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Music and stories from America’s best young classical musicians.
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Signup to Generate a PitchFrom the Top is hosted by NPR. The show has published 50 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Communicating Without Words" (26 October 2026, 27 minutes), "Connection & Collaboration" (19 October 2026, 34 minutes), and "Teens Champion Contemporary Music" (12 October 2026, 26 minutes).
From the Top publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 50 episodes.
Booking probability for From the Top is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. From the Top requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. From the Top's contact route on record: verified email.
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NPR hosts From the Top, a music podcast with 50 episodes published.
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A teenage string quartet shares how their non-verbal communication is the secret sauce to their success. Plus a young cellist performs Mendelssohn’s moving Songs Without Words. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...
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When was the last time music made you feel like a part of something greater than yourself? This week, we meet teens who have a special passion for finding connection through music and hear their outstanding performances...
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Both teen artists on today’s program have forged meaningful connections with living composers: our teen cellist worked closely with composer José Elizondo on the piece he performs today, and our violist co-founded an...
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We hit the jackpot of incredible repertoire. A teen guitarist describes her Spanish-inspired work like a fiesta, a cellist with insights into physical and mental wellbeing brings fire to her performance of Cassado, and...
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A passionate young clarinetist performs Brahms and we meet a New England brass player with the fortitude to lug around two tubas at once. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data...
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A Georgia teen shares how the children’s cartoon “Little Einstein’s” influenced him to pick up the French Horn and speaks from the heart about the superpowers that come with playing music. A young bassoonist shows the...
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All of today’s young musicians are 12 or younger! Wipe your jaw off the floor and enjoy some truly memorable moments. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and...
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We’ve gone back in our archive to rediscover astonishing performances by some of the youngest performers (12 and under) to appear on From the Top! You’ll even hear a young violinist who now performs in the London...
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Clarinetist Alex Laing joins Peter Dugan at the Atlanta Music Project for a program featuring musicians from Georgia! We hear the fantastic Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir performing a Spiritual. A flutist...
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We meet a violist with a love for Formula One racing who gives an evocative performance of Schumann. We hear a conversation between a teen clarinetist and his mentor, the principal clarinetist of the Minnesota...
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A talented 12-year-old cellist performs The Swan by Saint-Saëns, a flutist with a passion for marine biology plays a dreamy Fantasie by Hüe, and the winner of Interlochen Arts Academy’s Concerto Competition performs a...
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We meet a percussionist from the famous LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts who gives a tour of the marimba to Peter Dugan, a 13-year-old cellist who loves both ballet and music, and a pianist who relates with...
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A teen quartet plays Mozart, a 15-year-old flutist shares why her instrument is a dependable friend, and a violinist plays a Kreisler arrangement and draws connections between science and art. See pcm.adswizz.com for...
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Peter collaborates with a 16-year-old violinist on an elegant rag. We hear Poulenc's trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano and meet one of Texas’ premier high school orchestras who perform Shostakovich. See pcm.adswizz.com...
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How does ensemble size and instrumentation shape the listening experience? We hear from a 14-year-old violinist who feels passionately about music-making, meet a teen pianist who takes on Rachmaninoff, and hear Peter...
We hear from a teenage guitar quartet playing a lively Brazilian piece, an oboist playing a new work by composer Reena Esmail, and a violinist who imagines herself in Brahms’ world when she performs. See pcm.adswizz.com...
We meet a 14-year-old pianist playing a Chopin Scherzo, a classical cellist who also plays rock covers, and a young trumpeter who gives insight into the physicality of playing his instrument. See pcm.adswizz.com for...
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An 11-year-old pianist knocks our socks off with Chopin Etudes and we hear from an all-viola quartet on a mission to spread the beauty of the viola to the world. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...
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A teen pianist plays Scriabin, an Irish American violist explores classical and Celtic fiddling, and a countertenor sings a gorgeous lullaby. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...
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What happens when a young violin virtuoso feeds classical music into artificial intelligence? She uncovers some of AI's secrets and shares her scorching rendition of a Kreisler composition. Plus a 16-year-old French...
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