Roger NicholsAfter studying music at Oxford with Edmund Rubbra and Frederick Sternfeld, Roger Nichols taught in schools and universities until 1980, when he became a freelance author, reviewer, translator, editor, lecturer, broadcaster and pianist. He began broadasting for BBC Radio 3 in 1976, mainly on French music since 1820, his documentary subjects including Alfred Cortot, Arthur Honegger and Maggie Teyte. His radio series The Harlequin Years, on music in Paris from 1917 to 1929, formed the basis of a book of the same title, published in 2002. Other publications include biographies of Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc. His editions of French music with Peters Edition of London include most of Ravel's piano music and the complete Duparc songs using previously unknown material. In 2006 he was appointed chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for services to French culture. Since 2007 he has contributed articles and reviews to BBC Music magazine. He and his wife Sarah have lived in Herefordshire since 1974. Read More Read Less