Category Archives: Musician Profiles

Drawn to Pittsburgh: Bob Lauver

Robert Lauver By Craig Knox Position: 2nd Horn Joined PSO in: 2000 Previous positions: St. Louis Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Alabama Symphony, Austin Symphony “I was previously in the St. Louis Symphony for 8 years, where my wife Marina and I started our family. We were very happy there, and it was a great 52-week orchestra…

October 28, 2016 1 CommentMusician ProfilesBy Musicians of the PSO

Tears on the Day of Giving

October 4, 2016 6 CommentsMusician ProfilesBy Musicians of the PSO

Magic Happens Here

October 4, 2016 1 CommentMusician ProfilesBy Musicians of the PSO

Drawn to Pittsburgh: Jia Hong-Guang and Zhan Shu

From left to right: PSO violist Meng Wang, Jia Hong-Guang , PSO cellist Adam Liu, and Zhan Shu by Craig Knox PSO Assistant-Concertmaster Jia Hong-Guang, a native of Shenyang, China, left that country in 1979 to study with the famed Yehudi Menuhin. He began his orchestral career playing in the Baltimore Symphony, and was later…

September 24, 2016Musician ProfilesBy Musicians of the PSO