Ted Libbey Bio

Ted Libbey became the National Endowment’s Director of Media Arts in September 2002. Prior to that he served as a regular commentator for National Public Radio, and was featured in a weekly segment devoted to recordings of the core classical music repertory that ran from 1989 until early in 2003 on NPR’s “Performance Today.” Mr. Libbey served as editor of High Fidelity and Mual America magazines from 1984 to 1990. He was a music critic for The New York Times from 1981 to 1984 and was the senior music critic of The Washington Star from 1978 until 1981. He has also served as a programming consultant to The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. (1991-92) and as consultant to the United States Information Agency’s “Artistic Ambassador” program (1986-1998). Mr. Libbey received his B.A. from Yale University and did his doctoral work at Stanford University, where he also served as assistant conductor of the university orchestra. He is the author of several books, including histories of Carnegie Hall and the National Symphony Orchestra as well as the best-selling NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection (1994; 2nd ed. 1999), published by Workman Publishing Co. He is currently finishing an encyclopedia of classical music for Workman.

Produced by Philip McClelland and Seymour Lipkin
Sound Engineer: Philip McClelland
Edited by Hsi-Ling Chang and Jeanne Velonis
Executive Producer: Thomas Z. Shepard
Photos: Peter Schaaf
Much appreciation to The Curtis Institute of Music for permission to use its Concert Hall for these recordings.
The piano is an American Steinway, from the concert stock of Jacobs Piano Company, Philadelphia.

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