How best to see Italy’s dreamy Ligurian coast? Follow the ancient cobblestoned paths that wind from town to town.

Bill Caballero, principal horn for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, will perform a concerto with JSO Concertmaster Maureen Conlan Gutierrez.

Visitors flock to this part of northwest Italy, chasing their own version of la dolce vita, the sweet life. And they come to hike.

but also Rapallo, Italy, where he composed part of the symphony. There is great tension in the inner movements, tracing a probing emotional trajectory, and then the soaring release of the final ...