Fred Child

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Fred Child is the host of the classical music radio program Performance Today on National Public Radio.

In addition to Performance Today, Fred Child is the host of NPR's innovative Creators @ Carnegie, a contributor to NPR's All Things Considered, and a host for live broadcasts of important concert events from New York City, Los Angeles, and London. He also appears on-stage doing pre-concert talks for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, New York's Lincoln Center, the Aspen Music Festival, and the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Fred Child first worked for eight years at WNYC in New York City where he was music director, director of cultural programming, and also host of the program Around New York. He was also host, announcer, producer and programmer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in his home state for ten years.

He is also a keen musician playing the piano, guitar, marimba, and bagpipes. His marimba group Balafon once opened for the Grateful Dead at Oakland Coliseum.

In 2006, he was asked to be the new announcer of the PBS program Live from Lincoln Center, replacing long time announcer Martin Bookspan.