Rob Cowan

{{Short description|British radio presenter}} {{other people||Rob Cowan (urbanist)|Robert Cowan (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} [[File:Rob Cowan 2016.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rob Cowan at a BBC Radio 3 live event at the Southbank Centre in 2016]] '''Rob Cowan''' (born 14 April 1948)<ref name="CT">{{cite news|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2010/19-february/features/interview-rob-cowan-presenter-of-radio-3-s-breakfast|title=Interview: Rob Cowan, presenter of Radio 3's Breakfast|work=Church Times|number=7666|date=19 February 2010|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> is an English music broadcaster and writer.

Employed by music publisher Boosey & Hawkes for nineteen years in various capacities, his first record review was published in 1967.<ref name="R3">[https://archive.today/20040710030502/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/rob_cowan.shtml "Radio 3 Presenter: Rob Cowan"], BBC Radio website </ref> He edited ''CD Review'' for four years from 1985, and has also contributed reviews to ''Gramophone'', ''Classic Record Collector'' and ''The Independent''. He was a co-presenter with jazz and classical music writer Keith Shadwick on the Classic FM CD review programme.<ref name="R3"/> In September 1992, he was responsible for early radio plays of what became a best-selling recording (with soprano soloist Dawn Upshaw) of Henryk Górecki's Third Symphony.<ref>Rob Cowan [http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/henryk-gor%C3%A9cki-dies-aged-76 "Henryk Górecki dies aged 76"], ''Gramophone'' (website), 12 November 2010</ref>

After presenting ''CD Masters'' on Radio 3 for several years (the other host was Jonathan Swain), he had a spell as co-presenter of BBC Radio 3's ''Breakfast'' from 2007. He subsequently presented Radio 3's ''Essential Classics'' alongside Sarah Walker and ''Sunday Morning'' alongside James Jolly. He also appeared on Radio 3's ''CD Review''.

In December 2017, he returned to Classic FM to present a Saturday evening programme.<ref>[https://radiotoday.co.uk/2017/12/rob-cowan-swaps-bbc-radio-3-for-classic-fm/ "Rob Cowan swaps Radio 3 for Classic FM"],"Radio Today (website), 8 December 2017</ref> Cowan received a Grammy for his work on RCA's Heifetz Collection and is a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. He has been married to Georgie since 1971 and has two adult daughters, Francesca and Victoria, and a granddaughter Elizabeth.<ref name="CT" />

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==External links== * [http://robccowan.wordpress.com/ "Rob's Retro Classical] - Blog site * [https://www.classicfm.com/radio/shows-presenters/rob-cowan/ Rob Cowan on Classic FM]

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