Our Concerts
Our Concert Series
We offer three concert series, each with its own exciting programming. Continue reading below for our full list of upcoming concerts!
Subscription Series
Our traditional series at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland.
Subscriptions for our 2019-2020 season are on sale. Click here to order. Subscriptions offer tickets at the best prices, access to the best seats in the house, special savings on additional tickets, and great ticket exchange options. Early bird prices offer 10% off until June 15, 2019. Single tickets go on sale September 1, 2019.
Single Tickets: $42-50; student rush tickets for $15 are available one hour prior to the concert with valid, full-time student ID.
Click here to view the Carnegie Music Hall seating chart.
Just Summer
Just Summer is our family-friendly, casual summer series under the stars featuring a wide array of genre-bending artists. All Just Summer concerts will take place at Ace Hotel Pittsburgh. Two concerts are outdoors while one is in the ballroom. Concert ticket prices are$25 (cash bar available).
Pittsburgh Performs
Our newest concert series features local musicians in cool venues around town.
Tickets: pay-what-you-wish ticket prices make this series appealing to all!
Upcoming Concerts
Pittsburgh Performs: Sirens & Queens by Anqwenique
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh and Boom Concepts at East Liberty's Hotel Indigo in the Wallace’s Whiskey Room + Kitchen for our Pittsburgh Performs concert Sirens & Queens, a project of vocalist Anqwenique. The 7PM concert will celebrate the works and lives of black women composers.
Pay what you wish! $15 suggested. Tickets required. All ages welcome. Purchase in advance from Chamber Music Pittsburgh either online or by phone at 412-624-4129. Any remaining general admission tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the door on the night of the event. Subject to availability. The box office opens at 6:30PM. Concert at 7PM. Cash bar.
Just Summer: Fire & Grace & Ash
Join us for this year's first Just Summer concert June 13, 2019 featuring Fire & Grace & Ash outdoors at the Ace Hotel Pittsburgh at 8PM. Fire & Grace is teaming up with ace mandolin player and composer Ashley Broder. Fire & Grace is an eclectic collaboration between guitarist William Coulter and violinist Edwin Huizinga. This unique duo explores the connective musical elements of classical, folk, and contemporary traditions from around the world. Broder is a brilliant musician who brings an authentic mandolin virtuosity and flair for modern instrumental composition to Fire & Grace – the trio is known as Fire & Grace & Ash. Tickets are $25. A cash bar will be available. Doors open at 7:30PM, the concert begins at 8PM.
Concert ticket prices are; $25 (cash bar available). Purchase in advance from Chamber Music Pittsburgh either online or by phone at 412-624-4129. Any remaining general admission tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the door on the night of the event. Subject to availability. Doors open at 7:30PM, the concert begins at 8PM.
Just Summer: Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh for our Just Summer concert June 27, 2019 featuring Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass outdoors at the Ace Hotel Pittsburgh at 8PM. An internationally acclaimed brass ensemble, The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass is composed of some of America's top brass musicians dedicated to bringing the joyous experience of great music to a wide range of audiences. The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass is a family-owned-and-operated business that had its beginnnings on the streets of New Orleans. On the advice of Ellis Marsalis, the group created a concert format that breaks the usual barriers between genres and strives to create connection between the audience and performers. Doors open at 7:30PM, the concert begins at 8PM.
Concert ticket prices are; $25 (cash bar available). Purchase in advance from Chamber Music Pittsburgh either online or by phone at 412-624-4129. Any remaining general admission tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the door on the night of the event. Subject to availability. Doors open at 7:30PM, the concert begins at 8PM.
Shanyse Strickland & Friends
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh for our Just Summer concert on July 11, 2019 featuring Shanyse Strickland & Friends in the ballroom at the Ace Hotel Pittsburgh at 8PM. Strickland, a french hornist, flutist, vocalist, composer and arranger is taking the world by storm with her immense talents. Fascinated by music at a young age, she taught herself to play an abandoned French horn at her elementary school at the age of 10. The rest, as they say, is history. She currently resides in Pittsburgh, and CMP was thrilled to discover her recently. Her multi-genre approach coupled with her impeccable talent make for exciting and unique concert experiences that meld classical, jazz, and other genres. CMP is proud to present this young, emerging artist.
Concert ticket prices are; $25 (cash bar available). Purchase in advance from Chamber Music Pittsburgh either online or by phone at 412-624-4129. Any remaining general admission tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis at the door on the night of the event. Subject to availability. Doors open at 7:30PM, the concert begins at 8PM.
Orion String Quartet with Catherine Cho, viola
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh Monday, October 7, 2019 as we kick off our 2019-2020 Carnegie Hall Music Series at 7:30pm featuring the Orion String Quartet with Catherine Cho on violin. The members of the Orion String Quartet have worked closely with such legendary figures as Pablo Casals, Sir András Schiff, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern, Pinchas Zukerman, and Peter Serkin. Catherine Cho is recognized for her remarkable virtuosity, combining technical mastery of her instrument with an extraordinary and distinctive musicality.
Subscriptions offer great seats at the best prices. Choose subscription packages that fit your schedule. Subscribers get easy exchanges, discounts on additional single tickets, and first choice of seats. Order before June 15, 2019 for an additional 10% off! Single tickets will go on sale September 1, 2019. Student subscriptions are available with a valid, full-time student ID. Sorry, OSHER not accepted.
