
Justin Davidson
Architecture and classical music critic, New York Magazine
Justin Davidson is the architecture and classical music critic of New York Magazine. Previously, Davidson was the classical music and architecture critic at Newsday for more than a decade, during which time he won a 2002 Pulitzer Prize in criticism for work published in the newspaper. Since 1994, he has been a freelance writer, contributing to The New Yorker, Salon, Slate, Los Angeles Times, Opera News, Icon, ART and Travel & Leisure, among other publications. He has appeared on WNYC’s “Soundcheck” and “Brian Lehrer Show” and contributes a monthly music column to the subscription-based Web site, E-music. Davidson received a Doctorate from Columbia University in Music Composition and a Bachelor’s from Harvard University, and has taught Humanities courses at Columbia and writing workshops in an NEA-sponsored fellowship program for professional arts journalists.