Meet Gerard McBurney
Gerard McBurney
Narrator & Creative Director,
Beyond the Score®
“If Beyond the Score®
can achieve anything,
I hope it makes the people
that come feel that these
pieces belong to them.”
—Gerard McBurney
A native of Cambridge,
Gerard McBurney studied in
England and at the Moscow
Conservatory before returning
to London, where he worked
for many years as a composer,
arranger, broadcaster, teacher,
and writer.
In addition to
his original compositions, he
has reconstructed lost
and forgotten works by
Shostakovich, and he has
published widely in the field
of Russian and Soviet music.
For 20 years, he created and
presented programs on
BBC Radio 3, and he has
written and researched nearly
30 television documentaries.
McBurney was a lecturer at
the Royal Academy of Music in
London, and also has acted
as advisor and collaborated
with many orchestras and
presenters, including Lincoln
Center, the Emerson Quartet,
the Hallé Orchestra, and the
Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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