Jan Swafford

Jan Swafford is an American composer, as well as a music critic and author of several musical biographies.

"I think Mozart just really loved people." - Jan Swafford. For the Season 8 Finale, I had the great pleasure of welcomin... Read more

Jan Swafford's music has been played around the country and abroad by ensembles including the symphonies of St. Louis, I... Read more

You could say that Mozart is the gateway drug to a love of classical music. But who was the person behind the music? Aut... Read more

Jan Swafford is a composer and author of multiple biographies, the most recent of which is, "Mozart: The Reign of Love."

Part 2 is a continuation of our conversation about writing, creating, and the four composers covered in his biographies:... Read more

In the Bonus Room, Jan discusses his other creative outlet, composition.

Jan Swafford is an American classical composer and the author of several musical biographies, including most recently, "... Read more

Jan Swafford is known as both a composer and biographer. His compositions have been performed by orchestras such as the ... Read more

Michael Shapiro talks to the extraordinary Jan Swafford whose remarkable biographies of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and I... Read more