Jeremy’s Bio
Jeremy Yudkin
Jeremy Yudkin has been teaching at Tanglewood every summer since 1983. He is Professor of Music and Co-Founder and Director of the Center for Beethoven Research at Boston University, and his interests are wide and varied, including everything from Beethoven to medieval music to the music of the Beatles. Jeremy has written eight books: on medieval music and manuscripts, on a sixteenth-century music primer, and on jazz. His most recent publications include The Lenox School of Jazz and Miles Smiles, Miles Davis, and the Invention of Post Bop. He is also the author of one of the most successful music-appreciation textbooks in the United States. It is entitled simply Understanding Music. Helping all people understand music is one of his greatest passions. He founded the Tanglewood Pre-Concert Lecture Series to create a place for music listeners to learn. Every year his lectures illuminate all the concerts played at Tanglewood. He is a compelling, lively, and friendly speaker. Participants speak very highly about the experience and how the talks help them appreciate classical music twice as much.