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Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response.
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Signup to Generate a Pitch@ the Symphony is hosted by WQED Multimedia. The show has published 243 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Pianist Inon Barnatan" (22 October 2026, 19 minutes), "Rhian Kenny and Sarah Clendenning - Musicians of Steel 5K Run" (19 October 2026, 16 minutes), and "Cellist Alisa Weilerstein" (16 October 2026, 15 minutes).
@ the Symphony publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 14 minutes across 243 episodes.
Booking probability for @ the Symphony is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. @ the Symphony requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. @ the Symphony's contact route on record: verified email.
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WQED Multimedia hosts @ the Symphony, an arts podcast with 243 episodes published.
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Episode #244
Pianist Inon Barnatan returns to Heinz Hall the weekend of October 23, 2026 with three performances including one at Indiana University of Pennsylvania playing the Beethoven Second Piano Concerto. He spoke with Jim...
The 10th Annual Musicians of Steel 5K Run/Walk, a charity race organized by the Musicians of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, takes place on Saturday October 24th at Millvale Riverfront Park. Runners will be serenaded...
Episode #242
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein returned to Heinz Hall October 16, 2026 and Sunday October 18 to play the Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante with guest conductor Juraj Valcuha and the Pittsburgh Symphony. She tells Jim Cunningham...
Episode #241
Former Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster, Noah Bendix Balgley, has been 12 years in Berlin at the Philharmonic and now has his Fidl Fantazye Klezmer Concerto available from all the major streaming services...
On Friday October 2, 2026, WQED-FM broadcast the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's season opening concert live from Heinz Hall. Led by Music Director Manfred Honeck, the orchestra played "Masquerade" by Anna Clyne and...
Episode #239
Piano superstar Lang Lang - just after his rehearsal of the Beethoven Emperor Concerto at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony - shares his thoughts about the Beethoven Fifth Concerto with Jim Cunningham. He loves...
Episode #238
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra closed out their 2026 European Tour in Vienna with the 2nd of two concerts at the Konzerthaus on September 10, 2026. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's...
Episode #237
Anne-Sophie Mutter played twice on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's 2026 European Tour - in Lucerne and in Cologne - playing the Penderecki Metamorphosen, Violin Concerto No. 2. The piece was written for her by...
Episode #236
Robin Meloy Goldsby grew up in Pittsburgh and her father played percussion on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. She studied at Chatham College and now lives in Cologne, Germany playing piano at the Excelsior Hotel Ernst...
Episode #235
Principal Cello Anne Martindale Williams was hired by William Steinberg and made Principal by Andre Previn. After 50 years, she's retiring from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra after the recently concluded European...
Episode #234
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra heads home from their 2026 European Tour after playing their final concert at the Vienna Konzerthaus last night. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham managed to interview several people about the...
Episode #233
That's a wrap! The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra played their final concert of the 2026 European Tour tonight at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, Austria. Manfred Honeck conducted the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 and Alexandre...
Episode #231
The end is near for the 2026 European Tour as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays their final two concerts at the Konzerhaus in Vienna, Austria - Music Director Manfred Honeck's home country. It was a busy day as...
Episode #229
WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham checks in live from Essen, Germany after the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra played at the Philharmonie. Jim talks about the enthusiastic response from the sold out audience for their program of...
Episode #228
WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham spoke to some concertgoers who saw the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's performance at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on September 7, 2026. He spoke with PSO Board Member Bill Rackoff and his...
Episode #227
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra had just concluded it's concert at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam when WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham called in for a post-concert report. He was joined by PSO Principal Contrabassoon Jim...
Episode #226
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra arrives in Amsterdam to play a concert at the famous Concertgebouw. Manfred Honeck will conduct Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 and Four Black American Dances by Carlos Simon. Augustin Hadelich...
Episode #223
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra plays at the famed Concertgebouw in Amsterdam on Monday September 7th. Pittsburgher Albert Manders has lived in Amsterdam for many years. He spoke with Jim Cunningham about the hall...
Episode #225
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra had a well deserved off day in Lucerne after performing 2 concerts at the Kultur & Kongresszentrum. WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham called in with a live report to talk about the 2nd concert...
Episode #222
WQED-FM's Jim Cunningham checks in live from Lucerne after the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performed their first of two concerts at the Kultur and Kongresszentrum last night. Jim tells Bryan Sejvar that the stars were...
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