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Anthony Tommasini is chief music critic for The New York Times.
Tommasini was born in Brooklyn around 1948 and raised on Long Island. He was admitted to Oberlin College's Conservatory of Music, but chose to matriculate at Yale University in order to obtain a broader liberal arts education. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1970, a Master of Music degree from Yale School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Boston University in 1982.
Tommasini taught music at Emerson College in Boston and led writing workshops at Wesleyan University and Brandeis University. He was denied tenure at Emerson College and turned to music criticism.
He became a staff writer for the New York Times in 1996 and was promoted to chief classical music critic in 2000.
His mentors include Virgil Thomson, a critic for the New York Herald Tribune, and Richard Dyer, who was the Boston Globe's classical music critic for 33 years.
Tommasini is the author of Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle, which received the 1998 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award, and Opera: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Works and the Best Recordings.
Arts: Counterpoint | The New York Times
Musical Moments With Anthony Tommasini: Chopin - Part 1 | The New York Times
Musical Moments With Anthony Tommasini: Stravinsky - Part 4
Musical Moments With Anthony Tommasini: Mahler - Part 2
Video: Claude Debussy - nytimes.com/video
Musical Moments With Anthony Tommasini: Two Operas - Part 3
Musical Moments With Anthony Tommasini Two Operas Part 3
November 5, 2014 - David H. Stull's Welcome and Anthony Tommasini's Keynote Address
Anthony Tommasini
Video: The Vienna Four - nytimes.com/video