Peter Van de Graaff
Peter Van de Graaff (born November 9, 1961) is an American singer and radio personality. He is best known[1] as the host of the Beethoven Satellite Network (BSN) overnight classical music service, which is carried over approximately 150 radio stations across the USA.[2]
Biography
Van de Graaff is a native of
Van de Graaff married a professional soprano singer, Kathleen. They appear together occasionally, especially to perform the early eighteenth-century chamber works known as opera intermezzi.
Van de Graaff has performed with opera companies and orchestras worldwide. He speaks several languages, including Dutch, German, French. He also has studied Russian, Spanish and Italian.[4]
Career
Van de Graaff began his radio career in 1984 at KBYU-FM in Utah, then moved to WFMT in Chicago as a staff announcer in 1988. Beginning in 1989 he became a program host for the Beethoven Satellite Network, a nationally syndicated classical music program service that is now carried on over 150 stations (he became Program Director of the Beethoven Satellite Network in 1996). He has hosted other nationwide broadcast series, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Van Cliburn Piano Series, Opera from the European Broadcasting Union, Music of the Baroque and the Vermeer Quartet.
Van de Graaff sings in the bass-baritone range, and has performed throughout the world. He performed and recorded a
In autumn 2015, it was announced that Van de Graaff would become the music director and morning host for KWAX at the University of Oregon in early 2016, and continue hosting the Beethoven Network from Eugene.
Awards and recognitions
Van de Graaff received the 2010 Karl Haas Prize for Music Education from the Klassix Society/Friends of KXMS.
References
- ^ "Peter Van De Graaff is recognized nationwide as a leader in classical music broadcasting." WMOT website, Peter Van de Graaff Profile
- ^ For example, KBYU-FM (Provo, Utah), WFMT (Chicago, Illinois), KUSU-FM (Logan, Utah), the Wisconsin Public Radio Network, WUOL-FM (Louisville, Kentucky), WMOT (Nashville, Tennessee), KXMS (Joplin, Missouri)
- ^ "New Trier music teacher dies - Chicago Tribune". 2013-03-07. Archived from the original on 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ Peter Van de Graaff Profile Archived 2011-12-11 at the Wayback Machine