Suzy Klein

Suzy Klein
File:Suzy Klein, on air (8103414101).jpg Presenting In Tune on BBC Radio 3 in 2012
Born	Suzanne Rebecca Klein (1975-04-01) 1 April 1975 London
Nationality	British
Education	South Hampstead High School
Alma mater	St Hugh's College, Oxford
Occupation	Writer and broadcaster
Employer	BBC
Awards	William Hardcastle Journalism Award, 1996. Sony Bronze Award - In Tune, BBC Radio 3, 2012. Sony Radio Academy Awards. Silver Award - Music Broadcaster of the Year, 2013.

Suzy Klein is a British writer and BBC broadcaster, specialising in music and arts programmes.

Early years and education

Klein was born on 1 April 1975, the eldest of four siblings, and grew up in Maida Vale, London. She attended South Hampstead High School before graduating with first-class honours in Music in 1996 from the University of Oxford. While there, she directed and produced short films and presented a weekly live arts show on the student radio station Oxygen FM. She gained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from City University London.

Broadcasting

After winning the William Hardcastle Award for Journalism, Klein began her professional broadcasting career as a presenter on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio and TV services. She returned to the UK to work for the BBC as an assistant producer at Radio 4 on programmes including Start the Week and Loose Ends. She then moved to BBC Television, working as a director and producer on a range of arts and music films. Klein became a presenter in 2005, when she was listed in "The Guardian's "25 up-and-coming cultural figures". In 2008, she presented The Proms season on BBC2. She has also presented the BBC2 programmes The Culture Show, BBC Young Musician of the Year and The Review Show.

Klein currently hosts Radio 3's drivetime show, In Tune, alongside concerts and events. She has been one of the lead voices on the station's major campaigns of recent years, including its celebrations of the complete works of Mozart and Schubert.

In 2011, Klein presented the first ever live opera in 3D, hosting the Director's Cut with Mike Figgis - a live, 3 hour discussion with the director about his new production of Lucrezia Borgia.

For Sky Arts, Klein hosted the flagship performance programme, Greats at Eight, weekday evenings on Sky Arts 2. She also presented Aida from the Royal Albert Hall (March 2012) for the broadcaster and The Rosenblatt Recitals in summer 2013.

In 2013 she was named Music Broadcaster of the Year, winning the Silver Prize at the Sony Awards.

She currently co-presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio 4 and has made a documentary for the station about fear and phobias.

She has presented global opera broadcasts for the Royal Opera, London, and hosts of all of the global cinema broadcasts of the Royal Shakespeare Company, including 3 live shows for 2014.

In April 2014 she presented the BBC Four television documentary series Rule Britannia! Music, Mischief and Morals in the 18th Century

Voiceover

Klein has done a broad range of voiceover work, from BBC1 primetime documentaries on Pink Floyd and The Carpenters to a three-part series on Brazil, and an Arts TV series for BBC Four.

Writing

Klein is a contributor to the features and review pages of New Statesman, BBC Music Magazine and The Guardian.

She co-authored a book with her sister, Jacky Klein, entitled What is Contemporary Art? A Children's Guide, commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and published in September 2012 by Thames & Hudson. It has been translated into 7 foreign language editions.

Charity

Klein is a patron of Scale Vocal Trust, a charity which helps talented young singers realise their potential and get into music college.

Personal

Klein is married with two children and lives in Shepherd's Bush, London.

External links

• Suzy Klein on Twitter
• Scale Vocal Trust