Podcast appearances and mentions of Manfred Honeck

Conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra present their new release featuring music by Antonin Dvorak and Carlos Simon recorded live in the historic Heinz Hall. Listen now with host Julie Amacher.

durée : 01:28:42 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier - Le chef autrichien enregistre la Neuvième Symphonie d'Antonín Dvořák à la tête de l'Orchestre symphonique de Pittsburgh, dont il est le directeur musical. - équipe : Pauline Boisaubert Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:11:40 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier - Le chef autrichien Manfred Honeck enregistre la Symphonie n° 9 en mi mineur « Du Nouveau Monde » d'Antonín Dvořák, ainsi que l'œuvre Four Black American Dances de Carlos Simon, en première mondiale. - équipe : Pauline Boisaubert Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 01:28:42 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier - Le chef autrichien enregistre la Neuvième Symphonie d'Antonín Dvořák à la tête de l'Orchestre symphonique de Pittsburgh, dont il est le directeur musical. - équipe : Pauline Boisaubert Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 00:11:40 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier - Le chef autrichien Manfred Honeck enregistre la Symphonie n° 9 en mi mineur « Du Nouveau Monde » d'Antonín Dvořák, ainsi que l'œuvre Four Black American Dances de Carlos Simon, en première mondiale. - équipe : Pauline Boisaubert Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Der Generalintendant der Elbphilharmonie und der Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Christoph Lieben-Seutter, hat das Programm der Jubiläums-Saison 2026/27 bereits vorgestellt. Mit internationalen Top-Stars und Orchestern wird das Programm glänzen, thematisch steht dabei der 250. Geburtstag der USA im Zentrum. Die prominentesten Orchester aus den USA werden dabei zu Gast sein, darunter das New York Philharmonic Orchestra.Bei NDR Kultur à la carte spricht Christoph Lieben-Seutter über die vielfältige Jubiläums-Saison, die am 1. September mit dem Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra unter Leitung von Manfred Honeck eröffnet und mit einem langen Wochenende im Juli 2027 zu Ende gehen wird. Und natürlich blickt er zurück auf die Erfolgsgeschichte der Elbphilharmonie, ein Haus, das mit hohem Qualitätsversprechen, einer beeindruckenden Architektur auch dazu beigetragen hat, dass Hamburg noch stärker als zuvor als Kulturstadt wahrgenommen wird.

Wie Manfred Honeck seine Noten auf dem Weg nach Japan verlor, erfahren Sie in dieser Folge von „Erstklassisch mit Mischke"

Pianist Jan Lisiecki returns to Mozart on Deutsche Grammophon — the Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 22, with conductor Manfred Honeck and the Bamberger Symphoniker — and explains a passage so far ahead of its time it could pass for the 20th century.Lisiecki, a Canadian pianist and Deutsche Grammophon artist since the age of fifteen, won the Gramophone Young Artist Award and the Leonard Bernstein Award as a teenager and has since played with the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, and the Berlin Philharmonic.Fourteen years after his teenage debut in Mozart's Concertos Nos. 20 & 21, he talks about what maturity took away and gave back, why Manfred Honeck was the collaborator he had been waiting for, the beauty and joy he hears in E-flat Major, the clarinets Mozart set free for the first time in a concerto, and the surviving Mozart cadenza he calls two centuries ahead of its time.Classical Post is a video podcast on how classical musicians build careers, hosted by Jonathan Eifert and based in New York. Publishing original artist interviews since 2018 and in podcast form since 2021, the archive now runs past 150 conversations — long-form, on the record, and in the artist's own words. Produced by Gold Sound Media — specialist video-first marketing for elite performing arts institutions and major-stage artists. Clients include the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Gilmore Piano Festival.--Gold Sound Media: https://goldsoundmedia.com/Classical Post: https://classicalpost.com/

Mit „Ariadne auf Naxos“ schufen die beiden Autoren Richard Strauss und Hugo von Hofmannsthal eine moderne Meta-Oper über den schwierigen Entstehungsprozess einer Oper als Auftrag eines Superreichen. Was dabei herauskommt ist eine spannungsgeladene Mixtur aus Tragödie und Komödie, hoher Kunst und Unterhaltung. Ein ideales Programm auch für die Salzburger Festspiele, nicht nur wegen der beiden Autoren als Mitbegründer des Festivals, sondern auch weil die Schönen und Reichen sich dort die Türklinke in die Hand geben. All das eine Steilvorlage für einen Radikalregisseur wie Ersan Mondtag. In bewährten Strauss-Händen liegt die musikalische Leitung bei Manfred Honeck und den Wiener Philharmonikern.

