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Music Director

Manfred Honeck was born in Austria and studied music at the Academy of Music in Vienna. An accomplished violinist and violist, Honeck spent more than 10 years as a member of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra. It is this experience that heavily influenced his conducting and helped give it a distinctive stamp.

Principal Guest Conductor

Internationally renowned American conductor Leonard Slatkin began his appointment as the 12th Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra commencing with the 2008-2009 season, and also began serving as Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. His performances throughout North America, Europe and the Far East have been distinguished by imaginative programming and highly praised interpretations of both the standard and contemporary symphonic repertoire. Additionally, he is well-known for his arts advocacy work on behalf of music education.

Victor de Sabata Guest Conductor Chair

Gianandrea Noseda is the Music Director of Teatro Regio in Turin since September 2007, Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic in Manchester after four years as Principal Conductor – a way to pride the total commitment and the significant achievements of this collaboration – the Principal Conductor of the Orquesta de Cadaqués since 1998 and since 2000 he serves as Artistic Director of the Stresa Festival (one of the historical Italian Music festivals). Gianandrea Noseda became the first foreign Principal Guest Conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1997 where he also set up the 'Mariinsky Young Philharmonic Orchestra' and served as its Principal Conductor; between 1999 and 2003 he has been the Principal Guest Conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic and of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Turin between 2003 and 2006.

Resident Conductor

Resident Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Loh has established himself as one of the most versatile and exciting conductors on the classical music scene. He was brought to national attention in February 2004 when he substituted last minute for an ailing Charles Dutoit with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conducting Stravinsky's Petrouchka and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Loh received enthusiastic acclaim from orchestra players, audience members and critics, alike.

Assistant Conductor

Fawzi Haimor is the newly appointed Assistant Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra beginning in the 2012-2013 season. Prior to his Pittsburgh appointment, he was the Assistant Conductor of the Alabama Symphony for two seasons. In Alabama, he conducted a variety of concerts including subscription, pops, education, and outreach. Haimor has worked with numerous orchestras, including the Amman Symphony, Jacksonville Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Orquestra Sinfonico do Porto and has also served as a cover conductor to esteemed conductors such as Justin Brown, Marvin Hamlisch, Grant Llewellyn, Michael Morgan, Robert Spano, Stefan Sanderling, and Michael Stern.