Hailing from the Wirral, Linton Stephens studied first at the Royal Northern College of Music and then at the Hochschule für Musik, Liszt Academie in Weimar, Germany. Today, he enjoys a multi-stranded career combining the role of performer – as sub-principal bassoon of Chineke! Orchestra and artistic associate of the Multi-Story Orchestra – with that of broadcaster, hosting , the friendly, musically omnivorous podcast on BBC Radio 3, and also regularly presenting . He also works as a
