Paul Gambaccini

Paul Gambaccini in 2010

Paul Gambaccini (born 1949) is a radio and television presenter and author of many books, mostly about music.

He was born in New York, USA, and educated at Dartmouth College and University College Oxford. He then became the British correspondent for the American magazine Rolling Stone. Since 1973 he has been a radio presenter, on BBC radio and for a time on Classic FM.

He came out as gay during the 1980s; in June 2012, he entered into a civil partnership. In 2013, Gambaccini revealed he had been highlighted as a potential security risk by the BBC earlier in his career due to his sexuality.

Paul Gambaccini is a Patron of the London Gay Symphony Orchestra. In 2010 he delivered the Oxford University LGBT Lecture. He was ranked number 65 in the Pride Power List 2011