Ian is one of the two presenters of BBC Radio 3’s daily mid-morning classical music show, Essential Classics. Working with the world’s top orchestras and many renowned soloists, Ian is also a host/presenter of the station’s evening concert strand, Radio 3 in Concert, hosting concerts on air and on stage from the UK’s top venues. During the summer he hosts plenty of concerts at the BBC Proms - the world’s biggest classical music festival - and presents live-streamed events, pre concert discussions and full scale shows for many orchestras, London concert halls and the Royal Opera House.

An award winning writer and documentary maker, he is the author of a musical stage show and for a quarter of a century has worked closely with the former Prince of Wales - now King - on many of his high profile speeches and publications. They co-authored the book Harmony, published worldwide by HarperCollins, which was recently the basis of the major documentary by Amazon Prime and MGM, Finding Harmony, A King’s Vision which is available in 250 territories around the world. Ian advised on the film and appears in it extensively. He has made films and documentaries in the UK, the USA and various parts of the Middle East.