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               The English Concert’s Alfonso Leal del Ojo: on

               being a player-manager




               Alfonso Leal del Ojo, CEO of The English Concert

               reflects on his role as a player-manager in a guest blog

               for Thoroughly Good


               As a player-manager, my journey in the performing arts has probably been
               slightly unconventional, although by no means unique. I started filling a gap at
               the Irish Baroque Orchestra in 2007. I led the Dunedin Consort during
               tremendous growth between 2010 until 2019, when I took on my current role
               at The English Concert.
               There are some notable examples of successful musicians that have made a
               career as managers; Clive Gillinson (Carnegie Hall), Marshall Marcus
               (European Union Youth Orchestra), Alasdair Tait (YCAT), Julia Desbruslais
               (London Mozart Players), Giulio d’Alessio (Il Pomo d’Oro) and others.

               Non-player managers have the same passion for the art form as those that
               have been successful as musicians. What differentiates us is that we have
               known for longer and in closer quarters what players tend to think about
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