Gene Parrish
Gene Parrish began his radio career in 1973 at KQED-FM in San
Francisco, where he co-produced and hosted five seasons of NPR's
national broadcasts of the San Francisco Opera. Between 1979 and 1988,
he traveled the world creating great radio broadcasts; six annual
visits to Finland for the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, to Holland for
an award-winning series on Netherlands/US relations, to Sweden for a
chamber music series and documentary on Swedish Midsummer celebrations,
and to China as resident producer for the San Francisco Opera's project
with the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. From 1984 to 1996, Gene was a
host and producer on KUSC-FM in Los Angeles, and since then has been
the voice of Worldwide Jazz, having produced more than 800 programs.
Recent projects also include his documentary commemorating the
centenary of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and his tribute to Duke
Ellington. For many lovers of vocal music across the country, Gene is
known for producing over 400 programs of The First Art, his popular
weekly series which aired on many NPR stations for many years.
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