November 2007

Alex Ross

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Unlike most kids, Alex Ross only discovered rock music in college. Until then, he reveals to host Gilbert Kaplan, it was strictly classical. Since then he has been writing some of the most respected commentary on music – both classical and pop – first as an award-winning critic first at The New York Times and now for the past decade at The New Yorker. His much anticipated – and already acclaimed – first book, The Rest is Noise, a remarkable exploration of 20th century music, has just been published.