Cultural Performances

Each year we highlight traditional dances and songs at the Holiday Open House. Music is a big component of the festivities. Music can not only bring us joy, but it can connect us with our heritage.

Cultural Performances

Slavjane Folk Ensemble Carpatho Rusyn Folk Dancing

Slavjane Folk Ensemble Carpatho Rusyn Folk Dancing

Enjoy the Slavjane Folk Ensemble performing traditional Carpatho Rusyn Folk Dances.

Czechoslovak Pittsburgh Area Slovaks PAS Slovak Folk Dancing

Czechoslovak Pittsburgh Area Slovaks PAS Slovak Folk Dancing

Enjoy the Pittsburgh Area Slovaks performing Slovak Folk Dances.

Bociai

Bociai

Lithuanian choir "Bociai" performs at the 100th anniversary of Lithuanian independence in February 2018.

Performance by Anoush Tchakarian

Performance by Anoush Tchakarian

The Armenian Nationality Room is pleased to present Anoush Tchakarian, Adjunct Professor of Piano in the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University. Anoush generously recorded a performance of "Lullaby" from Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane. This arrangement for piano was created by Professor Villy Vahani Sargsyan, Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia.

Korean Music Festival

Korean Music Festival

This is a video of the Korean Music Festival held at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium in 2019. The Korean Music Festival is an annual event organized by the Korean Music Festival Committee in partnership with the Korean Heritage Room Committee in order to celebrate the cultural heritage and musical talents of the Korean community and thereby contribute to the rich tradition of intercultural exchanges in Pittsburgh.

Tour of the Korean Heritage Nationality Room

Korean Heritage Nationality Room

Enjoy a brief tour of the Nationality Room featured here as led by the Quo Vadis Guides. Quo Vadis is a Latin term which translates as "Where are you going?". Quo Vadis, founded in 1944, is a student club devoted to providing in-person tours of the Nationality Rooms to a wide variety of guests. Every year members of Quo Vadis interact with over 12,000 visitors who have arranged in-person, guided group tours.

Scottish Balmoral Pipes & Drums Band

Scottish Balmoral Pipes & Drums Band

Please enjoy this performance by the Balmoral Pipes & Drums Band. America’s leader in bagpiping and drumming instruction, performance and collaboration, Balmoral School was established in 1979 by co-founders George Balderose and James McIntosh, MBE. The school celebrates and teaches traditional bagpipe music dating to the 15th century, as well as more recent compositions in the traditional style, including the competition repertoire. Enjoy songs from a recent Holiday Open House!

Pittsburgh Taiko

Pittsburgh Taiko

Taiko performance and member interviews by Pittsburgh Taiko.

Japanese Traditional Music

Japanese Traditional Music

Shakuhachi & Shamisen music performance by Devon Tipp and Kanoko Kamata.

Tour of the Japanese Nationality Room

Japanese Nationality Room

Enjoy a brief tour of the Nationality Room featured here as led by the Quo Vadis Guides. Quo Vadis is a Latin term which translates as "Where are you going?". Quo Vadis, founded in 1944, is a student club devoted to providing in-person tours of the Nationality Rooms to a wide variety of guests. Every year members of Quo Vadis interact with over 12,000 visitors who have arranged in-person, guided group tours.

Alphorn at the Cathedral of Learning

Alphorn at the Cathedral of Learning

The Swiss Room Committee presents a performance of the Alphorn, a traditional instrument used by mountain dwellers in the Alps.

Tour of the Swiss Nationality Room

Swiss Nationality Room

Enjoy a brief tour of the Nationality Room featured here as led by the Quo Vadis Guides. Quo Vadis is a Latin term which translates as "Where are you going?". Quo Vadis, founded in 1944, is a student club devoted to providing in-person tours of the Nationality Rooms to a wide variety of guests. Every year members of Quo Vadis interact with over 12,000 visitors who have arranged in-person, guided group tours.

First Class Bhangra

First Class Bhangra

First Class Bhangra was established in 2009 as Pittsburgh's Premier Bhangra Team and recently became a student-run Univerisity of Pittsburgh organization. Bhangra is an Indian folk dance from the north Indian state of Punjab. Bhangra was mainly done to celebrate the harvest in Punjab but has now spread all over the world. The dance is high energy and accompanied by a large drum, called a dhol, as well as many other instruments. Throughout FCB's history, we have competed all over the country and placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd at many of those competitions.

Indian Classical Dance

Indian Classical Dance

Kala Niketan Academy of Indian Classical Dance proudly presents Devi Vandanam

Tour of the Indian Nationality Room

Indian Nationality Room

Enjoy a brief tour of the Nationality Room featured here as led by the Quo Vadis Guides. Quo Vadis is a Latin term which translates as "Where are you going?". Quo Vadis, founded in 1944, is a student club devoted to providing in-person tours of the Nationality Rooms to a wide variety of guests. Every year members of Quo Vadis interact with over 12,000 visitors who have arranged in-person, guided group tours.

Arno Babajanian: Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor: II. Andante

Arno Babajanian Piano Trio in F Sharp Minor II Andante

The Armenian Nationality Room is proud to present the Wexford Trio as they perform "Piano Trio in F-Sharp Minor: II. Adante" by Arno Babajanian. Members of the Wexford Trio are Alison Fujito on violin, Katya Janpoladyan on cello, and Marina Lupinacci on piano. Ms. Fujito’s violin was made in Pittsburgh in 2017 by local Armenian-American violin maker Philip Injeian.

Tour of the Armenian Nationality Room

Armenian Nationality Room

Enjoy a brief tour of the Nationality Room featured here as led by the Quo Vadis Guides. Quo Vadis is a Latin term which translates as "Where are you going?". Quo Vadis, founded in 1944, is a student club devoted to providing in-person tours of the Nationality Rooms to a wide variety of guests. Every year members of Quo Vadis interact with over 12,000 visitors who have arranged in-person, guided group tours.

Syrian-Lebanese Performance

Syrian-Lebanese Performance

In 2015, members of the Pittsburgh Syrian community participated in the Pittsburgh Folk Festival. Shown in the video are two different forms of Dabke, which is a traditional line dance.