Anthony Tommasini

Anthony Tommasini
Born
Anthony Carl Tommasini

(1948-04-14) April 14, 1948 (age 76)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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Anthony Carl Tommasini (born April 14, 1948) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music.[1] Described as "a discerning critic, whose taste, knowledge and judgment have made him a must-read",[2] Tommasini was the chief classical music critic for The New York Times from 2000 to 2021. Also a pianist, he has released two CDS and two books on the music of his colleague and mentor, the composer and critic Virgil Thomson.

A classical music enthusiast since his youth, Tommasini attended both Yale University and Boston University to study piano, and then taught music at Emerson College. In 1986 he left academia to write music criticism for The Boston Globe. Tommasini joined the Times in 1996 and became their chief classical music critic in 2000 for over two decades. He traveled to cover important premieres of contemporary classical music, encouraged diversity in both classical repertoire and ensembles, and wrote books covering influential operas and composers.

  1. ^ Ceriani 2016, para. 1.
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