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Ivan Hewett is a Britishmusic critic and author who specializes inclassical music. Since 2009 he has been thechief music critic for British newspaperThe Daily Telegraph. Hewett has a particular interest incontemporary classical music, which was the topic of his 2003 bookMusic: Healing the Rift. He is also active as aradio andtelevision presenter.
Ivan Hewett studied music at theUniversity of Oxford, receiving aMaster of Arts.[1] He then attended theRoyal College of Music to studymusic composition, and wrote music fortelevision commercials for a year.[2] Throughout the 1980s and in to the 1990s, Hewett unsuccessfully attempted to start a music festival, did research for theMan and Music program, onGranada TV, and assisted withJonathan Miller's TV performance of Bach'sSt Matthew Passion.[2] He has contributed to music publications such asThe Musical Times andProspect since the 1980s.[2] At various times, Hewett has also worked as a lecturer, broadcaster and composer.[3]
By the 1990s, Hewett began presenting on music for theBBC Radio 3; from 1993 to 2002 he led the weekly program "Music Matters".[2][3] Since 2009, he has beenchief music critic for British newspaperThe Daily Telegraph, having succeededGeoffrey Norris.[1][3] His interests include the composition, reception andharmony ofcontemporary classical music.[1] His interests in modern music culminated in a 2003 book entitledMusic: Healing the Rift,[1][4] described as a "very personal view" on the topic.[2] Other publications by Hewett include a chapter forThe Proms: A New History (2006) book onThe Proms,[4] andThe Other Classical Musics: Fifteen Great Traditions (2015) onart music around the world.[1][5]
Since the late 1990s, Hewett has been a professor at the Royal College of Music.[2]
