Kate has over 25 years’ professional experience in the early and Classical music world. She teaches Baroque and Classical music and cultural history at the Scuola Lorenzo de’ Medici. Her post-graduate thesis focused on music and dance in 14th-century Italy, since when she has published extensively as an academic, journalist and critic. Prior to moving to Italy in 2007, she was Senior Producer, BBC Arts and Classical Music, and Artistic Director of the prestigious Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, in London.