Zachary Woolfe is an American
music critic who specializes in
classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. It is sometimes distinguished as Western classical music, as the term "classical music" also ...
. Since 2022 he has been
chief classical music critic for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''.
Education and career
Woolfe studied at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
.
Although he "had written a little bit for newspapers in college", he had not anticipated a career in journalism.
In 2008, however, a friend at ''
The New York Observer
''The New York Observer'' was a weekly newspaper printed from 1987 to 2016, when it ceased print publication and became the online-only newspaper ''Observer''. The media site focuses on culture, real estate, media, politics and the entertainmen ...
'' asked Woolfe to assist in coverage of the
2008 US Open tennis tournament.
After additional writing for the paper, Woolfe was offered a regular column in 2009, devoted to opera.
In 2011 Woolfe started working as a freelance music critic for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', reporting on opera festivals in the US and internationally. In 2015 he became classical music editor, before being appointed as
chief classical music critic in 2022.
Selected articles
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References
External links
Articles by Zachary Woolfein ''The New York Times''
Articles by Zachary Woolfein ''The Observer''
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Living people
Princeton University alumni
American music critics
Opera critics
Critics employed by The New York Times
Classical music critics
Year of birth missing (living people)
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