He became music critic of Time magazine in the spring of 1981, where his cover story subjects included James Levine, Vladimir Horowitz and Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was also a foreign correspondent for the magazine from 1989 to 1996, based in Munich, Germany, from which city he covered first-hand the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of Soviet communism in 1991.
He assumed the role of music critic at Time magazine in the spring of 1981, featuring notable cover story subjects such as James Levine, Vladimir Horowitz, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was also a foreign correspondent for the magazine from 1989 to 1996, based in Munich, Germany, where he firsthand witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the collapse of Soviet communism in 1991.