JOHN SUCHET

‘Mozart - The Man Revealed has just been published in paperback. I had previously written Beethoven – The Man Revealed and The Last Waltz – The Strauss Dynasty and Vienna. My boss at Classic FM said he’d like me to write a biography of Mozart. “But there are so many books about Mozart already,” I protested. “Yes but none of them have been read by my Mum,” he replied. That is how Mozart – The Man Revealed came about.

‘I wrote all five composer biographies while presenting the morning show on Classic FM each weekday morning from 9am to 1pm. I would then get home, have a light lunch, and write for four or five hours until mid-evening. It nearly killed me. I am naturally a morning person. I would rather get up at 5am and write, than do it in the afternoon/evening.