Classical WQED 89.3 FM
WQED-FM 89.3 is committed to providing classical music and the other fine arts programming.
Pittsburgh Concert Channel
The Pittsburgh Concert Channel is your 24-hour home for archived Pittsburgh Symphony Radio broadcasts.
Q the Music
Pittsburgh Classical Network features the best performances by musicians throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.
RADical Days
Jim Cunningham spoke with Dusty Elias Kirk and Shannon Musgrave of the Allegheny Regional Asset District about the 2020 RADical Days events; how they've managed to continue the tradition through the Covid-19 pandemic.
WQED FM App
Take Classical WQED FM with you on the go! Stream our live channel or listen to our podcasts on demand!
Concerts@Home
We are providing performing arts organizations with s way to connect with fans of music and culture with series of broadcasts, interviews, online local arts resources and more!
Papal Concert of Reconciliation
In 2004, the PSO under the direction of Sir Gilbert Levine was the first American orchestra to perform at the Vatican before Pope John Paul II. Read an exerpt from Levine's book The Pope's Maestro.
Colour of Music Festival
See the premiere of John Christopher’s Unburied, Unmourned and Unmarked, a composition conceived and inspired by Dr. Edda Fields-Black, Associate Professor of History, Carnegie Mellon University.
"Song of Taiwan"
Ellen Chen Livingston and pianist Rodrigo Ojeda of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra visit to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year and perform "Song of Taiwan" from composer Tyzen Hsaio.
Tomi Adebayo
A local violinist uses an electric violin with a looping pedal to build her own orchestra in this unique episode.
Pittsburgh Symphony Interviews
Actress & Singer Tamara Tunie, Composer Kathryn Bostic
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho
Conductor Vasily Petrenko
Cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan
Violinist Baiba Skride
Composer Jonathan Leshnoff
Pianist Till Fellner
Pianist Beatrice Rana
Conductor Leonard Slatkin & Pianist Garrick Ohlsson
Conductor Emmanuel Krivine
Pianist Bertrand Chamayou
Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado
Pianist Behzod Abduraimov
Cellist Maximilian Hornung
Pianist Kirill Gerstein
Conductor Juanjo Mena
Violinist Ray Chen
Conductor Christoph König
Podcasts
Conductors, soloists and composers involved in making great Pittsburgh Symphony performances talk about their music.
Insights and anecdotes from musicians, dancers, artists, actors and directors, as well as audience response.
A complete two hour concert hosted by Jim Cunningham. Listen for interviews and features, historic recordings and the latest weekly concerts from Heinz Hall.
Did you miss a recent live broadcast? Or do you just want to hear it again? Relive recent WQED-FM live broadcasts on the Encore podcast page. Stream full length broadcasts by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and others.
Where classical music crosses paths with rock and roll, world music, folk music and jazz. As Duke Ellington said "There are only two types of music: good music and the other stuff." Listen to interviews with people who make good music here.
Jim Cunningham reports from the PSO's domestic and international tours.