durée : 01:26:49 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier - Echange et dialogue entre soliste et orchestre : le pianiste canadien Jan Lisiecki enregistre deux concertos de Mozart avec le chef Manfred Honeck et l'Orchestre symphonique de Bamberg. Nous écouterons aussi un concerto pour violoncelle de Haydn par Sung-Won Yang. - équipe : Pauline Boisaubert Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

durée : 01:26:49 - par : Emilie Munera, Rodolphe Bruneau-Boulmier - Echange et dialogue entre soliste et orchestre : le pianiste canadien Jan Lisiecki enregistre deux concertos de Mozart avec le chef Manfred Honeck et l'Orchestre symphonique de Bamberg. Nous écouterons aussi un concerto pour violoncelle de Haydn par Sung-Won Yang. - équipe : Pauline Boisaubert Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

On the latest episode of ‘New Classical Tracks,' pianist Jan Lisiecki presents two piano concerti by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on his latest recording with conductor Manfred Honeck and the Bamberg Symphony. Listen now with host Julie Amacher!

Das 1937 komponierte großformatige Oratorium "Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln" von Franz Schmidt ist eine Vertonung der "Apokalypse des Johannes" für sechs Solisten, großen Chor und Orchester. In der Hamburger Elbphilharmonie wird dieses außergewöhnliche Werk zur Eröffnung des Internationalen Musikfestes Hamburg am 1. und 2. Mai erstmals zu hören sein. Mit dabei sind: ein hochkarätig besetztes Sängerensemble, das NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, der MDR-Rundfunkchor und das NDR Vokalensemble. Am Pult steht Manfred Honeck."Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln" gilt als eines der letzten großen Monumente der österreichischen Spätromantik. "Für mich ist es ein Schlüsselwerk", so Honeck, "was er da an gewagten Klängen und musikalischen Feinheiten anbietet, ist gigantisch".Zu Gast bei NDR Kultur à la carte spricht Manfred Honeck mit Beate Scheibe über ein faszinierendes Oratorium, über seine Arbeit und die bald zwanzigjährige Amtszeit als Musikdirektor des Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Manfred Honeck springt für Joana Mallwitz als Dirigent beim BRSO ein. Im Interview erzählt er, was ihn beim Proben besonders reizt.

durée : 01:28:42 - Manfred Honeck, l'engagement et la clarté - par : Aurélie Moreau - Aujourd'hui, un des plus grands chefs actuels : Manfred Honeck. Directeur musical de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Pittsburgh avec lequel il triomphe entre autres lors de tournées européennes, il dirige aussi la plupart des orchestres internationaux. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Manfred Honeck is one of the leading conductors in the world—and one of Jay's favorite musical guests. Maestro Honeck is the music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He comes from Austria, where he played in the Vienna Philharmonic. He and Jay sat down last month in Austria—before an audience of the Salzburg Festival Society. […]

Manfred Honeck is one of the leading conductors in the world—and one of Jay's favorite musical guests. Maestro Honeck is the music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He comes from Austria, where he played in the Vienna Philharmonic. He and Jay sat down last month in Austria—before an audience of the Salzburg Festival Society. You can learn a lot from this man, Honeck. 

The 2023/24 season marked Chad Goodman's inaugural year as music director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra—only the fifth leader in the orchestra's prestigious seven-decade history. Chad also serves as artistic director of IlluminArts, Miami's art song and chamber music concert series.  He curates site-specific classical music programs in collaboration with the leading museums, art galleries, and historic venues of Miami. From 2019 to 2023, he was the Conducting Fellow of the New World Symphony, where he was the assistant conductor to Michael Tilson Thomas. In addition to leading the orchestra in more than fifty performances, Chad created the educational program “SPARK: How Composers Find Inspiration,” which blended engaging audience participation with captivating light design and videography.He has served as an assistant conductor to the San Francisco Symphony, working alongside Michael Tilson Thomas, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Manfred Honeck, Daniel Harding, Elim Chan, Simone Young, and James Gaffigan, among others.As you will hear, Chad also leads workshops that teach young musicians the business skills needed to navigate successfully the music world. Forbes praised his bold strides both on and off stage and hailed him as “An entrepreneur bringing innovation to classical music.” Last year, he published the book, You Earned a Music Degree. Now What?

