Christian Merlin (born 2 March 1964) is a French contemporary music critic and musicologist.
Christian Merlin, who holds an agrégation in German and a doctorate in literature, is a musicologist and a lecturer at the Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III.
A music critic at Le Figaro[1] and the magazine Diapason, he contributes to programmes on France Musique such as Le Casque et l'enclume and Classic Club.
He is also the author or editor of several issues of L'Avant-Scène Opéra, as well as of a book devoted to the symphony orchestra, documented by long years of acquaintance with instrumentalists and conductors.
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