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Piano Puzzler

English, Classical, 1 season, 89 episodes, 16 hours, 2 minutes
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Every week on Performance Today™, Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone, and our caller listens to Bruce play his Piano Puzzler™. They then try to do two things: name the hidden tune, and name the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. From American Public Media.
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/23/2024

Contestants: Lynda and Doug Miller calling from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
10/23/202410 minutes, 16 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/16/2024

Contestant: William White calling from Portland, Oregon
10/16/20249 minutes, 27 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/9/2024

Contestant: Rob Scheinberg calling from Hoboken, New Jersey
10/9/20249 minutes, 28 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/2/2024

Contestant: Brent Sverdloff calling from Rhinebeck, New York
10/2/20249 minutes, 35 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/25/2024

Contestant: Danusha Goska calling from Paterson, NJ
9/25/202411 minutes, 22 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/18/2024

Contestant: John Mundy calling from Wabasha, Minnesota
9/18/20249 minutes, 50 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/11/2024

Contestant: Allison Toltz calling from Montreal, Quebec
9/11/202410 minutes, 49 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/4/2024

Contestants: Beau Smith & Sylvia Pacheco calling from Attleboro, Massachusetts
9/4/202410 minutes, 5 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/28/2024

Contestants: Beau Smith & Sylvia Pacheco calling from Attleboro, Massachusetts
8/28/202411 minutes, 7 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/21/2024

Contestant: Brandon Baxter calling from Hastings, Nebraska
8/21/202411 minutes, 57 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/14/2024

Contestant: Bob Lagerquist calling from Eugene, Oregon
8/14/20249 minutes, 27 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/7/2024

Contestants: Liza Steele, Romain Fardel, and Cleo, calling from New York, New York
8/7/202416 minutes, 13 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/31/2024

Contestant: Sarah Hopkins calling from Scarsdale, New York
7/31/202410 minutes, 26 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/24/2024

Contestant: Zachary Simpson calling from Orlando, FL
7/24/202412 minutes, 4 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/17/2024

Contestant: Kate Kreger calling from Geneseo, New York
7/17/202411 minutes, 13 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/10/2024

Contestant: Judy Delaney calling from Rochester, NY
7/10/20248 minutes, 19 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/3/2024

Contestant: Marc Loudon calling from New Orleans, Louisiana
7/3/20249 minutes, 47 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/26/2024

Contestant: Cayce Wilkinson calling from Council Bluffs, Iowa
6/26/202411 minutes, 2 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/19/2024

Contestant: Ted Fisher calling from Belgrade, Serbia
6/19/20249 minutes, 57 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/12/2024

Contestant: Eric Ebbenga from New York City, NY (Calling from Nashville, Tennessee)
6/12/20248 minutes, 31 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/5/2024

Contestant: Mathew Neeley calling from Goleta, California
6/5/20249 minutes, 26 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/29/2024

Contestant: Brian Hunke calling from Richmond, Virginia
5/29/202411 minutes, 25 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/22/2024

Contestant: Margaret Chan calling from Carmel, New York
5/22/202414 minutes, 4 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/15/2024

Contestants: Scott Leaman and his AP Music Theory Class, Tallahassee, Florida
5/15/202415 minutes, 48 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/8/2024

Contestant: Austin Hooper calling from Waco, Texas
5/8/20249 minutes, 16 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/1/2024

Contestant: Jim Weeg calling from Cedar Falls, Iowa
5/1/202412 minutes, 2 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/24/2024

Contestant: Jay Nygaard calling from St. George, Utah
4/24/202410 minutes, 52 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/17/2024

Contestant: Sana Sarfraz calling from Agoura Hills, California.
4/17/20246 minutes, 38 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/10/2024

Contestant: Betty Oram calling from Brooklyn, New York
4/10/202412 minutes, 10 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/3/2024

Contestants: Stephanie Anne & Susan Landers of Albuquerque, New Mexico
4/3/202413 minutes, 13 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/27/2024

Contestants: Laura Pawuk and Rick Adler calling from Ypsilanti, Michigan
3/27/202414 minutes, 24 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/20/2024

Contestant: Cynthia Sibitzky calling from Haslett, Texas
3/20/202411 minutes, 20 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/13/2024

Contestant: Tejas Srinivasan calling from Middlebury, VE
3/13/20249 minutes, 44 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/6/2024

Contestants: Peter and Mary-Bess Staffel calling from Bethany, WV
3/6/202411 minutes, 27 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/28/2024

Contestant: Beth Everett calling from Scottsbluff, NE
2/28/202410 minutes, 4 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/21/2024

Contestant: Ethan Woyach calling from Oak Park, IL
2/21/202413 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/14/2024

Contestants: Janie and Andrew Wittenberg calling from Cincinnati, OH
2/14/202414 minutes, 47 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/7/2024

Contestant: Anne Nelson calling from Portland, ME
2/7/202410 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/31/2024

Contestant: Kristen Zoetewey calling from Grand Rapids, MI
1/31/202411 minutes, 14 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/24/2024

Contestant: Jason Carr calling from Philadelphia, PA
1/24/20248 minutes, 35 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/17/2024

Contestants: Isabella & Francesca Dawas calling from Minneapolis, MN
1/17/20248 minutes, 34 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/10/2024

Contestant: Shawn Weil calling from Melrose, MA
1/10/202413 minutes, 10 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/3/2024