REFERENCE RECORDINGS® proudly presents Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, in a significant new interpretation from conductor Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. It is coupled with Erwin Schulhoff's Five Pieces, newly arranged for large orchestra by Manfred Honeck and Tomáš Ille. This album was recorded live in 2022 in the beautiful and historic Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound.Track ListingPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskySymphony No. 5 I. Andante – Allegro con anima (14:09) II. Andante cantabile, con alcuna licenza (13:22) III. Allegro moderato (5:38) IV. Finale: Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace (12:11) Erwin SchulhoffFive Pieces for String Quartet (arr. Honeck/Ille) I. Alla Valse Viennese: Allegro (2:01) II. Alla Serenata: Allegro con moto (3:57) III. Alla Czeca: Molto allegro (1:38) IV. Alla Tango Milonga: Andante (4:43) V. Alla Tarantella: Prestissimo con fuoco (2:45) @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcast with the permission of Sean Dacy from Rosebrook Media.

Chad Goodman is, to quote Christina Wallace from Forbes Magazine, "an entrepreneur bringing innovation to classical music." In his young life, Chad has started his own ensemble, the Elevate Ensemble, worked with the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Ballet as a conductor, and is currently a Conducting Fellow of the New World Symphony. So how did he do all of this at such a young age? He gives a lot of clues and practical advice in his book: "You Earned a Music Degree. Now What?" It was a pleasure to speak with him about the many aspects of his career and life.We begin by going back to the start of Chad's career, learning music and also learning the business of music. At a very young age, he founded the Elevate Ensemble. He talks about many of the different aspects of planning concerts, paying musicians, arranging concert venues, and the like. We trace his career to working with the San Francisco Symphony, assisting guest conductors, and how Manfred Honeck was such a profound influence on him.

Die gebürtige Münchnerin hat in der Carneggie Hall in New York gesungen und an vielen weiteren Bühnen weltweit. Nun singt sie beim SHMF-Eröffnungskonzert als Solistin in Lübeck am 1. Juli in Felix Mendelssohns "Elias" eröffnet. Neben zwei der international renommiertesten Profichöre und dem NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester ist ein großes Solistenensemble zu erleben. Dazu gehört die Sopranistin Christine Landshamer, die an vielen Häusern weltweit gastiert und mit namhaften Dirigenten wie Herbert Blomstedt, Manfred Honeck oder Christian Thielemann bereits zusammengearbeitet hat. Auch mit Alan Gilbert, Chefdirigent des NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchesters, der beim Eröffnungskonzert am Pult stehen wird. Vorher ist Christina Landshamer zu Gast in NDR Kultur à la carte.

durée : 00:16:51 - Le Disque classique du jour du vendredi 02 juin 2023 - La violoniste espagnole María Dueñas présente 'Beethoven and Beyond', son premier album chez Deutsche Grammophon.

“You can't rely on virtuosity in Beethoven's concerto; you have to reveal yourself,” says María Dueñas. And that can only be done through sound.” The supremely talented Spanish violinist will launch her Deutsche Grammophon career in bold fashion by delivering an intriguingly individual interpretation of the Beethoven Violin Concerto, one of the most musically demanding and emotionally profound works in the repertoire. The concerto was recorded live during a recent run of three acclaimed performances at Vienna's Musikverein with the Wiener Symphoniker and Manfred Honeck. It is now the opening work on her DG debut album, Beethoven and Beyond. Featuring her own newly written cadenzas for each movement, the recording reveals María Dueñas as both performer and composer. No track list was proved by the publisher.Music was only provided in MP3 format.Help support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber and Apple Classical. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) staff@classicalmusicdiscoveries.com This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).     

