Peter Dobrin

I cover classical music and the arts with an emphasis on the business of the arts and the life of the city.

I grew up in Miami, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami in music performance (French horn), and a master's degree in music criticism from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. I've been at The Inquirer since 1994, both as a music critic and culture writer, and often find myself at the intersection of culture and money: bankruptcies and lawsuits, strikes and labor negotiations, and the travails of fundraising in the cultural sector.