Edirin Oputu

Edirin is a writer and critic, and director of marketing at Temple University’s University College. A longtime WRTI listener, she is delighted to be a substitute classical music host.

Edirin’s love for classical music likely began with an alarm clock: when she was very young, her parents had one that played Für Elise and she would start most mornings listening to it. The music never grew old.

Growing up, she pored over her parents’ records and CDs, spent entire afternoons and weekends down the rabbit hole of Microsoft Encarta’s music-related articles and games, and learned to play the piano first on her grandparents’ much-loved upright and then on one of her very own.

When her family moved from Nigeria to Scotland, radio opened up an exciting new world. She’s been exploring it ever since.