Jim Samson
WriterJim Samson is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of London. He is currently an Editor-in-Chief for Grove Music Online and a Series Editor of the Peters Complete Chopin. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and holds the Order of Merit of The Polish Ministry Culture, an honorary doctorate from the Ionian University, and the Irish Research Council Harrison Medal. His book Virtuosity and the Musical Work was awarded the Royal Philharmonic Book Prize, and his edition of the Chopin Ballades was named Edition of the Year in the Rhinegold Publishing International Piano awards. His latest monograph is Black Sea Sketches: Music, Place and People (2021).