Distinctively Dutch + Paris Festivals

Distinctively Dutch Festival

From Holland to Pittsburgh: A Festival of Innovative Arts! Don't miss one moment of the four-month Distinctively Dutch Festival in Pittsburgh, beginning Feb. 18. Here are just a few of the provocative and inventive highlights:

• Dudes

  May 16-20 at Charity Randall Theatre in Oakland
  part of the Pittsburgh International Children's Festival
  A hybrid performance for all ages of song, dance, puppetry, slap-stick and mime that takes place in the confines of a small locker room where the limitless possibilities of the imagination unfold.
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• La Voix Humaine

  May 17-19 at the Byham Theater
  Holland’s largest repertory company Toneelgroep Amsterdam renders an inspired and shattering vision of Jean Cocteau’s seminal text, La Voix Humaine. This story of abandonment, grief and heartbreak centers on a desperate woman’s last phone call to an ex-lover.
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Paris Festival

Pittsburgh takes you from Holland to Paris when the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra presents the Paris Festival beginning April 27 at Heinz Hall. Celebrate the musical life of the early 20th Century when Paris was the place to be for aspiring artists and musicians.

• The Magic of Paris

  April 27-29
  The magic of Paris is alive at Heinz Hall! Gianandrea Noseda opens the Paris Festival with works from composers who were part of the Parisian music revolution in the early 20th century. Frenchman Debussy's Ibéria is colorful and Spanish-born de Falla's fervent ballet, Three-Cornered Hat, was commissioned for the famous Ballets Russes in Paris.
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• Debussy & Ravel’s Bolero

  May 4 + 5 with Lise de la Salle, piano
  Revel in two favorites by French composers Debussy and Ravel – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and Bolero. Experience young French pianist Lise de la Salle make her PSO debut with the colorful Piano Concerto by Ravel. Ms. de la Salle recently received the Diapason d'Or and was named "Editors Choice" in Gramophone Magazine for her new album — Liszt: Lise de la Salle.
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• An American in Paris

  May 11 + 13 with Anne Martindale Williams, cello
  PSO Music Director Manfred Honeck closes the Paris Festival with sheer vigor. The vibrant and exceptional music for the ballet Pétrouchka is an invention of Igor Stravinsky through his collaboration with the famous Ballets Russes in Paris. Then, hear two pieces inspired by the influential jazz scene of Paris. Swiss-born Arthur Honegger studied at the Paris Conservatory when he composed his jazz-infused Concerto. George Gershwin's iconic An American in Paris was inspired by the composer's own experience of the bustling streets of Paris, absorbing the sights and sounds of the "City of Light."
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