Contestant: Claire Nalven calling from Waltham, MA
1/3/20248 minutes, 50 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/27/2023

Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
12/27/20238 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/20/2023

Contestant: Gus Silverson calling from New York, NY
12/20/202310 minutes, 15 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/13/2023

Contestant: Dan Feld calling from New York, NY
12/13/202312 minutes, 7 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/06/2023

Contestant: Jonathan Jager calling from Los Angeles, CA
12/6/20238 minutes, 31 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/29/2023

Contestant: Joseph Gewirtz calling from Harrisburg, PA
11/29/20239 minutes, 28 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/22/2023

Contestant: Garrett Fitzgerald calling from Orono, Maine
11/22/202310 minutes, 7 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/15/2023

Contestant: Sara Tillotson calling from Tulsa, OK
11/15/20238 minutes, 44 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/8/2023

Contestant: Curtis Funk calling from Niskayuna, NY
11/8/202310 minutes, 16 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/1/2023

Contestant: Brian Hunke calling from Richmond, VA
11/1/202311 minutes, 26 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/25/2023

Contestant: Chuck Romportl calling from Hopkins, MN
10/25/20237 minutes, 54 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/18/2023

Contestant: Benjamin Keating calling from Monticello, IL
10/18/202310 minutes, 11 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/11/2023

Contestant: Jackie Aivaliotis calling from Pittsburgh, PA
10/11/20239 minutes, 36 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/4/2023

Contestants: Tara Rozanski & Kobi Davidson calling from Collingswood, NJ
10/4/202313 minutes, 2 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/27/2023

Contestant: Chris Freitag calling from New York, NY
9/27/20237 minutes, 34 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/20/2023

Contestant: Stephen Farrand from calling from Freeport, ME
9/20/202311 minutes, 23 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/13/2023

Contestant: Danusha Goska calling from Paterson, NJ
9/13/202311 minutes, 22 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/6/2023

Contestant: Ivan Plis calling from Washington D.C.
9/6/20239 minutes, 21 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/30/2023

Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
8/30/20238 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/23/2023

Contestant: Claire Nalven calling from Waltham, MA
8/23/20238 minutes, 50 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/16/2023

Contestant: Doug Watson calling from Fremont, NE
8/16/202310 minutes, 49 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/9/2023

Contestant: Mitchell Shapiro calling from Fort Lee, NJ
8/9/202314 minutes, 37 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/2/2023

Contestant: Jane Johnson calling from Indianapolis, IN
8/2/202311 minutes, 15 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/26/2023

Contestant: Kate Lamberton calling from Hanover, PA
7/26/20239 minutes, 47 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/19/2023

Contestant: Rodger Reynolds calling from Ashland, VA
7/19/20239 minutes, 54 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/12/2023

Contestant: Riley McManus calling from New York, NY
7/12/20237 minutes, 35 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/5/2023

Contestant: Tim Rogers calling from Austin, TX
7/5/20237 minutes, 36 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/21/2023

Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
6/21/20238 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/14/2023

Contestant: Gina Doorn calling from Los Alamos, NM
6/14/202310 minutes, 5 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/7/2023

Contestant: Allison Toltz calling from Montreal, Canada
6/7/202310 minutes, 49 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/31/2023

Contestants: Lynda and Doug Miller calling from Mt. Pleasant, SC
5/31/202310 minutes, 16 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/24/2023

Contestant: Margaret Chan calling from Carmel, NY
5/24/202314 minutes, 9 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/17/2023

Contestant: Eli Robbins calling from Peachtree City, GA
5/17/202310 minutes, 16 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/10/2023

Contestant: Brent Sverdloff calling from Rhinebeck, NY
5/10/20239 minutes, 43 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/3/2023

Contestants: Janice and Joe Codispoti calling from Centerville, OH
5/3/202314 minutes, 19 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/26/2023

Contestant: Jim Weeg calling from Cedar Falls, IA
4/26/202312 minutes, 2 seconds
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Episode for 4/19/2023 - Celebrating 20 years of Piano Puzzlers!

We're celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Piano Puzzler! Bruce Adolphe joins Fred Child in the studio to discuss the evolution of our weekly musical game over the past two decades, AND Bruce also has some special "treats" to share with us.
4/19/202321 minutes, 54 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/12/2023

Contestant: Sarah Painting calling from South Hadley, MA
4/12/202310 minutes, 23 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/5/2023

Contestants: Olivia & Ben Lawson calling from Yorktown, VA
4/5/202311 minutes, 4 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/29/2023

Contestant: John Mundy calling from Wabasha, MN
3/29/20239 minutes, 55 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/22/2023

Contestant: Zachary Simpson calling from Orlando, FL
3/22/202312 minutes, 5 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/15/2023

Contestants: Beau Smith & Sylvia Pacheco calling from Attleboro, MA
3/15/202311 minutes, 6 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/8/2023

Contestant: Ethan Woyach calling from Oak Park, IL
3/8/202313 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/1/2023

Contestant: Austin Hooper calling from Waco, TX
3/1/20239 minutes, 17 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/22/2023

Contestant: Betty Oram calling from Brooklyn, NY
2/22/202312 minutes, 8 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/15/2023

Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
2/15/20238 minutes, 46 seconds
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/8/2023

Contestant: Beth Everett calling from Scottsbluff, NE
2/8/202310 minutes, 4 seconds