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.
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/23/2024
Contestants: Lynda and Doug Miller calling from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina
10/23/2024 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/16/2024
Contestant: William White calling from Portland, Oregon
10/16/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/9/2024
Contestant: Rob Scheinberg calling from Hoboken, New Jersey
10/9/2024 • 9 minutes, 28 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/2/2024
Contestant: Brent Sverdloff calling from Rhinebeck, New York
10/2/2024 • 9 minutes, 35 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/25/2024
Contestant: Danusha Goska calling from Paterson, NJ
9/25/2024 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/18/2024
Contestant: John Mundy calling from Wabasha, Minnesota
9/18/2024 • 9 minutes, 50 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/11/2024
Contestant: Allison Toltz calling from Montreal, Quebec
9/11/2024 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/4/2024
Contestants: Beau Smith & Sylvia Pacheco calling from Attleboro, Massachusetts
9/4/2024 • 10 minutes, 5 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/28/2024
Contestants: Beau Smith & Sylvia Pacheco calling from Attleboro, Massachusetts
8/28/2024 • 11 minutes, 7 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/21/2024
Contestant: Brandon Baxter calling from Hastings, Nebraska
8/21/2024 • 11 minutes, 57 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/14/2024
Contestant: Bob Lagerquist calling from Eugene, Oregon
8/14/2024 • 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/7/2024
Contestants: Liza Steele, Romain Fardel, and Cleo, calling from New York, New York
8/7/2024 • 16 minutes, 13 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/31/2024
Contestant: Sarah Hopkins calling from Scarsdale, New York
7/31/2024 • 10 minutes, 26 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/24/2024
Contestant: Zachary Simpson calling from Orlando, FL
7/24/2024 • 12 minutes, 4 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/17/2024
Contestant: Kate Kreger calling from Geneseo, New York
7/17/2024 • 11 minutes, 13 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/10/2024
Contestant: Judy Delaney calling from Rochester, NY
7/10/2024 • 8 minutes, 19 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/3/2024
Contestant: Marc Loudon calling from New Orleans, Louisiana
7/3/2024 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/26/2024
Contestant: Cayce Wilkinson calling from Council Bluffs, Iowa
6/26/2024 • 11 minutes, 2 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/19/2024
Contestant: Ted Fisher calling from Belgrade, Serbia
6/19/2024 • 9 minutes, 57 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/12/2024
Contestant: Eric Ebbenga from New York City, NY (Calling from Nashville, Tennessee)
6/12/2024 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/5/2024
Contestant: Mathew Neeley calling from Goleta, California
6/5/2024 • 9 minutes, 26 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/29/2024
Contestant: Brian Hunke calling from Richmond, Virginia
5/29/2024 • 11 minutes, 25 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/22/2024
Contestant: Margaret Chan calling from Carmel, New York
5/22/2024 • 14 minutes, 4 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/15/2024
Contestants: Scott Leaman and his AP Music Theory Class, Tallahassee, Florida
5/15/2024 • 15 minutes, 48 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/8/2024
Contestant: Austin Hooper calling from Waco, Texas
5/8/2024 • 9 minutes, 16 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/1/2024
Contestant: Jim Weeg calling from Cedar Falls, Iowa
5/1/2024 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/24/2024
Contestant: Jay Nygaard calling from St. George, Utah
4/24/2024 • 10 minutes, 52 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/17/2024
Contestant: Sana Sarfraz calling from Agoura Hills, California.
4/17/2024 • 6 minutes, 38 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/10/2024
Contestant: Betty Oram calling from Brooklyn, New York
4/10/2024 • 12 minutes, 10 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/3/2024
Contestants: Stephanie Anne & Susan Landers of Albuquerque, New Mexico
4/3/2024 • 13 minutes, 13 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/27/2024
Contestants: Laura Pawuk and Rick Adler calling from Ypsilanti, Michigan
3/27/2024 • 14 minutes, 24 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/20/2024
Contestant: Cynthia Sibitzky calling from Haslett, Texas
3/20/2024 • 11 minutes, 20 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/13/2024
Contestant: Tejas Srinivasan calling from Middlebury, VE
3/13/2024 • 9 minutes, 44 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/6/2024
Contestants: Peter and Mary-Bess Staffel calling from Bethany, WV
3/6/2024 • 11 minutes, 27 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/28/2024
Contestant: Beth Everett calling from Scottsbluff, NE
2/28/2024 • 10 minutes, 4 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/21/2024
Contestant: Ethan Woyach calling from Oak Park, IL
2/21/2024 • 13 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/14/2024
Contestants: Janie and Andrew Wittenberg calling from Cincinnati, OH
2/14/2024 • 14 minutes, 47 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/7/2024
Contestant: Anne Nelson calling from Portland, ME
2/7/2024 • 10 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/31/2024
Contestant: Kristen Zoetewey calling from Grand Rapids, MI
1/31/2024 • 11 minutes, 14 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/24/2024
Contestant: Jason Carr calling from Philadelphia, PA
1/24/2024 • 8 minutes, 35 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/17/2024
Contestants: Isabella & Francesca Dawas calling from Minneapolis, MN
1/17/2024 • 8 minutes, 34 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/10/2024
Contestant: Shawn Weil calling from Melrose, MA
1/10/2024 • 13 minutes, 10 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 1/3/2024
Contestant: Claire Nalven calling from Waltham, MA
