Rob Cowan
Rob Cowan (born 14 April 1948)[1] is an English music broadcaster and writer.
Employed by music publisher Boosey & Hawkes for nineteen years in various capacities, his first record review was published in 1967.[2] He edited CD Review for four years from 1985, and has also contributed reviews to Gramophone, Classic Record Collector and The Independent. He was a co-presenter with jazz and classical music writer Keith Shadwick on Classic FM CD review programme.[2] In September 1992, he was responsible for early radio plays of what became a best-selling recording (with soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw) of Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony.[3]
After presenting CD Masters on Radio 3 for several years (the other host was Jonathan Swain), he had a spell as co-presenter of
In December 2017, he returned to Classic FM to present a Saturday evening programme.[4] Cowan received a Grammy for his work on RCA's Heifetz Collection and is a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. He has been married to Georgie since 1971 and has two adult daughters, Francesca and Victoria, and a granddaughter Elizabeth.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Interview: Rob Cowan, presenter of Radio 3's Breakfast". Church Times. No. 7666. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Radio 3 Presenter: Rob Cowan", BBC Radio website Archived 27 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rob Cowan "Henryk Górecki dies aged 76", Gramophone (website), 12 November 2010
- ^ "Rob Cowan swaps Radio 3 for Classic FM","Radio Today (website), 8 December 2017
External links
- "Rob's Retro Classical - Blog site
- Rob Cowan on Classic FM