Biography of Arthur Kaptainis
Arthur Kaptainis has been the music critic of The Gazette (Montreal) since 1986. He also served on the Gazette editorial board from 1991 to 1999 and 2003 to 2006, writing on local, national and international affairs. He has written about subjects as diverse as nuclear energy, avian flu and Star Trek: The Next Generation. His arts criticism has appeared in Opera Canada, Opera (U.K.), the New York Times, Musical America, the American Record Guide and Christianity and Crisis.
Arthur Kaptainis was the author of weekly general-interest quiz for The Gazette from 1988 to 2004. He has also been heard as a commentator and host on CBC Radio. He has one son.
E-mail : akaptainis@sympatico.ca