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About Us
Since 2016, Ian Maclay and Jenny Robinson have been working together running concerts and recording sessions under the name Kestrel Music. In addition to promoting concerts at venues like Cadogan Hall, in 2018 we founded the festival Summer Music in City Churches.
We are freelance and independent.
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Ian Maclay was Managing Director of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for 25 years in total until his retirement in 2016. Between spells at the RPO he held posts as Director of Planning and Marketing at the Royal Festival Hall, Managing Director of both IMG Artists and Air Recording Studios, and for five years was General Manager of the BBC Concert Orchestra. While at the RPO, Ian also held the post of Artistic Director of Cadogan Hall.
Jenny Robinson has been General Manager (previously Concerts Manager) of the City of London Choir for 27 years, running concerts in all the major London concert halls. She also ran a lunchtime recital series at St George the Martyr, Borough High Street for four years. In a previous life she was a City solicitor specialising in entertainment law.
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Anouk Menpes-Smith is concerts assistant at Kestrel Music, as well as the production manager for its annual festival, Summer Music in City Churches. Having graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2023, she has spent the last two years working in classical and choral music in London. As well as her work at Kestrel Music, Anouk is also concerts assistant for City of London Choir and does freelance concert management throughout the City.