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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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 fac
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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 o
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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 d
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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
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Shao Wen-Guang is managing director of Phoenix Chinese News & Entertainment Channel, Europe’s most important Chinese broadcasting channel, based in L
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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 gi
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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
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Based in Beijing, Belgian jewellery maker and interior designer Jehanne de Biolley works from the Ming dynasty temple she restored with her husband, actor
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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 i
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English tenor Jeremy Ovenden is one of the world’s finest interpreters of Mozart. His roles include Don Ottavio from ‘Don Giovanni’, Ferrando fro
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German lighting designer Wolfgang Goebbel has lit shows at the Schaubühne in Berlin, Burgtheater in Vienna, Playhouse in Zürich, The Royal Shakespeare Co
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