Stephen Johnson presented the popular Discovering Music on BBC Radio 3 for 14 years. He is also an author, composer and busy public speaker, who requires minimal preparation for his lectures, so deeply embedded is his musical knowledge. As he prepares to deliver a series of talks at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, including a discussion about his hit book How Shostakovich Changed My Mind, the musical polymath talks to Paul Ballam-Cross.
In the course of chatting to author, broadcaster, public speaker and composer Stephen Johnson, it quickly becomes clear why he’s remained so popular in the UK for more than 30 years. He comes across rather like your favourite university lecturer – learned and deeply knowledgeable without being excessively academic, and with such an infectious...
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