Is Communication The Key In Pittsburgh?

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s new CEO, Lawrence Tamburri, has spent his first several months on the job attempting to improve the orchestra’s climate of communication. From brown bag lunches with PSO musicians to private gladhanding sessions with the city’s cultural and financial elite, Tamburri has reportedly done much in a short time to raise the PSO’s profile and improve its image in the eyes of the community. But there could be a downside to the good word of mouth: a perception is beginning to develop that the PSO’s financial problems are in the past, which could not be further from the truth.