Manfred Honeck receives the Bruckner Society of America Medal of Honer

Manfred Honeck receiving the Bruckner medal On February 21st, before a large and appreciative audience, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Music Director, Manfred Honeck received the Bruckner Society of America's coveted Julio Kilenyi Medal of Honor. The medal was created in 1931 by the Hungarian Sculptor, Julio Kilenyi for the newly established Bruckner Society of America. The first medal was given to Arturo Toscanini who was then performing Bruckner's 4th and 7th Symphonies with the Symphony Society of New York. Over the course of the next 95 years, less than eighty awards have been given. Maestro Kilenyi was presented with the medal by Bruckner Society of America board president, Benjamin Korstvedt.