Nick was playwright in residence at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester in 1987, and at the University of Essex in 1985. He collaborated with Peter Broo
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NI Opera, based at Belfast’s historic Grand Opera House, has a mission to provide the highest-quality opera to the widest possible audience. With a philo
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Oliver read English and History at Oxford University. He began his career assisting playwright Howard Barker, before going on to work at the Kings Head, I
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Simon Lima Holdsworth trained at Wimbledon School of Art, London and the Maastricht. Designs for opera and musical theatre include Orpheus in the Underw
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Nicholas conducts productions for Northern Ireland Opera, is the artistic director of Nevill Holt Opera and is artistic director of Second Movement Opera C
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The Children and Young Women’s Chorus of the China National Symphony Orchestra, also known as the National Children’s Choir of China, was founded in 19
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Guan Xia is a celebrated Chinese contemporary composer. He graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in 1985. In the 1990s, he created many popular
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From 1976-1980, Jean-Luc Choplin was director of the Fêtes Musicales de la Sainte Baume, where he ensured this interdisciplinary laboratory broadened its
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During a legal internship concluded at the Court of Hamburg, Baisch spent three months at the Teatro alla Scala. In 1996 he was advisor to the director of
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Li Nan served as contributing editor of ‘Philharmonic’ magazine and presenter and music producer at China Central Television and China National Radio.
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Jonathan Mills took up the post of festival director and chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival in 2006. Before this appointment he was the Vice-Chancel
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Teller served at the Royal Opera House as acting head of major gifts and acting head of ROH2 development while completing policy papers on activity aroun
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Li Liuyi is a director and playwright of Beijing People’s Art Theatre. A graduate of the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama, he cho
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Fredric Mao obtained his master of fine arts degree in theatre arts from the University of Iowa. He made his Broadway debut in the original Harold Prince/S
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David Lightbody is business manager for Cameron Mackintosh Ltd worldwide, general manager for Cameron Mackintosh (China) Ltd and executive producer of ‘M
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Munira Mirza has a background in journalism, lecturing and policy research and has worked for cultural and charitable organisations including the Royal Soc
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Nicholas Payne has worked in opera since he joined Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House in 1968 for the final two years of the David Webster/Georg Solt
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Pearl Chan Po Chu completed her training in London, specialising in dance, and earned diplomas from both the Royal Academy of Dance and London College of D
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Peter Alward began his career in 1985 as vice president of the international division of EMI Classics. He moved on to president of EMI Classics worldwide i
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Peter de Caluwe read literature and theatre at the universities of Ghent, Brussels and Antwerp and obtained his masters degree with a thesis on opera mise-
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