1/3/2024 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/27/2023
Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
12/27/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/20/2023
Contestant: Gus Silverson calling from New York, NY
12/20/2023 • 10 minutes, 15 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/13/2023
Contestant: Dan Feld calling from New York, NY
12/13/2023 • 12 minutes, 7 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 12/06/2023
Contestant: Jonathan Jager calling from Los Angeles, CA
12/6/2023 • 8 minutes, 31 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/29/2023
Contestant: Joseph Gewirtz calling from Harrisburg, PA
11/29/2023 • 9 minutes, 28 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/22/2023
Contestant: Garrett Fitzgerald calling from Orono, Maine
11/22/2023 • 10 minutes, 7 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/15/2023
Contestant: Sara Tillotson calling from Tulsa, OK
11/15/2023 • 8 minutes, 44 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/8/2023
Contestant: Curtis Funk calling from Niskayuna, NY
11/8/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 11/1/2023
Contestant: Brian Hunke calling from Richmond, VA
11/1/2023 • 11 minutes, 26 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/25/2023
Contestant: Chuck Romportl calling from Hopkins, MN
10/25/2023 • 7 minutes, 54 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/18/2023
Contestant: Benjamin Keating calling from Monticello, IL
10/18/2023 • 10 minutes, 11 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/11/2023
Contestant: Jackie Aivaliotis calling from Pittsburgh, PA
10/11/2023 • 9 minutes, 36 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/4/2023
Contestants: Tara Rozanski & Kobi Davidson calling from Collingswood, NJ
10/4/2023 • 13 minutes, 2 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/27/2023
Contestant: Chris Freitag calling from New York, NY
9/27/2023 • 7 minutes, 34 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/20/2023
Contestant: Stephen Farrand from calling from Freeport, ME
9/20/2023 • 11 minutes, 23 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/13/2023
Contestant: Danusha Goska calling from Paterson, NJ
9/13/2023 • 11 minutes, 22 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 9/6/2023
Contestant: Ivan Plis calling from Washington D.C.
9/6/2023 • 9 minutes, 21 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/30/2023
Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
8/30/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/23/2023
Contestant: Claire Nalven calling from Waltham, MA
8/23/2023 • 8 minutes, 50 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/16/2023
Contestant: Doug Watson calling from Fremont, NE
8/16/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/9/2023
Contestant: Mitchell Shapiro calling from Fort Lee, NJ
8/9/2023 • 14 minutes, 37 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 8/2/2023
Contestant: Jane Johnson calling from Indianapolis, IN
8/2/2023 • 11 minutes, 15 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/26/2023
Contestant: Kate Lamberton calling from Hanover, PA
7/26/2023 • 9 minutes, 47 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/19/2023
Contestant: Rodger Reynolds calling from Ashland, VA
7/19/2023 • 9 minutes, 54 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/12/2023
Contestant: Riley McManus calling from New York, NY
7/12/2023 • 7 minutes, 35 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 7/5/2023
Contestant: Tim Rogers calling from Austin, TX
7/5/2023 • 7 minutes, 36 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/21/2023
Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
6/21/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/14/2023
Contestant: Gina Doorn calling from Los Alamos, NM
6/14/2023 • 10 minutes, 5 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 6/7/2023
Contestant: Allison Toltz calling from Montreal, Canada
6/7/2023 • 10 minutes, 49 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/31/2023
Contestants: Lynda and Doug Miller calling from Mt. Pleasant, SC
5/31/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/24/2023
Contestant: Margaret Chan calling from Carmel, NY
5/24/2023 • 14 minutes, 9 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/17/2023
Contestant: Eli Robbins calling from Peachtree City, GA
5/17/2023 • 10 minutes, 16 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/10/2023
Contestant: Brent Sverdloff calling from Rhinebeck, NY
5/10/2023 • 9 minutes, 43 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/3/2023
Contestants: Janice and Joe Codispoti calling from Centerville, OH
5/3/2023 • 14 minutes, 19 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/26/2023
Contestant: Jim Weeg calling from Cedar Falls, IA
4/26/2023 • 12 minutes, 2 seconds
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.
4/19/2023 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/12/2023
Contestant: Sarah Painting calling from South Hadley, MA
4/12/2023 • 10 minutes, 23 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/5/2023
Contestants: Olivia & Ben Lawson calling from Yorktown, VA
4/5/2023 • 11 minutes, 4 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/29/2023
Contestant: John Mundy calling from Wabasha, MN
3/29/2023 • 9 minutes, 55 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/22/2023
Contestant: Zachary Simpson calling from Orlando, FL
3/22/2023 • 12 minutes, 5 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/15/2023
Contestants: Beau Smith & Sylvia Pacheco calling from Attleboro, MA
3/15/2023 • 11 minutes, 6 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/8/2023
Contestant: Ethan Woyach calling from Oak Park, IL
3/8/2023 • 13 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/1/2023
Contestant: Austin Hooper calling from Waco, TX
3/1/2023 • 9 minutes, 17 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/22/2023
Contestant: Betty Oram calling from Brooklyn, NY
2/22/2023 • 12 minutes, 8 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/15/2023
Contestant: Brandon Martin calling from Minneapolis, MN
2/15/2023 • 8 minutes, 46 seconds
Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/8/2023
Contestant: Beth Everett calling from Scottsbluff, NE
