Alex Ross (music critic)
Alex Ross | |
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Known for | The Rest Is Noise (2007) Listen to This (2011) Wagnerism (2020) |
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Website | www |
Alex Ross (born January 12, 1968) is an American
A graduate of
Life and career
Alex Ross was born on January 12, 1968, in
From 1992 to 1996 Ross was a music critic at The New York Times. He also wrote for The New Republic, Slate, the London Review of Books, Lingua Franca, Fanfare and Feed. He first contributed to The New Yorker in 1993 and became a staff writer in 1996, succeeding Paul Griffiths.[6] As of 2021, Ross and Justin Davidson at New York are the only classical music critics who write regularly for a general-interest American magazine.[7]
The music critic Edward Rothstein has said that Ross tries "to restore critical vigour by loosening the boundaries isolating the classical tradition from the world of politics and popular culture".[8] Ross maintains a popular classical music blog, The Rest is Noise,[2] which the musicologist Lars Helgert called "among the most highly regarded web resources for classical music criticism".[1]
His first book,
Ross married director Jonathan Lisecki in Canada in 2006.[13] He is now based in New York City,[14] living in Chelsea, Manhattan.[13]
Selected bibliography
- Ross, Alex (2007). The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- —— (2010). Listen to This. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
- —— (2020). Wagnerism: Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Awards and honors
Ross has received a
References
Notes
- ^ Ross names various teachers at St. Albans School as particularly impactful on his education: Paul Piazza, Paul Barrett, Ted Eagles, Sandy Larson, Don Brown, Vaughn Keith, and Jack McCune.[5]
Citations
- ^ a b Helgert 2013, §5. "Since 1960".
- ^ a b Tommasini, Anthony (November 4, 2016). "Just Why Does New Music Need Champions?". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ^ "Alex Ross '83: Music That Speaks on Every Level". Potomac School. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Express (November 19, 2007). "Express 5: Alex Ross on Classical Music". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ a b c Shafrir, Doree (October 9, 2007). "The Best Listener in America". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2010.
- ^ Woolfe & Ross 2021, § "The View from a Magazine Alex Ross".
- ^ Rothstein 2001, §4. "Since 1980".
- ^ "BBC Four – 2008 Shortlist for Samuel Johnson Prize".
- ^ Swafford, Jan (September 23, 2008). "The Big Rewind: How The Rest Is Noise changes our understanding of 20th-century music". Slate. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Dirda, Michael (November 3, 2020). "If ever there was a moment for Richard Wagner, it is 2020". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- ^ de Barros, Paul (September 25, 2020). "Talking art, politics and 'Wagnerism' with New Yorker music critic Alex Ross". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ a b Bonanos, Christopher (November 7, 2007). "You'll happily be taken along for the ride". The Guardian. Retrieved August 12, 2008.
- ^ a b "Alex Ross - American Academy". The American Academy in Berlin. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ^ Kelly, David (September 23, 2008). "MacArthurs, Parked". The New York Times (blog). Papercuts. Archived from the original on April 23, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2009.
- ^ Koeritz, Tim (January 2, 2012). "'New Yorker' music critic wins Belmont prize". DW News. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Champion of New Music Award". American Composers Forum. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
Sources
- Helgert, Lars (2013). "Criticism". ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- ISBN 978-1-80064-116-7.
External links
- Official website – Classical music blog
- Articles by Alex Ross on The New Yorker
- Interview with Alex Ross on WQXR-FM
- Interview with Alex Ross on The Next Track podcast
- Interview with Alex Ross on WGLT
- Interview with Alex Ross on NPR