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Classical WQED 89.3 FM
WQED-FM 89.3 is committed to providing classical music and the other fine arts programming to entertain, inform and enrich the Western Pennsylvania region. The only classical radio station in the Pittsburgh area, WQED-FM is a lively advocate for the arts both locally and nationally.
Q the Music
Q the Music, Pittsburgh Classical Network features the best performances by musicians throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh Concert Channel
The Pittsburgh Concert Channel is your 24-hour home for archived Pittsburgh Symphony Radio broadcasts.
Classical QED thanks everyone who helped us during our spring pledge drive. Today is our last day and we are hoping to meet our goal! Thank you to long time friend of WQED Gloria Raymond. She was here on air Tuesday morning with Jim Cunningham helping with our fundraising drive. Thank you Gloria and thank you to all those who have supported us. If you haven’t made your donation, please click here to support Classical QED!
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Pittsburgh Symphony Interviews
Pianist Kirill Gerstein
Conductor Juanjo Mena
Violinist Ray Chen
Conductor Christoph König
Pianist Behzod Abduraimov
Cellist Maximilian Hornung
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.
WQED Cultural Calendar
Emmet Cahill Live in Pittsburgh
Emmet Cahill, considered to be Ireland’s most exciting young tenor and principal vocalist with the popular Irish music show Celtic Thunder, will present a concert at St. Winifred Church in Pittsburgh on Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. More info.
Amaury Morales - Spring Concert
Come celebrate spring at Brown Chapel AME Church in the North Side. More info.
Brass Roots & Organ: “Back to the Movies” Concert
The Brass Roots and organist Edward Alan Moore join forces once again with Pittsburgh Symphony trombonist James Nova for a spectacular follow-up to last season's "Space Odyssey" concert. More info.
Mary’s Daughter: Memoirs of an Artivist
Mary’s Daughter: Memoirs of an Artivist is a one woman play about the life and times of Melanie Carter, artistically known as the Hip Hop Artivist, Blak Rapp Madusa. More info.
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