Michael Steinberg is a musicologist, teacher, chamber music coach, narrator, and was music critic of The Boston Globe for twelve years.
He is the program annotator of the San Francisco Symphonyand the New York Philharmonic and is considered the premier writer of program notes for symphony orchestra concerts.
Steinberg's books – " The Symphony," " The Concerto" and " Choral Masterworks" – have been praised for their delightful blend of biography, musical analysis and humor.