Angela Dixon
Chair of the Jury
Angela Dixon is Chief Executive of Saffron Hall, a 740 seat concert hall within Saffron Walden County High School.
Angela was born in London, educated in Essex and Suffolk and studied guitar, clarinet and piano. She went on to study Music at the University of London.
After a few years spent in the marketing and market research departments of major car manufacturers, Angela moved into the music industry touring orchestras. From 1999 she was classical music programmer at the Barbican Centre, principally working on festivals, commissioning projects and major orchestral residencies. Traced Overhead, the musical world of Thomas Adès won a South Bank Show Award in 2007 and Phases: Steve Reich at 70 was nominated for a Royal Philharmonic Society Award.
In 2011 Angela became Head of Music at the Barbican Centre, heading up three major projects that formed part of the Cultural Olympiad in 2012 and leading on Barbican Britten in Autumn 2013, celebrating the composer's 100th birthday. In March 2014 Angela took up her current position as Chief Executive of Saffron Hall Trust and in 2016 won ABO/Rheingold Concert Hall Manager of the Year.
In addition to her work for Saffron Hall Trust, Angela also works with the composer, conductor and pianist Thomas Adès managing his performing engagements. She is a trustee of YCAT (Young Classical Artist Trust), a board member of BACH (British Association of Concert Halls) and a member of the advisory board of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales.
Angela lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband and three children.
