The PSO will then travel to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, where guest conductor Marek Janowski will lead programs featuring Brahms and Beethoven.The orchestra next heads to Cologne, birthplace of the PSO's former music director, William Steinberg.

Then Janowski will make his conducting debut at the 105-year-old Stadthalle in Wuppertal, the town where he was raised. He will conclude the PSO's German tour in with a concert in Hannover.

Next stop on the tour is Vienna, with a performance at the Konzerthaus, followed by Budapest. The tour concludes in Zagreb, Pittsburgh's sister city, on February 5.

Janowski will conduct two programs on the tour. The first features (depending on the date) violinist Leonidas Kavakos performing Brahms's Violin Concerto or pianist Nikolai Lugansky in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4, along with Brahms's Symphony No. 4. The second program includes Brahms's Symphonies No. 3 and 4.

The PSO will be accompanied by the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, which will promote the Pittsburgh region to international corporations.