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Dining in the Cultural District

With more than 50 restaurants in walking distance to theaters, the Cultural District offers a wide variety of dining options to satisfy your personal tastes and budget. Enjoying a relaxing meal before a show or capping off the evening with cocktails and dessert add to a pleasurable experience in the Cultural District.

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The Perfect Gift

A Pittsburgh Cultural District-wide gift card can be used to purchase tickets for Pittsburgh Cultural Trust events as well as any event taking place in the Cultural District. With so many exciting shows, concerts, and exhibitions, there is truly something for everyone!

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Get to the Show!

The Cultural District is accessible by public transportation, including Port Authority buses, "T" light-rail service and Pittsburgh's famous inclines. Driving to the show? There is also ample parking in and around the District -- for real-time garage parking information, try ParkPGH.

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Yun-Ya Lo

Cello


Yun-Ya Lo joined the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in January 2024. Prior to her appointment, she was pursuing her doctoral degree in cello performance at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music under the guidance of Brandon Vamos from the Pacifica Quartet. Previously she studied with Richard Aaron at the Juilliard School, where she earned her Bachelor and Master degrees in five years by completing the BM/MM accelerated program. 

Lo has won in several competitions including New York International Artists Competition, IU Concerto Competition, International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso in London, American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music, and Osaka International Music Competition. Yun-Ya has held several recitals in New York, Bloomington, Shanghai, and Taipei with programs that explores a wide range of cello repertoires, from standard repertory to works by lesser-known composers. 

She also appears as an active chamber music player and has completed several chamber concert tours in China and Taiwan. In 2020, she performed chamber music concerts in Taiwan alongside established musicians such as David Chan, Philip Setzer, Cho-Liang Lin, Scott Lee, and Dmitri Atapine.