of Honeck's contract through the 2019–2020 season. In September 2018, the PSO announced the further extension of Honeck's contract through the 2021–2022 season. In September 2021, the PSO announced the newest extension of Honeck's contract as music director through the 2027-2028 season. Honeck's work with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has been documented on recordings with the Exton and Reference labels. Honeck and the PSO have recorded four SACDs for Reference Recordings, of Strauss tone poems, Dvorak's Eighth Symphony and Janacek's Jenufa Suite, Bruckner's Fourth Symphony, and Beethoven's Fifth and Seventh symphonies. Honeck and the PSO's recordings of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 and Dvorak's Eighth Symphony and Janacek's Jenufa Suite were nominated for Grammy Awards in Best Orchestral Performance in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Awards Honeck was awarded the honorary title of Professor by the Austrian Federal President in 2016. He holds three Honorary Doctorates from Carnegie Mellon University, Catholic University of America, and Saint Vincent College. In 2018, he was named Artist of the Year by the International Classical Music Awards. On 28 January 2018, Honeck and the PSO were awarded the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance for their recording of Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 and Barber Adagio for Strings. The recording won a second Grammy for Best Engineered Album (Mark Donahue, engineer). Personal life Honeck lives in the village of Altach, Vorarlberg, Austria with his wife Christiane and their six children. Honeck is a Christian, Roman Catholic, who is known for praying prior to his performances Selected discography With Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral", Reference (2021) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 – Leshnoff: Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon, Reference (2020) Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Reference (2019) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Op. 55 "Eroica" – Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11 (Live), Reference (2018) Shostakovich/Barber, Symphony No. 5/Adagio for Strings, Reference (2017) Tchaikovsky & Dvorak, Symphony No. 6 and Rusalka Fantasy, Reference (2016) Strauss, Elektra & Der Rosenkavalier Suites, Reference (2016) Bruckner, Symphony No. 4, Reference (2015) Beethoven, Symphonies No. 5 and 7, Reference (2015) Dvořák, Symphony No. 8 and Janáček, Jenufa Suite, Reference (2014) Richard Strauss, Don Juan, Death and Transfiguration, Till Eulenspiegel, Reference (2013) Mahler, Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Exton (2012) Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5, Exton (2011) Mahler, Symphony No. 3, Exton (2011) Richard Strauss, Ein Heldenleben, Exton (2010) Mahler, Symphony No. 4, Exton (2010)