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<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Update: Ms. DiDonato<\/a> writes about her new move on her own blog<\/a>. Also, a heart-warming post for anyone that ever feels like the “odd mezzo out.” Things {do indeed} change, Jo.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Intermusica<\/strong> is pleased to announce that highly-respected singers’ manager Simon Goldstone<\/strong> is to join the company as Director, Vocal & Opera. Twenty-one of the artists Simon represented at IMG Artists<\/a>, where he was Vice President in the Vocal Division, will follow him to Intermusica, including Joyce DiDonato, Amanda Echalaz, Soile Isokoski and Scott Hendricks. He will work alongside Julia Maynard, Head of Vocal & Opera, in the continuing development of the company’s exciting vocal roster.<\/p>\n Stephen Lumsden, Founder and Managing Director of Intermusica,\u00a0said: “It is tremendously exciting that a manager of Simon’s calibre and reputation has decided to join Intermusica.\u00a0His arrival represents a\u00a0major development for both our Vocal & Opera department and for the company as a whole.\u00a0Simon will fit well into a company which values personal care and a concern for long-term thinking for its artists as well as a real passion for music in all its forms.”<\/p>\n “I am delighted to be joining Intermusica” commented Simon Goldstone. “In these challenging times I feel that the combination of the company’s very experienced senior management team, spearheaded by Stephen Lumsden, and its vibrant and enthusiastic younger members strike just the right balance. I am very happy to be working once again with my\u00a0esteemed former colleague, Julia Maynard, and together we look forward to adding to an already well-established roster of talented singers, stage directors and opera conductors.”<\/p>\n Alongside Joyce DiDonato, Amanda Echalaz, Soile Isokoski and Scott Hendricks, other artists following Simon Goldstone to Intermusica will be: Jeanne-Mich\u00e8le Charbonnet (soprano), Solveig Kringelborn (soprano), Lyubov Petrova (soprano), Julia Riley (mezzo soprano<\/a>), Julian Gavin (tenor), Marcel Reijans (tenor), Norman Reinhardt (tenor), George von Bergen (baritone), John Chest (baritone), Jason Howard (baritone), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone), Brett Polegato<\/a> (baritone), Matthew Willis (conductor), Stephen Barlow\u00a0(director)<\/a>, Paul Curran (director)<\/a>, James Robinson (director) and Alessandro Talevi (director).<\/p>\n These artists join the Intermusica roster with immediate effect. \u00a0Simon Goldstone will begin on Monday 20 September 2010.<\/p>\n ———————————–<\/p>\n Biographical notes<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Simon Goldstone<\/strong> read French and Music at King’s College, London University.\u00a0After an\u00a0early career in real estate he made a major career change and spent the next five years in arts administration, initially at the Royal\u00a0Albert Hall<\/a> and then at\u00a0the Southbank Centre. Simon, a fluent French speaker,\u00a0moved to Paris in 1990\u00a0and\u00a0into the\u00a0music agency business for Organisation Internationale Artistique, where his clients included Roberto Alagna and Jos\u00e9 van Dam.\u00a0Five years later,\u00a0Simon was invited to join IMG Artists, where he\u00a0was an Artist Manager in the Vocal Division for fourteen years.\u00a0When not at the opera Simon enjoys scuba diving and, as a former member of the\u00a0British Junior Swimming Team,\u00a0he still swims several miles a week.<\/p>\n Intermusica<\/strong> is one of the leading international classical music agencies, representing some of the foremost conductors, instrumentalists and singers as well as composers and orchestras around the globe. Founded in 1981 by Stephen Lumsden, the company – which now employs nearly 40 staff –\u00a0works to develop the careers of 80-plus artists and manages touring projects for a number of the world’s leading orchestras. Next year Intermusica celebrates 20 years as promoters of the International Chamber Music Season in London (in collaboration with the Southbank Centre) and among its other promotions, presents an international recital series at the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg in conjunction with its artistic director, Valery Gergiev. Intermusica is committed to creative partnership with all sides of the music world whether in building careers, implementing high-level projects or developing new media initiatives.<\/p>\n Vocal & Opera, Intermusica<\/span><\/p>\n Intermusica manages the careers of leading singers, stage directors and opera conductors, including Felicity Palmer, Susan Bickley, Iain Paterson and David Alden.<\/p>\nSimon Goldstone joins Intermusica as Director, Vocal & Opera – artists moving to Intermusica include Joyce DiDonato<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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