Martin Goldsmith (radio host)

Martin Julian Goldsmith (born August 18, 1952) is an American radio personality and an author, best known as a classical music host on National Public Radio and Sirius XM, and for a book about his parents' experiences as Jewish musicians in Nazi Germany.

After emigrating to the United States, his mother was for 21 years a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

In 1987 he joined National Public Radio as a music producer for Performance Today.

He then moved to XM Satellite Radio, where he serves as director of classical music programming and is frequently heard on Sirius XM's Symphony Hall channel.

He has also acted in many roles in Washington-area theaters, including Arena Stage.