Peter Van de Graaff is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on November 9, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Van de Graaff began his radio career in 1984 at KBYU-FM in Utah, then moved to WFMT in Chicago as a staff announcer in 1988. Beginning in 1989 he became a program host for the Beethoven Satellite Network, a nationally syndicated classical music program service that is now carried on over 150 stations (he became Program Director of the Beethoven Satellite Network in 1996). He has hosted other nationwide broadcast series, including the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Van Cliburn Piano Series, Opera from the European Broadcasting Union, Music of the Baroque and the Vermeer Quartet.
Van de Graaff is a native of Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Glencoe, Illinois and attended New Trier High School. He attended Brigham Young University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Performance. While there, he began working as an announcer on KBYU-FM, the university’s classical-music FM radio station. He was also announcer for the Utah Symphony live broadcasts. Following his graduation he remained with the station, rising to the post of Senior Producer. In 1986 the station expanded to around-the-clock broadcasting, with Van de Graaff hosting the morning program. In 1988 Van de Graaff returned to Chicago, obtaining an announcer post at the city’s fine-arts FM radio station WFMT. In 1989 he became a program host for the syndicated Beethoven Satellite Network.
