Max Reinhardt, (born 14 May 1951) is a radio presenter who presented

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. Since 2020, he presents the ''Max Reinhardt's Late Late Lunch Show'' on

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Career

Max presented shows for BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service for 22 years. For 11 years, he was a presenter for

, a music programme which used to be broadcast three nights a week on

. In addition, he was the musical consultant/co-scriptwriter for the South African music series Freedom Sounds on

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, presented a documentary on

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about his music theatre piece Ketubah and, with Rita Ray was a regular presenter of Global Beats on

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and they also made a Sunday Feature, nearly 20 years ago, for BBC Radio 3 'In Search of Fela Kuti'. Currently he presents the bi-weekly Late Late Lunch Show on

and the monthly Maximum Reinhardt Show on Morley Radio. With Rita Ray he also presents Mwalimu Express Radio Show

. Through the late 80's and onwards, Max and Rita worked together as Dj's in a series of clubs, from the Mambo Inn (with Gerry Lyseight) to The Shrine, mixing Latin and African music withReggae, Funk, Jazz and Soul, increasingly working with live artists in their internationally touring electro acoustic band The Shrine Synchro System. As well as his work with the

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, Max was the co-founder with Tim Webb and musical director at Oily Cart, a theatre company established in 1981 that works with children with complex disabilities.His other musical direction work includes music for shows with

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, Proteus Theatre and for the BBC Children's TV series

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. He is an associate artist with Oxford Contemporary Music and the founder of The Instant Orchestra who appear annually as The Instant Scorehestra in the Lavish Lounge at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, improvising film scores to feature films old and new. More recently he has joined the ''Oxford Improvisers''. He also edited the memoirs of Jewish-Algerian pianist

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, 'A Memoir - From Oran to Marseilles(1938-1992, translated from the French by

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published in 2017 by

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Personal life

Max's parents were Adele Bennett, who worked in the Fashion industry and Morris Bennett, a chartered accountant & antique dealer. He attended Quintin ynastonSchool in St John's Wood before reading English & American Arts and Letters at Exeter University, UK. He now lives in

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and has always enjoyed listening to and playing a wide range of music.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reinhardt, Max 1951 births Living people Alumni of the University of Exeter BBC Radio 3 presenters Radio presenters from London