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Paul Kildea is the author of Benjamin Britten: A life in the twentieth century (2013) and Chopin's Piano: A journey through Romanticism (2018). He lives in Melbourne and is Artistic Director of Musica Viva.

'Letter from Adelaide: Presenting "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" during a pandemic' by Paul Kildea

Published in March 2021, no. 429
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Paul Kildea reviews 'Summertime: George Gershwin’s life in music' by Richard Crawford

Published in August 2020, no. 423
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Paul Kildea reviews 'The Letters of Cole Porter' edited by Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh

Published in April 2020, no. 420
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Paul Kildea reviews 'Sontag: Her life' by Benjamin Moser

Published in November 2019, no. 416
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Paul Kildea reviews 'The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters' by Mark Wigglesworth

Published in September 2019, no. 414
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Paul Kildea reviews 'Fryderyk Chopin: A life and times' by Alan Walker

Published in March 2019, no. 409
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Paul Kildea reviews 'Debussy: A painter in sound' by Stephen Walsh

Published in November 2018, no. 406
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Paul Kildea reviews 'The Novel of the Century: The extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables' by David Bellos

Published in May 2017, no. 391
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Paul Kildea reviews 'Beethoven for a Later Age: The journey of a string quartet' by Edward Dusinberre

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