What is Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra | background = classical_ensemble | alias = PSO | image =Heinz Hall at Night.jpg | years_active = 1895–1910, 1926-present | origin = [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]] | genre = [[classical music|Classical]] | occupation = [[Symphony Orchestra]] | website = [http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/ Official website] | current_members = '''Music Director'''<br>[[Manfred Honeck]]<br>'''Principal Guest Conductor'''<br>[[Leonard Slatkin]]<br>'''Principal Pops Conductor'''<br>[[Marvin Hamlisch]]<br>'''Resident Conductor'''<br>[[Lawrence Loh]]<br>'''Assistant Conductor'''<br>Thomas Hong }} The '''Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra''' ('''PSO''') is an [[United States|American]] [[orchestra]] based in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The orchestra's home is [[Heinz Hall]], located in Pittsburgh's [[Cultural District, Pittsburgh|Cultural District]]. ==History== The orchestra was started in [[1895]]. Several of the musicians had come from the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]]. The earliest conductors were Archer, Victor Herbert and Emil Paur. Famous guest conductors included [[Edward Elgar]] and [[Richard Strauss]]. In [[1910]] the orchestra had to stop playing because they had no money. In 1926 the orchestra was started again. The musicians were not paid, and they gave money to make it possible for the orchestra to continue. It started to become a good orchestra in [[1937]] when [[Otto Klemperer]] was asked to take the orchestra and reorganize it. Since then the orchestra has developed and become an international orchestra. [[Fritz Reiner]] (1938-48) conducted the orchestra for ten years. It was not easy during the war because the musicians often had to go to fight in the war and others came instead. From 1948 to 1952, several famous conductors led the orchestra, including [[Leonard Bernstein]] and [[Leopold Stokowski]]. When [[William Steinb