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A journey from brooding despair to rousing triumph, Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony rescued him from the grips of official Soviet disfavor. But to many listeners, it's a more subversive critique of life under Stalin. This program, led by Manfred Honeck, also showcases the U.S. premiere of Lera Auerbach's Diary of a Madman, composed for and performed by Gautier Capuçon. Ticket holders are invited to a free preconcert conversation featuring Laura Sauer-Shah in Orchestra Hall 75 minutes before the performance. The conversation will last approximately 30 minutes. No additional tickets required. Learn more: cso.org/performances/22-23/cso-classical/honeck-capucon-and-shostakovich-5

The violinist and cellist have recorded Brahms's Double Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Manfred Honeck, plus Clara Schumann's Piano Trio in G minor for which they are joined by Lambert Orkis at the piano. Gramophone's Editor Martin Cullingford caught up with them to discuss their collaboration on this new album, released today on Sony Classical. Gramophone Podcasts are produced in association with Wigmore Hall. 

Manfred Honeck discusses the program this weekend Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with Yefim Bronfman in the Mozart 22nd Piano Concerto, the Sibelius Second Symphony and the first Pittsburgh performance of the Open Mind by Rolf Martinsson. Manfred Honeck explains the power of the marillenmarmalade made of apricots from the Wachau valley in Austria and enjoys a sample given as a gift by his sister Elfi and brother in law Florian Partl. Maestro Honeck will play a concert for winners of the Nobel Prizes in Stockholm, Sweden in December and he recaps his visit to the Metropolitan Opera in his visit to the WQED-FM Morning Show with Jim Cunningham.

Yefim Bronfman has the detail on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 which he plays with the Pittsburgh Symphony October 28, 29 and 30 at Heinz Hall. In the upstairs rehearsal room he tells Jim Cunningham how he made up his mind on selecting the new Steinway which debuts this weekend with Manfred Honeck; New York after the pandemic; Halloween decorations; and his premiere in Cleveland.  Plus, a look ahead at the rest of his winter season in this "At the Symphony" conversation.

Violinist Joshua Bell tells Jim Cunningham the Tchaikovsky Concerto never gets old having recorded it as a teenager with several re- recordings since and a previous performance with the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck. He estimates 1000 times he's played the Tchaikovsky and he always hears something new. Joshua thinks the classical music scene is in good shape and will never decline in spite of the pandemic and concern about audiences returning. He's just back from a tour with the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields to Brazil and other stops in South America plus visits to Italian concert halls where the vibrancy of classical music was strong. Pittsburgh and his thirty years of music making here is always a highlight he suggests in the dressing room conversation after rehearsal on Friday afternoon before the Saturday gala.

Icelandic born pianist Vikingur Olafsson has not yet made his Pittsburgh debut but he says he hopes to soon. He noticed the reviews of the recent tour by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and he's a Manfred Honeck fan. This season he will play in New York and Berlin having recorded seven highly praised CDs for the Deutsche Grammophon label. He speaks with Jim Cunningham about his recent visit to Fallingwater and the new disc which is actually two cds recorded on a grand piano and the same program on an upright instrument. Vikingur speaks about his admiration for the 96 year old Gyorgy Kurtag with whom he recently spent an inspirational day. Several of Kurtag's piano pieces are included on the new set along with Schumann, Bach, Icelandic folksongs and Bartok. Does he prefer the volcanic terrain of his native country to the uptown streets of Manhattan where he earned his masters degree at Juilliard? Both are who he is! Did his parents call him Vik? Check out this conversation from his home in Iceland by Zoom.

The 2022 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra European Festival Tour came to a triumphant close in Cologne last night with Anne-Sophie Mutter playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto and the Manfred Honeck conducting the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5.  In this final Tour Report, Jim spoke with both Manfred Honeck and Anne-Sophie Mutter to get their thoughts on the tour.  Plus, hear from Principal Tuba Craig Knox who talks about how he stays in shape on tour.  Plus, hear from the organizer of the Cologne Philharmonie, who says it's not only the acoustics that bring orchestras to Cologne, but also the beer!    

It was the next to last concert on this 2022 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra European Festivals Tour.  The PSO played at Wiesband, Germany with Anne-Sophie Mutter playing the Beethoven Violin Concerto and Manfred Honeck conducting the Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5.  After the concert, Jim Cunningham spoke with Principal Harp Gretchen van Hoesen and cellist Mikhail Istomin to get their thoughts on tonight's concert.       

WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham chats with cellist Jan Vogler.   He's performed with Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Heinz Hall  in the past, and he's thrilled to have them at the Dresden Music Festival.  Jan talks about his role as intendant of the Dresden Music Festival, his recent recordings, and growing up in East Berlin.      

It was an emotional evening at the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzurg.  The audience soaked up the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck and Anne-Sophie Mutter, providing rhythmic applause before their encore.  Hear that, along with a conversation with PA State Representative Rob Mercuri and his wife Kelsey; and Florian Wiegand - who went to school at CMU, but is now the Director of Concerts for the Salzburg Festival.   

WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke with Christoph Lieben-Seutter, the General and Artistic Director of the Elbphilharmonie.   He talks about having the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra back in Hamburg, his first meeting with Manfred Honeck, and the state of classical music.       

It was an off day in Vienna.  Jim Cunningham spoke to new Principal Tympanist Jim Benoit.  He has a Pittsburgh connection, having studied and worked at both Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh before leaving for the Seattle Symphony.   Jim also spoke to 2 of Manfred Honeck's children - oldest son Joachim and daughter Anna Maria.      

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, just played 2 concerts at the Graffenegg Festival.  The Festival Artistic Director is famed pianist Rudolf Buchbinder.  Jim Cunningham asked him about the founding of the festival, and his long time friendship with Manfred Honeck.  Jim also spoke to Moon Doh, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Assistant Conductor, who gave his own review of the Grafenegg Festival concerts, as well as his responsibilities on the tour.

Jim Cunningham checks in from Ljubljana, Slovenia after the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra had their first rehearsal.  They play their first concert of the tour tonight with music of Mahler, Schulhoff and Schumann's Piano Concerto with Helene Grimaud.  Manfred Honeck will conduct.   Jim spoke with Principal Contrabassoon James Rodgers, Librarian Lisa Gedris and Katie Blakey, Coordinator of Orchestra Operations about the tour experience so far.  They talk about their favorite lunch spots, coordinating with the hall, and what it is like to make sure a tour with an orchestra goes as smoothly as it can.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra just concluded their first concert of this 2022 European Tour.   The concert included Helene Grimaud playing the Ravel Piano Concerto, along with Mahler's Symphony No. 1 and Schulhoff's "Five Pieces," with Manfred Honeck conducting.  Jim Cunningham managed to catch up with Second./Utility Trombone James Nova in the hotel after the concert to get his thoughts on the concert, the concert hall, and the reaction of the audience.   

Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck visited the WQED studios for a live conversation on the QED Morning show on August 10th. It was the first in-person interview during the last two years of the pandemic outside of live broadcasts at Heinz Hall. Maestro Honeck ran down the special features of the upcoming 75th Anniversary European Tour of the Orchestra and the special guests Anne Sophie Mutter, Helene Grimaud and Gautier Capucon. He says he has sailed through the pandemic but regrets that so many have suffered and that audiences for music are slowly rebounding. Maestro Honeck mentioned his summer vacation with his family in the Tirol and Tuscany, ran down the special repertoire on the tour including Ligeti's "Lontano" and his transcriptions of music by Erwin Schulhoff. Manfred Honeck thanked the tour report sponsors Thiel College, Botkin Family Wealth Management and Elliot Dinkin of Cowden Associates and promised to provide dressing room commentary whenever possible.

The Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Manfred Honeck talks with Jim Cunningham about the program for the weekend of June 10th with three pieces written for or first heard in America. The first Pittsburgh performance of the Dvorak Te Deum, the Poulenc Gloria inspired by Benedictine Monks playing soccer in 1961 both sung by the Mendelssohn Choir, and Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto with Beatrice Rana. Maestro Honeck says he enjoys the time on the plane to study his music and he enjoyed his recent tour with the Orchestra of Paris, having his son Joachim in town, how delighted he was with the Beethoven Symphony complete series this Spring and how thrilled he is with the general state of affairs even following a pandemic.

Jean Horne, long time Fanfare columnist for the Pittsburgh tribune Review and Chris Thompson, Mendelssohn Choir member, who discusses singing Poulenc and Dvorak with Manfred Honeck the weekend of the 10th of June.

