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Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed

Mark Swed

Mark Swed was the classical music critic of the Los Angeles Times from 1996 to 2026. Before that, he was a music critic for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and the Wall Street Journal and has written extensively for international publications. Swed is the author of the book-length text to the best-selling iPad app, “The Orchestra,” and is a former editor of the Musical Quarterly. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in criticism, honored in 2021 and 2007.

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