Michael Klein

Michael Klein is Full Professor and former Chair of the Department of Music Studies at Temple University. He has published books and articles on a wide array of topics, including music of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy, Liszt, and especially Chopin. His current research is in film music, and he has an article forthcoming on the music in the popular Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit. Early in his career, he won a publication award for an article on Chopin and narrative. He also was honored with a Lindback Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is currently working on a book about the music and sound in post-apocalyptic movies. He is a pianist by trade. His wife is a free-lance violinist, and his daughter works in Rochester for an organization that finds solutions to environmental problems.