April is the Month of Rising Stars, with Piotr Anderszewski, Janine Jansen, and Julia Fischer taking the stage with The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Orchestra cellist Robert Cafaro talks about his first concert with The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Pianist Piotr Anderszewski makes his Philadelphia Orchestra debut on April 12-14, 2007, playing Szymanowski’s Symphony No. 4 for piano and orchestra with Andrey Boreyko conducting. Tickets and More Information

Orchestra violinist Paul Arnold shares his special attachment to the music of Karol Szymanowski.

Antoinette Dubiel, assistant head usher at The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, shares her reflections on the atmosphere in Verizon Hall when a new artist makes his or her Philadelphia Orchestra debut.

Julia Fisher will perform the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Christoph Eschenbach and The Philadelphia Orchestra in concerts on April 27, 28, 29 and May 1, 2007. While in Philadelphia, she gives a Master Class on April 25.

Orchestra violinist Barbara Govatos talks about her first time performing with The Philadelphia Orchestra.

Kathleen van Bergen, vice president of artistic planning, talks about the Orchestra’s Albert M. Greenfield Student Competition. We hear from a recent competition winner, violinist Robyn Bolliger, and her father Blair Bolliger, who won the student competition just before winning the audition for the chair of Orchestra bass trombone.

The debut episode of Podchestra is brought to you by The Philadelphia Orchestra's season sponsor, UBS, a supporter of outstanding orchestras worldwide.

Podchestra is produced by The Philadelphia Orchestra in collaboration with Jim Cotter. Jim Cotter is arts and culture editor at WRTI-FM and is the host and producer of WRTI-FM’s Creatively Speaking!, which can be heard Saturday mornings on WRTI-FM.