Audience expectations of arts events
Sir Nicholas Kenyon (The Barbican Centre, London)
- When?
- Wednesday 7 December 2011, 14:00
- Where?
- Austin Pearce (AP) Lecture Theatre 2
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
The Tourism and Events Subject Group of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management is pleased to welcome Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director of the Barbican Centre, London, to deliver a lecture on Audience Expectations of Arts Events. The Barbican Centre is considered to be Europe’s largest multi-arts and conference venue for arts, music, theatre, dance, film and many creative learning events and is also home to the London Symphony Orchestra.
Speaker Biography:
Sir Nicholas became Managing Director of the Barbican Centre in October 2007. Prior to assuming this role he was Director of the BBC Proms from 1996-2007. As a music critic he has written for The New Yorker, The Times, and Observer, and was editor of Early Music 1983-92. In 1992 he was appointed Controller of BBC Radio 3 and was responsible for the award winning seasons Fairest Isle and Sounding the Century. He then oversaw the BBC’s programming for the Millennium and ran BBC’s Live Events and TV Classical Music Departments, which mounted the Queen’s Jubilee Concerts of 2002. He has continued to write and lecture on the arts and is a Board Member of a number of organisations including Arts Council England, English National Opera and also sits on the Board of the Cultural Olympiad. He was knighted in the 2008 New Year’s Honours.
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