PROGRAM:
Sebastian Currier Etudes
Haydn String Quartet in F major, Op. 50 No. 5 “The Dream"
Kreisler String Quartet in A minor
Beethoven Viola Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Curtis on Tour
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh Monday, November 18, 2019 for Curtis on Tour at 7:30pm at Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland. Curtis on Tour is the Nina von Maltzahn global touring initiative of the Curtis Institute of Music. Grounded in the school’s "learn by doing" philosophy, it offers students real-world, professional touring experience alongside celebrated alumni and faculty. Alumni Gabriel Kovach, horn and Benjamin Schmid, violin will be performing with the ensemble.
Subscriptions offer great seats at the best prices. Choose subscription packages that fit your schedule. Subscribers get easy exchanges, discounts on additional single tickets, and first choice of seats. Order before June 15, 2019 for an additional 10% off! Single tickets will go on sale September 1, 2019. Student subscriptions are available with a valid, full-time student ID. Sorry, OSHER not accepted.
PROGRAM:
Penderecki Duo Concertante for violin and double bass
Beethoven Septet
Penderecki Sextet
Brooklyn Rider
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh for our Monday, January 6, 2020 concert at 7:30pm at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland featuring Brooklyn Rider. Hailed as “the future of chamber music” (Strings), the veteran string quartet Brooklyn Rider presents eclectic repertoire and gripping performances that continue to draw rave reviews from classical, world, and rock critics alike. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with “recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble.”
Subscriptions offer great seats at the best prices. Choose subscription packages that fit your schedule. Subscribers get easy exchanges, discounts on additional single tickets, and first choice of seats. Order before June 15, 2019 for an additional 10% off! Single tickets will go on sale September 1, 2019. Student subscriptions are available with a valid, full-time student ID. Sorry, OSHER not accepted.
PROGRAM:
Caroline Shaw Schisma
Gabriela Lena Frank Kanto Kechua #2
Du Yun i am my own achilles’ heel
Matana Roberts borderlands…
Reena Esmail Zeher (Poison)
Beethoven Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Gryphon Trio & Nordic Voices
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh for our concert Monday, February 3, 2020 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland featuring Gryphon Trio and Nordic Voices. For over 25 years, the Gryphon Trio has firmly established itself as one of the world’s preeminent piano trios, garnering acclaim and impressing international audiences with its highly refined, dynamic and memorable performances. Formed in 1996, Nordic Voices comprises six graduates from the Norwegian Academy of Music and the Norwegian Academy of Opera, who, in addition to their singing backgrounds, have a broad range of experience from choral conducting to teacher training and composition.
Subscriptions offer great seats at the best prices. Choose subscription packages that fit your schedule. Subscribers get easy exchanges, discounts on additional single tickets, and first choice of seats. Order before June 15, 2019 for an additional 10% off! Single tickets will go on sale September 1, 2019. Student subscriptions are available with a valid, full-time student ID. Sorry, OSHER not accepted.
PROGRAM:
Pierre de Manchicourt: Laudate Dominum
Cristobal de Morales (lyrics anonymous): Exaltata est sancta Dei Genitrix
Beethoven Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 97
“Archduke” Jeff Ryan Scar Tissue
Pamela Frank, violin and Emanuel Ax, piano
Please join Chamber Music Pittsburgh for our concert on Monday, March 30, 2020 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland featuring Pamela Frank, violin and Emanuel Ax, piano. Frank's chamber music projects include performances with such artists as Peter Serkin, Yo-Yo Ma, and her father, the late pianist Claude Frank; and frequent appearances with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and Musicians from Marlboro. Ax begins the current season with concerts in Vienna, Paris and London with the trios of Brahms recently released by SONY Classical. In the US he returns to the orchestras in Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Washington, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Portland, OR, and to Carnegie Hall for a recital to conclude the season. In Europe he can be heard in Munich, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Vienna, London, and on tour with the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Italy.
Subscriptions offer great seats at the best prices. Choose subscription packages that fit your schedule. Subscribers get easy exchanges, discounts on additional single tickets, and first choice of seats. Order before June 15, 2019 for an additional 10% off! Single tickets will go on sale September 1, 2019. Student subscriptions are available with a valid, full-time student ID. Sorry, OSHER not accepted.
PROGRAM:
Mozart Sonata in G major, K. 379
Mozart Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454
Beethoven Sonata No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Diderot String Quartet
Join Chamber Music Pittsburgh for our concert on Monday, April 27, 2020 at 7:30pm at Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland featuring the Diderot String Quartet, who will be playing on period classical instruments. Diderot came together in 2012 after having first met at Oberlin Conservatory and The Juilliard School. The four musicians share a background in historical performance and a passion for the string quartet genre; they found the thrill of exploring the quartet repertoire on period instruments to be irresistible.
Subscriptions offer great seats at the best prices. Choose subscription packages that fit your schedule. Subscribers get easy exchanges, discounts on additional single tickets, and first choice of seats. Order before June 15, 2019 for an additional 10% off! Single tickets will go on sale September 1, 2019. Student subscriptions are available with a valid, full-time student ID. Sorry, OSHER not accepted.
PROGRAM:
Beethoven String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No.1
Boccherini String Quartet in C major Op. 32 No. 4
Beethoven String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74