Stephen Lumsden
Managing Director
Following his time as a chorister at New College, Oxford and subsequently at the Guildhall School of Music in London where he studied bassoon, piano and conducting, Stephen Lumsden entered artist management, becoming a Director of Basil Douglas Ltd. He founded Intermusica in 1981 with a desire to create an agency with a highly creative and personal approach to the representation of leading artists as well as young talents. After more than 25 years in business, Intermusica now employs 27 people and Lumsden's priority is to direct the creative efforts of the Company's experienced and talented management team across all areas of its operation. The Tours & Projects Department has flourished since its creation in the late 80's, while the Vocal and Opera Department - launched in 2005 - now represents over thirty singers. Another innovation was taking on the representation of composers, reflecting Lumsden's passion to be involved in the creation of repertoire, not just its performance. Intermusica also runs extensive projects, for example founding the Southbank Centre's flagship chamber series, the International Chamber Music Season, and the creation of the British Season at the world-famous Concertgebouw Hall in Amsterdam in 2003/2004, one of the biggest festivals of its kind ever mounted. He has been Deputy Chairman of the British Association of Concert Agents and the International Artist Managers Association, and was closely involved in the metamorphosis of one to the other. He was also a Board Member of the European Association of Concert Agents. He has an active interest in other art forms and is a participant in a number of sports including golf, skiing and tennis. He has four daughters.
Email: tbeswick@intermusica.co.uk
Bridget Emmerson
Director / Head of Artist Department
Bridget Emmerson studied English at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She worked for 13 years at Van Walsum Management during which time she managed a number of leading Russian artists such as the Borodin Quartet, Yuri Bashmet and Yevgeny Svetlanov. During her time at Van Walsum she also worked for Kent Nagano, Kyung Wha Chung and James Galway and joined the Board of Van Walsum Management as an Associate Director. At other stages in her career she has worked as Artistic Administrator for a music commissioning project for the Roald Dahl Foundation which included the creation of a new opera for Los Angeles Opera and several new orchestral works. Bridget Emmerson also served as a Director of the Jacqueline du Pre Music Building in Oxford, worked for the Gramophone Awards, and in 2000 created a new Celebrity Chamber Music series at the Concert Hall, Reading which she continues to programme. She joined Intermusica in 2003 and was invited to join the Board of Intermusica in 2005. Bridget is married to a Housemaster at Winchester College and has two sons and a daughter.
Email: bemmerson@intermusica.co.uk
Susie McLeod
Director, Artist Management
Susie McLeod recently celebrated 20 years with Intermusica. She joined in 1987 having just graduated from Jesus College Oxford in Modern Languages (French and German). Starting as Stephen Lumsden's Personal Assistant, she rose through the Company and subsequently became an Artist Manager. In 1998 she joined the newly created Board of Intermusica as Director of Artist Management, and was on the Board of IAMA 1999-2002. Susie McLeod has managed a number of our distinguished soloists and string quartets, and in recent years has focused upon conductors. A keen amateur cellist, her parents are both professional string players. She is married to an acoustic engineer with whom she has one son.
Email: smcleod@intermusica.co.uk
Jessica Ford
Director, Artist Management
Jessica Ford read music at the University of Sussex and took a post-graduate Performer's Diploma at the Guildhall School of Music. She played the cello professionally for 4 years and then moved across into management and began by working at the Aldeburgh Festival and at the Britten-Pears School. She worked as an Artist Manager at Harold Holt for several years before moving to IMG Artists. Whilst at IMG, she represented artists such as Mariss Jansons, Marek Janowski, Alan Gilbert, Sir Jonathan Miller, Libor Pesek, Dmitry Sitkovetsky and Zoltan Kocsis. In 2003, Stephen Lumsden invited Jessica Ford to join Intermusica as one of the Directors of Artist Management in which capacity she now represents leading conductors and soloists. She is married to the pianist, Roger Vignoles, and has two children.
Email: jford@intermusica.co.uk
Robert Tench
Director of Finance & HR
Robert Tench graduated from Bristol University and initially worked in marketing at British Leyland. He later qualified as a management accountant (FCMA) and moved to Rank Xerox, where he worked for 23 years until the beginning of 2001 when he moved to Intermusica, joining the Board in 2002. His roles at Rank Xerox included Financial Controller of Eastern European Operations, Financial Controller of Xerox Russia and a senior role in Internal Audit. His work at Intermusica has included the restructuring of its finance department as well as other varied corporate activities. In 2006 he took on responsibility for Human Resources in addition to finance.
Email: rtench@intermusica.co.uk
Martijn Sanders
Non-Executive Director
After studying Sociology in Rotterdam and Business Administration at the University of Michigan, Martijn Sanders became for 10 years Managing Director of a chain of cinemas in the Netherlands before becoming Managing Director of the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam in 1982, a post he held until 2006. He has also been Chairman of AVRO, the Dutch public radio and tv network. He sits on the Board or Advisory Committees of many leading institutions both inside and outside Holland as well as being involved in a number of cultural-political initiatives in his native country. Since 2006, he has run a highly successful consultancy business, providing advice to leading arts and business organisations around the world. His many awards include the Knight and Commander of the Orange Nassau in Holland, presented to him by The Queen of the Netherlands as well as the Gold Medal of the City of Amsterdam. He received an Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2005. Martijn Sanders is also a passionate collector of modern art.