As Assistant  Conductor, Ryan Keeling prepared the Mendelssohn Choir for the Beethoven Ninth Symphony with Manfred Honeck in their most recent performances bringing to a grand conclusion the Pittsburgh Symphony Beethoven in Your Neighborhood project of presenting all nine Beethoven Symphonies in various venues in a single week. The sold out concert at Heinz Hall and the repeat performance at St Vincent's Basilica in Latrobe followed in the path of the Grammy nominated Reference recording. Ryan tells Jim Cunningham about keeping the Honeck ideas in place and the special nature of his Viennese style Beethoven. Ryan Keeling also discussed upcoming Mendelssohn concerts and the work he does in Mount Lebanon at church and  with his Voces Solis ensemble. The Beethoven Ninth will be broadcast June 2 at 7pm on WQED-FM.   

WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck and pianist Yefim Bronfman during intermission of our live broadcast from April 22, 2022.      

This Friday at 8pm and Sunday afternoon at 2:30pm, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays the Pittsburgh premiere of "Herald, Holler and Hallelujah" by Wynton Marsalis.  WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke to Mr. Marsalis and Music Director Manfred Honeck about the piece; how it came to be; and much more in this conversation.    

Fanya Lin makes her Pittsburgh debut for the Steinway Society of Western Pa Sunday in Kresge Theater at CMU 3pm April 3. Fanya Lin was born in Taipei Taiwan and studied in the US at Juilliard, Weber University and at the University of Minnesota. She worked with Lydia Artimiw and Jerome Lowenthal, was a top prize winner at the Hastings Piano Competition and recently performed with former Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster Noah Bendix Balgley. She has suggestions for what you should see on Youtube with her Barber, Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Chopin and Schumann performances. She teaches at the University of Arizona in Tucson. On her concert schedule is a date for a concert at the stadium in Kaosiung Taiwan which the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck opened in 2009. For Pittsburgh, she plays the Schumann Carnaval, Rachmaninoff Corelli Varations and she explains to Jim Cunningham that she met the composer of her opener the Nostalgia Waltz by Wim Statius Muller who was also a spy for NATO. Will China take over Taiwan amid the upheaval and alliance of Russia and China? She shares the concern of the students of history in the conflict of world events but shares music as a means of bringing peace.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director Manfred Honeck and Vice President of Artistic Planning Mary Persin, sat down with WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham to talk about the Orchestra's 2022-2023 season.  They also discuss their upcoming "Concert for Ukraine" performance taking place on Saturday April 2nd at 7:30pm.  

Manfred Honeck is such a lovely person to chat with - funny, serious, honest, and fascinating. I got to hear about his days playing in the Vienna Philharmonic and his thoughts on being conducted by Karajan, Bernstein, Kleiber & Harnoncourt, why fruit yoghurt was an early influence on his musical life and his choice of final meal is very apt for this Easter Sunday episode! If you would like to financially support the podcast, why not subscribe at https://www.patreon.com/amiconthepodium, and for a monthly fee starting from just £5 a month, you can access two new series of interviews, group Zoom meeting with other fans of the podcast and myself, a monthly bulletin about the podcast and my own career as well as articles and much more. Alternatively, if you would prefer to make a one-off donation, go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/a-mic-on-the-podium and any donation you make will be greatly appreciated and help the podcast live on into the future. This interview was recorded on 16th September 2020 via Zoom.    

Stefano Flavoni sits down with Manfred Honeck, music director of the Pittsburgh Symphony. With Grammy nominations every year, Maestro Honeck has brought the Pittsburgh Symphony to extraordinary heights. Hailing from a musical family in Austria, and after nearly a decade as a violist in the Vienna Philharmonic, Manfred Honeck has risen to become one of the most prominent conductors of our time. We take time to discuss his recent production of Beethoven's Fidelio, directed by two-time Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz, not to mention a slew of other composers, including Schubert, Bruckner, Strauss, and more. We also discuss our role as musicians in a turbulent society, as the pandemic rages on, as well as the importance of continuing to make music with our loved ones.

One of Jay's favorite conductors – and favorite conductor-interviewees – is Manfred Honeck, the Austrian who leads the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He played in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra for some years. His brother Rainer is still there: as a concertmaster. Jay had a conversation with Maestro Honeck – Manfred Honeck – at the Salzburg Festival last week. They discussed music and his life. Source