Hugo Shirley is reviews editor at ‘Gramophone’. Formerly deputy editor of ‘Opera’ and opera critic of ‘The Spectator’, he continues to work as a critic for the ‘Daily Telegraph’ and ‘Financial Times’, as well as for ‘Gramophone’ and ‘Opera’, writing widely on opera and classical music elsewhere. Having received his PhD from King's College London in 2011, he also maintains a profile in musicology and published work in the ‘Cambridge Opera Journal’, ‘The Journal of the Royal Musical Association and Music & Letters’.
