Nicholas Kenyon

Managing Director
Barbican Centre

Nicholas Kenyon became Managing Director of the Barbican Centre in October 2007. He was Controller, BBC Radio 3 from 1992 to 1998, and Director of the BBC Proms from 1996 to 2007. He was a music critic for The New Yorker, The Times and Observer, and Editor of Early Music from 1983 to 1992. He oversaw the BBC’s programming for the Millennium, and then ran the BBC’s Live Events and TV Classical Music departments, including the Queen’s Jubilee Concerts of 2002. He has lectured widely and published books on Bach, Mozart, Simon Rattle, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and early music. He is a member of Arts Council England, a board member of Sage Gateshead, and a trustee of the Dartington Hall Trust. He was knighted in the 2008 New Year’s Honours list, and in 2011 received the British Academy President’s medal for outstanding service to the arts and humanities.