Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette

Anne Midgette is the chief classical music critic for the Washington Post. She was a classical music reviewer for "The New York Times" from 2001 to 2007. After graduating from Yale University, she lived for 11 years in Munich, Germany, reviewing opera, music and art throughout Europe for "The Wall Street Journal," Opera News, and other publications. Anne Midgette returned to New York and, after several other writing stints, became the first woman to review classical music for "The New York Times" on a regular basis in 2001. Together with Herbert Breslin, she wrote "The King and I", about Breslin’s 36 years managing the tenor Luciano Pavarotti. She is married to the composer and music journalist Greg Sandow. They live in Manhattan and Warwick, New York.Her father was the painter Willard Midgette.

In January 2008, she began reviewing for the "Washington Post" and replaced Tim Page as the chief music critic in June 2008.

External links

* [http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/about/hansen.html Biographical sketch of Anne Midgette] on Bowling Green State University website
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/anne_midgette/index.html?s=oldest&inline=nyt-per Archive of articles by Anne Midgette] for The New York Times


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