Former Director BBC Proms & Glyndebourne
Joined March 2023
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David Pickard retweeted
What a great appointment. Just what this fine orchestra is crying out for.
Announcing our next Principal Conductor, Manfred Honeck! 📣
The Austrian conductor becomes the seventh Principal Conductor in our 80-year history, taking up the post from September 2028.
💬 "The Philharmonia has built a distinguished history of innovation and interpretation of the composers close to my heart. It is an honour for me to contribute to shaping the Philharmonia’s unique sound identity and to share it with audiences globally at major international venues, as well as in local communities." – Manfred Honeck, Principal Conductor Designate
Find out more:
philharmonia.co.uk/philharmo…
David Pickard retweeted
This book means more to me than any other I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country. Great reviews in The Observer, New Statesman, Engelsberg Ideas, Opera, Country Life!
SOMEONE ELSE’S MUSIC: Opera and the British by @amwilson_opera is out now!
Essential reading for anybody who wants to understand the debates we are having today in the UK about arts funding, accessibility, and who the opera is ‘for’.
Order now: shorturl.at/sfWvs
David Pickard retweeted
This interview by @chiggi with Tracey Emin is really a masterclass in arts journalism. She provides content, structure and the space for Emin to breathe, elucidate, be without ever clumsily inserting herself. It is just brilliant theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Just caught up with this @bbcproms. What a gorgeous piece - wonderfully performed by the incomparable Allan Clayton
Allan Clayton's world premiere of Tom Coult's Monologues for the Curious last night at @bbcproms, with John Storgårds and BBC Philharmonic, is now online at @BBCSounds.
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fw…
So sorry to hear that Roger Norrington has died. Happy memories of wonderful projects with @theoae. A real pioneer. I will never forget the impact of those Beethoven symphony recordings.
David Pickard retweeted
Commentators pretending to believe that Glyndebourne's wind turbine is at fault for failing to compensate for multiple power cuts on Saturday.
We rely on the grid to operate. The turbine keeps the bills down.
One adds: "you could not make it up".
Reader, they made it up.
Thank you for all your lovely comments. So fortunate to have worked with brilliant colleagues @bbcproms @glyndebourne @theoae
Congratulations to @davidpickard23, Director of the #BBCProms from 2015 - 2024, who has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours 2025 for services to music.
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Thank you Sam!
Over the moon for the brilliant @davidpickard23, formerly of this parish, who’s been awarded an OBE in The King’s Birthday Honours for Services to Music. Congratulations from the whole @bbcproms team, DP! 👏 👏
Three generations of Royal Opera Company Managers stretching back to 1984. Terri-Jayne Griffin clearly didn’t get the memo. @rbo_org
Well that’s very nice to read
The Live Event Coverage nominees are…
🎬 D-DAY 80: TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN
🎬 GLASTONBURY 2024
🎬 LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
#BAFTATVAwards with @pandocruises
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David Pickard retweeted
The Live Event Coverage nominees are…
🎬 D-DAY 80: TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN
🎬 GLASTONBURY 2024
🎬 LAST NIGHT OF THE PROMS
#BAFTATVAwards with @pandocruises
ALT A blue graphic card with pink and peach rippled circles. The card is titled "Event Coverage” and the iconic BAFTA mask sits to the top left of the card with a typographic logo that reads 'Television Awards' with the P&O Cruises logo beside it. The nominees are listed on the right-hand side in alphabetical order.
David Pickard retweeted
A momentous day at the BBC, as we bid farewell to this remarkable woman. Forty years’ service to @BBCRadio3 and the @bbcproms, working with five Controllers — all of whom, bar the late Sir John Drummond, joined us tonight. Here’s to you, Yvette: you’ve been amazing!
David Pickard retweeted
Enjoy music from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni and more in a #BBCProms concert celebrating one of the greatest composers of all time. 🎶
📺 Watch the Magic of #Mozart with Ensemble Resonanz and conductor Riccardo Minasi now on @BBCiPlayer.
Thank you Sam!
This review of the year in classical music by @tildeni is well worth a read. Really pleased to see such warm words for @davidpickard23’s final season as Director of the @bbcproms: theguardian.com/music/2024/d…
David Pickard retweeted
We pay tribute to one of the most influential artists of our time, Quincy Jones, who has sadly died aged 91.
Our 2016 Prom celebrated Jones' career including his early film & TV scores and collaborations with jazz greats. Tonight on @BBCTwo at 23:15.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07pqrk…
David Pickard retweeted
Last time I interviewed Quincy was for @BBCRadio4 in 2016 as he prepared for his @bbcproms. Listen here bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b07pd4…
My last day @bbcproms today. I reckon this is a pretty good summary of the past 9 years of my life.
