James H. North

1952 graduate of Williams College, with a double major in physics and music, he was for 35 years a member of the Mathematical Sciences Department at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Laboratory. Since 1988, he has been a freelance journalist and music critic. He has published major studies on composers Donald Erb and Joanna Bruzdowicz, pianist Youri Egorov, and record producer/executive Goddard Lieberson. North’s publications include New York Philharmonic: The Authorized Recordings 1905–2005: A Discography, plus Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Augmented Discography, as well as discographies in four of the New York Philharmonic’s multi-CD historical sets: “The Mahler Broadcasts, An American Celebration,” “Bernstein Live,” and “Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic.”