IAM Vol 21 Issue 6

 

Including a preview of Arts Marketing Associations 2025 conference

Welcome to the June issue of International Arts Manager.

Welcome to the June issue. This month, our cover feature explores the Chinese Culture Festival 2025—an ambitious celebration that reimagines tradition for a new era. We speak to two of its leading voices: Oscar-winning composer and conductor Tan Dun and the visionary choreographer and visual artist Shen Wei.

We also preview the 2025 Arts Marketing Association (AMA) Conference, taking place in Edinburgh next month, and we are proud to announce AMA as a new media partner. From September, AMA will be contributing Full House, a new quarterly column exploring some of the most pressing issues facing arts marketers today. Ahead of the conference, we catch up with Lucy Fox, Director of Audience Engagement, and Kaasam Aziz, Head of Content, at Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, who offer a compelling preview of their conference session, Reclaiming Your Social Strategy.

News

• Tentative deal reached between the Met Opera and AGMA
• New report reveals the state of Australia’s music industry
• PRS Members’ Fund and BAPAM unite to launch digital health tool
• Anne Parsons Program welcomes new leadership cohort YCAT announces the musicians joining its 2025 roster
• WOMEX unveils Official Showcase artists for October’s expo
• New creative fund aims to boost capital investment in England’s cultural spaces
• Azrieli Foundation launches global call for prize performance proposals
• CMS opens applications for the Bowers Program

Musical Chairs

• From promotions to retirement – find out who’s on the move

Classical Music Signings

• Keep up to date with the latest industry news

Competitions and Awards

• Competitions and Awards news
• sideNotes: The unexpected dramas that shape unforgettable performances

Rebel in the Arts

• Grace Okereke on the wisdom of building your own table

APAP: 

• A View from Here: Lisa Richards Toney on the arts as a blueprint for civic resilience

Hong Kong’s Chinese Culture Festival 2025

Stage by Stage: Andrew Comben, CEO of Britten Pears Arts

2025 Arts Marketing Association (AMA) Conference Preview

What happened when New Adventures hit reset on social media?

WildKat’s Kathleen Alder on the challenges facing classical music PR

Taiwan’s East Coast Festival 2025

Diary: Joy-Leilani Garbutt

• A week with the Co-Founder of the Boulanger Initiative