Michael Beckerman is the Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Music and chair of the Music Department at New York University. His research interests include Czech and Eastern European music; Janacek, Dvorak, Martinu; nationalism, Gypsies, Mozart, Brahms, Gilbert and Sullivan, Schubert, and film music. He holds a B.A. (1973) from Hofstra University, an M.Ph. (1978), an M.A. (1976), and a Ph.D. (1982) from Columbia University. He has been awarded the Janacek Medal from the Czech Republic and is a Laureate of the Czech Music Council.
