Collaborators
Katelin Teller
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 around the 75th anniversary of the Royal Ballet. Before that she was head of the arts programme at the British Council in Beijing and editor of ‘Oriental Art Magazine’ in London.
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Li Liuyi
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 chose to study traditional Chinese opera in the Opera Research Institute of Chinese National Academy of Arts. His masterpiece is ‘Sichuan Good Person’, a Sichuan reinterpretation of Brecht’s famous work. […]
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Mao Chun Fai Fredric
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/Stephen Sondheim musical ‘Pacific Overtures’ in 1976. When the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts was established in 1985, Mao joined its School of Drama as head of acting, […]
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David Lightbody
David Lightbody is business manager for Cameron Mackintosh Ltd worldwide, general manager for Cameron Mackintosh (China) Ltd and executive producer of ‘Mamma Mia!’ in China. He is currently developing the Chinese-language versions of ‘Les Miserables’ for Cameron Mackintosh and ‘Mamma Mia!’ for Littlestar. In 1995 Lightbody founded the Stray Theatre Company under the patronage of […]
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Munira Mirza
Munira Mirza has a background in journalism, lecturing and policy research and has worked for cultural and charitable organisations including the Royal Society of Arts and Tate. She is a member of the Arts Council London, a council member on the UK Committee of the European Cultural Foundation and is a founding member of the […]
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Nicholas Payne
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 Solti period. After a spell at the Arts Council of Great Britain during the early 1970s, he worked for four different UK opera companies over 27 consecutive years. He was financial […]
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Chan Po Chu Pearl
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 Dance and Drama. Chan has taught dance in Hong Kong for over 30 years, venturing into choreography for local musical films. She has dedicated herself to the promotion of […]
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Peter Alward
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 in 2001 and retired from this role in 2004. In 2010 he was named intendant and managing director of the Salzburg Easter Festival. Between 2005 and 2009 he acquired […]
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Peter De Caluwe
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-en-scène. He was still a student when Gerard Mortier invited him to the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where he subsequently served as dramaturge, coordinator of educational projects, international […]
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Peter Maniura
Maniura is currently the head of in-house classical music production for the BBC. His production department is responsible for all of the BBC’s key factual and performance music and dance programmes, including the BBC Proms, opera from the Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne and ballet productions. He has over 20 years’ experience as a director and producer […]
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Richard Morris
Richard Morris has a diverse background as a lawyer, banker, publisher and opera singer. Since 1993 he has been chief executive of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. He was chairman of the Music Education Council for three years from 1998. He has also served on the National Music Education Forum and […]
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Sarah Eberle
Sarah Eberle qualified and became a member of the Landscape Institute in 1980. Over the last 26 years she has practised landscape architecture and garden design, running her own business in Devon. During the 1990s, Sarah joined Hillier Landscapes as Design Director, where she is still a shareholder today. She also runs her own practice in […]
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Hilary Summers
A true contralto with a wide vocal range, Hilary Summers has captured the attention of many contemporary composers. In 1999 she created the role of Stella in Elliot Carter’s opera ‘What Next?’, conducted by Daniel Barenboim for the Berlin Staatsoper. She went on to perform this work with the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Royal Flanders Philharmonic, […]
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Shao Wen-Guang
Shao Wen-Guang is managing director of Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Channel, Europe’s most important Chinese broadcasting channel, based in London. CNE broadcasts popular Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese programming via satellite and through local cable networks in 44 European countries, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Shao is responsible for the channel’s daily […]
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Simon Kirkbride
Simon Kirkbride studied at London’s Royal College of Music and upon graduation was awarded the President’s Rose Bowl, the highest award that can be given to a student. He made his operatic debut in 1997 singing ‘Publio la clemenza di Tita’ for the Welsh National Opera, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. In 2004 he debuted at […]
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Florian Scholz
Florian Scholz was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1970. After achieving his diploma at the University for Theatre Studies Ernst Busch in Berlin, he worked at several different theatres throughout Europe, including as assistant to Thomas Ostermeier at the Berlin Schaubühne, artistic director of the Contemporary Stage of the National Theatre Weimar and assistant to […]
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Jehanne De Biolley
Based in Beijing, Belgian jewellery maker and interior designer Jehanne de Biolley works from the Ming dynasty temple she restored with her husband, actor and designer Liu Linian. She began her career restoring European oil paintings in Brussels with Master Marcel Hastir, before studying European and Oriental antiques and interiors with gallery owners across Europe […]
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Sun Shuyun
Born in China in the 1960s, Sun Shuyun studied English literature at Beijing University. Then, with a scholarship to Oxford University, she took an MPhil in international relations. Since then she has strived to improve the understanding of China in the West through her films and writings. Sun’s latest film, a five-part series on Tibet, […]
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Jeremy Ovenden
English tenor Jeremy Ovenden is one of the world’s finest interpreters of Mozart. His roles include Don Ottavio from ‘Don Giovanni’, Ferrando from ‘Così fan Tutte’, Biondello of ‘L’oca del Cairo’ and Asdrubale from ‘Lo Sposo Deluto’. He has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Simon Rattle, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti, Myung-Whun Chung and Diego Fasolis, […]
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Wolfgang Goebbel
German lighting designer Wolfgang Goebbel has lit shows at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Burgtheater in Vienna, Playhouse in Zürich, The Royal Shakespeare Company and Landestheater Salzburg among countless other theatres across five continents. He also frequently works at international music festivals, including the Aldeburgh Festival, Festival d’automne, Bregenzer Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen and Theatrefestival Moscow.
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