PianoDay Pittsburgh is sponsoring their big 2022 event - Saturday Evening on Grandview Ave, August 20 in downtown Pittsburgh.
On August 20 at 4 PM the 2 grand pianos will arrive at the Grandview Avenue overlooks closest to Saint Mary of the Mount and Shiloh Street. Prescheduled artists will begin to play at 5 PM and go until the baseball game between the Pirates and Reds wraps up, likely about 10.
5:00 PM Craig Zinger(Shiloh)
6:00 PM Jimmy Liu & students (Shiloh)
Molly Spino & students (Maple)
7:00 PM Rich Greco (Shiloh)
Luis Hernandez & students (Maple)
8:00 PM David Gurwin (Shiloh)
Public play (Maple)
9:00 PM Tony Felice (Shiloh)
9:30 PM Joe DeFazio (Shiloh)
10ish PM Fireworks begin
Other artists to look for over the course of the evening might include Max Leake, Levi Graft, Jack Kurutz, Peter Stumpf, Guy Russo, Ken Hand and many more.
The two sites are 130 yards apart with a nice sidewalk in between. Bringing your own chairs is suggested.
The postgame “Skyblast Fireworks Extravaganza” will begin shortly thereafter.
The Maple Terrace overlook will be the “public play” instrument, a Young Chang grand piano once owned by Nancy Dolan Brady.
The Shilo Street overlook will have most of the scheduled performers with a Steinway Grand Model M.
Performers include: Craig Zinger; Howie Alexander; Jack Ku; Tony Felice; Molly Spino; Max Leake; Jimmy Liu; Chris Catone; Katie Palumbo; Martin Spitznagel; Simone Spaulding; Ricky Manning; and Jeremy Reynolds