Anne-Marie Minhall
Biography
Anne-Marie's career with Classic FM's former parent company, GCap started at Trent FM in Nottingham where she worked in the newsroom as well as presenting various programmes. Having moved to Independent Radio News in 1994, Anne-Marie first joined Classic FM in 1996 as a regular newsreader and as the main anchor of our popular weekly arts and culture show, The Guest List , for just over three years.
Anne-Marie now presents the Weekend Afternoon show on Classic FM, the perfect blend of classical favourites for a relaxing weekend.
An avid cricket fan (supporting Surrey CCC), Anne-Marie has also worked as Classic FM's Acting Sports Editor for a time. Particular music interests include Mozart, Elgar and Vaughan Williams - and ballet music .
Meet Anne-Marie
What is your favourite piece of music in the Classic FM Hall of Fame?
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis – Vaughan Williams.
What is your most memorable on-air moment?
I hope there are more to come but I’ve been very lucky to travel to some great places to interview some amazing people like Luciano Pavarotti at his home in Pesaro, Bryn Terfel in New York, Esa-Pekka Salonen in Stockholm, Maxim Shostakovich in Abu Dhabi, Nigel Kennedy in Hamburg, Cecilia Bartoli in Naples, Renée Fleming in Amsterdam and Sir Simon Rattle in Berlin. The interviewee I was the most nervous about meeting? Sir Paul McCartney who, as it turns out, is one of the nicest people on the planet.
Which composer or artist would you most like to have to dinner?
Both Puccini (pasta with eels & Toscano wine) and Rossini (turkey stuffed with truffles or beef marrow risotto washed down with Chateau Laffitte) would be great dining companions. With Gershwin having been one of the best paid composers of all time I imagine he might bring a nice bottle of something round and some posh chocolates too.
