KIRSTY OGG has been named as the new Director of Bloomberg New Contemporaries and will take up the post in mid-December. She has been Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery in London since 2009 and is known for her support for and work with emerging and mid-career artists.
24th October 2013
17th October 2013
Live Music Now has announced the appointment of EVAN DAWSON as Executive Director. He was previously Head of Development at Making Music.
JEFFREY SHARKEY, previously the Director of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, will be the new Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. His will succeed JOHN WALLACE, who retires in September 2014.
JONATHAN MANNERS has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Academy of Ancient Music, starting in January 2014. He is currently Head of Music Administration at English National Opera (ENO) and was previously Orchestra Manager at ENO. He succeeds MICHAEL GARVEY who was recently appointed Director at the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales.
RACHEL O'RIORDAN has been announced as the new Artistic Director of Sherman Cymru. She is currently Artistic Director of Perth Theatre.
ROBIN OSTERLEY is leaving his role as Chief Executive of Making Music after 16 years in post. Until a permanent replacement is found, BARBARA EIFLER has been appointed as Acting Director and RALPH KENNEDY will be Head of Operations and Development.
The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts has appointed NEIL MENDOZA as its new Chairman. A director of Soho Theatre and the Shakespeare Schools Festival, he succeeds RICK WILLS, who stands down after eight years in post.
15th October 2013
The Board of the National Theatre has announced that RUFUS NORRIS will succeed NICHOLAS HYTNER as Director, with effect from April 2015. Born in 1965, Norris trained at RADA and was an actor for several years before turning to directing. He has been an Associate Director at the National Theatre since 2011 and has directed numerous productions. Prior to this he was an Associate Director at the Young Vic from 2002-...
10th October 2013
GARETH LLOYD ROBERTS, currently Producer at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, has been appointed Director of Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
STEVE FREER is the new Chair of Birmingham Museums Trust. Honorary Alderman LEN CLARK steps down as Chair after 10 years in post.