Manchester-based music historian, PhD researcher and broadcast contributor specialising in classical music, cultural history and nineteenth-century European society. A BBC New Generation Thinkers finalist, I have contributed to BBC radio and appeared live on Monocle Radio's The Globalist. My expertise includes forgotten composers, musical archives,... Read More

Manchester-based music historian, PhD researcher and broadcast contributor specialising in classical music, cultural history and nineteenth-century European society. A BBC New Generation Thinkers finalist, I have contributed to BBC radio and appeared live on Monocle Radio's The Globalist. My expertise includes forgotten composers, musical archives, women in music, Russian and European cultural networks, and the history of musical patronage.

My journalism and cultural commentary has appeared in The Washington Post, The Conversation, San Francisco Chronicle, The Strad, Inkstick Media and other UK and international publications. I was also a finalist for the BBC New Generation Thinkers scheme.My academic research is based on extensive archival work in the UK, Europe, Russia and the United States.

I am fluent in English and Russian and can work with Russian-language primary sources, historical documents and specialist musical material.

I am particularly interested in opportunities as an expert contributor, historical/music researcher, archive researcher, development researcher and factual/documentary contributor, across television, radio and digital production.

Based in Manchester/MediaCity and available for work across the UK and remotely. Read Less