quartet No. 1 in D Major, and Weiss's Sonata 14 in G Major for flute and lute. Scott tells the story of Weiss's missing flute part, which was reconstructed by Canadian lutanist Michel Cardin. Chatham Baroque's core trio will be joined by Charles Brink on baroque flute and Justin Wallace on harpsichord.

Celebrate Bach's birthday with Chatham Baroque on Friday, March 27th at 7:30pm at the Teutonia Männerchor, and on Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th at the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary's Hicks Memorial Chapel. Saturday's concert is at 7:30pm and the Sunday performance is at 2:30pm. More information and tickets can be found on Chatham Baroque's website.

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The Steinway Society of Western Pennsylvania presents Vladimir Milošević, virtuoso pianist, and multiple award-winning faculty member of the University of the Arts in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday March 22nd at 3:00pm, at the Kresge Theater at CMU. Vladimir spoke with Jim Cunningham about his program.

Vladimir plans to play a demanding concert featuring Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker arranged by Mikhail Pletnev, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Ballet, Stravinsky's Firebird, and Ravel's La Valse. He remembers his legendary piano teacher Lazar Berman and his early years from Leskovac, Serbia. Vladimir shared the cultural overview of Belgrade and finds it extraordinary and rich. He has visited Pittsburgh once before at Duquesne University and hopes to explore more of the deep Serbian cultural life in Pittsburgh, which dates back to the 1880's. Vladimir has recorded a disk of Serbian music by Ivan Jevtić and recommends his favorite Serbian composers.

Don't miss your chance to hear Vladimir Milošević play Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, and Ravel on Sunday, March 22nd at 3:00pm at CMU's Kresge Theater. Tickets are available on the Steinway Society's website.

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The Pittsburgh Savoyards will wrap up their 88th season with Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel! Production Manager Lynette Garlan and Stage Director Olivia Hartle stopped by the studio to chat with QED's Melissa Black about the show.

Olivia summarizes the plot of the operetta, detailing the wild shenanigans of a theater troupe organizing an uprising against the Grand Duke. She also talks about double-casting the characters and her experience as a first-time Savoyards director. This is the third time the Savoyards will put on this production, and Lynette talks about the differences from one performance to another, much of which are due to the dynamic nature of live theater.

Performances will be held at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie, PA during the weekends of March 20th-22nd and March 27th-29th. Friday and Saturday shows are at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees are at 2:30pm. On opening night, March 20th, there will be a post-performance reception with the opportunity to mingle with the cast and orchestra. The Sunday performances also have a livestream option, which can be purchased along with regular tickets on the Savoyards' website.

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The Bach Choir of Pittsburgh returns with their signature fundraising event, Bach Day Bash, celebrating J.S. Bach's 341st birthday! Amy Herlich, who is the Major Gifts Officer of the Cultural Trust and a member of BPC's Special Events Committee, stopped by the WQED studio to chat live with Anna Singer about the event.

This year's bash is co-chaired and emceed by WQED's own Anna Singer and Jim Cunningham, and will celebrate the success of the Bach Choir's current season, "Cirque du Cinema," as well as the legacy of Artistic Director Thomas W. Douglas, who will embark on his farewell season in 2026-27.

The event takes place on Saturday, March 21st at the recently renovated Greer Cabaret Theater, with a Choral Champions' Reception at 6:00pm, featuring a sneak peek at the 2026-27 season, hors d'oeuvres, and the opportunity to mingle with the Artistic Director. The "Main Act" begins at 7:30pm, with swing choral pieces performed by Bach Choir members, live music by The Good Times Big Band, a silent auction, and light snacks.

More information and tickets are available on the Bach Choir's website.

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