Craig Wright

Wright studied piano and music history at Eastman School of Music and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. at Harvard. After teaching at the University of Kentucky, he joined Yale, where he served as chair of the Department of Music and became the Henry L. and Lucy G. Moses Professor of Music. He teaches popular courses on music appreciation and history, with his “Listening to Music” course highly popular online. His research, initially focused on early music, now includes Mozart and the concept of genius. Wright has received several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Dent medal, Einstein prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.