Allan Kozinn (born July 28, 1954)[1] is an American journalist, music critic, and teacher.
Kozinn received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976.[2] He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for The New York Times in 1977, and joined the paper's staff in 1991.[3] Before joining the Times, he was a contributing editor to High Fidelity and Keynote magazines, and a frequent contributor to Guitar Player, Keyboard, Pulse and other publications. He was also the first music critic for The New York Observer.
Kozinn has written a number of books, including Guitar: The History, the Music, the Players (1984), Mischa Elman and the Romantic Style (1990), The Beatles (1995), Classical Music: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings (2004), Got That Something: How the Beatles' I Want to Hold Your Hand Changed Everything (2014) and Spoleto 40 - Spoleto Festival USA 40 Years (2016). In 2014, Kozinn began working with researcher Adrian Sinclair on The McCartney Legacy, a multi-volume biography of Paul McCartney. Volume 1 was published in December 2022.[4]
Kozinn joined the faculty of New York University in 2004, where he taught courses in music criticism, Baroque music literature and the Beatles through 2014. He also taught a course in the history of musical interpretation at the Juilliard School.
In September 2012, The New York Times reassigned Kozinn from his former duties as a classical music critic to general cultural reporting, which caused controversy at the time.[5] In December 2014, Kozinn left the Times, as part of a round of layoffs and buyouts at the newspaper.[6] He moved to Portland, Maine, in 2015, and was the classical music critic at the Portland Press Herald from 2015 to 2020,[7] and a freelance critic for the Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. He is currently a co-host of the video podcast Things We Said Today - A Beatles Video Podcast.[8]
Kozinn is married to the writer Paula Brochu.[9] The couple resides in Portland, Maine.
References
edit- ^ Kozinn's posting on Facebook
- ^ "Allan Kozinn Is Married to Johanna Beale Keller". The New York Times. September 4, 1988. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ The New York Times Essential Library: Classical Music – A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings, "About the author", Macmillan Publishers
- ^ Miller, Stuart (December 12, 2022). "With a little help from his friends, Paul McCartney gets a big post-Beatles biography". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
- ^ David Stabler (September 4, 2012). "The New York Times causes outcry for reassigning music critic Allan Kozinn". Oregonian. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ Susan Elliott (December 18, 2014). "NYTimes Loses Key Critic and Reporter". Musical America. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ Allan Kozinn (August 30, 2015). "Music critic Allan Kozinn finds a home in Portland". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
- ^ "Things We Said Today - A Beatles radio show". YouTube. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
- ^ "Paula Brochu, Allan Kozinn". The New York Times. June 23, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
External links
edit- New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, faculty page on Allan Kozinn Archived March 31, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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