Jeremy Eichler

Jeremy Eichler is a writer, scholar and critic, and the author of Time's Echo, an acclaimed new book on music, war and memory that was named “History Book of the Year” by The Sunday Times and hailed as “the outstanding music book of this and several years” by The Times Literary Supplement. Chosen as a notable book of 2023 by The New York Times, The New Yorker and NPR, it won three National Jewish Book Awards including “Book of the Year” and was a finalist for the UK’s Baillie Gifford Prize, whose jury described it as “a masterpiece of non-fiction writing.” Eichler’s writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times and many other national publications, and he serves as the chief classical music critic of The Boston Globe. He earned his PhD in modern European history from Columbia University and is the recipient of fellowships from the NEH and Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. In the 2024-25 season, he will serve as the first ever Writer-in-Residence of the London Philharmonic Orchestra.