{"id":43113,"date":"2024-05-17T17:10:32","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5d24c475-8f72-4677-bd45-b81c2b309972"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T15:40:01","slug":"linton-stephens-the-bbc-radio-3-presenter-and-chineke-bassoonist-on-the-music-that-shaped-him","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/linton-stephens-the-bbc-radio-3-presenter-and-chineke-bassoonist-on-the-music-that-shaped-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Linton Stephens: the BBC Radio 3 presenter and Chineke! bassoonist on the music that shaped him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Friday, 17 May 2024 at 15:10 PM<\/p>

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Hailing from the Wirral, Linton Stephens studied first at the Royal Northern College of Music and then at the Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik, Liszt Academie in Weimar, Germany. Today, he enjoys a multi-stranded career combining the role of performer \u2013 as sub-principal bassoon of Chineke!<\/a><\/strong> Orchestra and artistic associate of the Multi-Story Orchestra \u2013 with that of broadcaster, hosting Classical Fix<\/em>, the friendly, musically omnivorous podcast on BBC Radio 3, and also regularly presenting Radio 3 in Concert<\/em>. He also works as a consultant on the subject of diversity and inclusion within the arts.\u00a0<\/p>