Piotr Orlov

Piotr Orlov (feel free to call him “Peter”) was born in St. Petersburg (back when it was still called Leningrad) and arrived in New York in the late 1970s. He is first and foremost a writer and editor who has evolved into a music storyteller over the past 25 years, contributing to major publications including The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Pitchfork, The Guardian, and Village Voice. He has held roles such as director of special projects at AFROPUNK, senior editor of content at NPR Music, and editorial director at MTV, and in 2003 co-curated the music program for The New Museum’s exhibition “Black President: The Art & Legacy of Fela Kuti.” Since 2021, he has been producing and hosting the monthly interview and music radio program Dada Strain Radio on the Sonos Radio Network, while also teaching at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and Columbia University’s School of the Arts.