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Lots of music people in Standard’s influential Londoners list
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 10 November 2011
Random list of people put together by a newspaper anyone? The Evening Standard has published its annual list of the 1000 most influential Londoners, and there are a fair number of music types in there. Look, we’ve grouped them into handy lists, though if you want a couple of sentences about each of them courtesy of Team Standard, you’ll have to click on this link.
Artists, musicians and producers: Adele, Alex Da Kid, Chase & Status, Chris Martin, Damon Albarn, Florence Welch, George Michael, Laura Marling, Mark Ronson, Mick Jagger, Tinie Tempah, Wretch 32.
Label dudes: Christian Tattersfield, CEO, Warner Music; David Joseph CEO, Universal Music UK; Laurence Bell, Founder, Domino Records; Nick Gatfield, CEO, Sony Music UK; Richard Russell, Director, XL Recordings; Roger Faxon, CEO, EMI.
Live music geezers: Cymon Eckel, Director, XOYO; Harvey Goldsmith; Jay Marciano, CEO, AEG Europe; John Gilhooly, Artistic Director, Wigmore Hall; Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, South Bank Centre; Marcus Davey, CEO, Roundhouse; Nicholas Kenyon, MD, Barbican Centre; Peter Millican, CEO, Kings Place; Paul Latham, UK President, Live Nation; Simon Moran, MD, SJM Concerts; Tony Hall, CEO, Royal Opera House; Vince Power, CEO, Music Festivals plc.
Geeks: Daniel Ek, Spotify; Ian Hogarth, Songkick.
Music Media darlings: Annie Mac, Radio 1; Ashley Tabor, CEO, Global Radio; Geeneus, Founder, Rinse FM; George Ergatoudis, Head Of Music, Radio 1; Jeff Smith, Head Of Music, Radio 2/6music; Peter Robinson, Editor, Popjustice.com; Rio Caraeff, CEO, VEVO; Roger Wright, Controller, BBC Radio 3; Simon Cowell, Syco; Steve Wright, Radio 2; Tim Davie, Director, BBC Radio; Zane Lowe, Radio 1.
Classical types: Antonio Pappano, Music Director, Royal Opera House; Benjamin Grosvenor, Pianist; Charlotte Bray, Composer; Edward Gardner, Music Director, English National Opera; Esa-Pekka Salonen, Principal Conductor and Artistic Adviser, Philharmonia Orchestra; Gavin Henderson, Principal, Central School Of Speech And Drama; Graham Sheffield, Arts Director, British Council; Janis Susskind, Publishing Director, Boosey & Hawkes; Kathryn McDowell, MD, London Symphony Orchestra; Mike Volpe, General Manager, Opera Holland Park; Nicola Benedetti, Violinist; Nicholas Collon, Conductor; Oliver Knussen, Conductor Laureate, London Sinfonietta; Valery Gergiev, Chief Conductor, London Symphony Orchestra; Vladimir Jurowski, Principal Conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Those I’m referring to as miscellaneous: Feargal Sharkey, CEO, UK Music; Kanya King, Founder, MOBO Awards; Nick Williams, Principal, BRIT School; Simon Frith, Mercury Music Prize.
