Piano Puzzler

About Piano Puzzler

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.

Publisher

American Public Media

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Dec 2023

Latest episode

29 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

98 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2025

   Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/29/2025

   Contestant: Thomas Morgan, calling from Sherwood, AR

2. 

   22 Oct 2025

   Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/22/2025

   Contestants: Scott Leaman and his AP Music Theory Class, calling from Tallahassee, FL

3. 

   15 Oct 2025

   Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 10/15/2025

   Contestant: Jim Weeg, calling from Cedar Falls, Iowa

Who has been a guest on Piano Puzzler

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Julie Blim
• Susan Walker
• Riley McManus
• Jane Johnson
• Rivkah Meder

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

36 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 18 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

3

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.