About Us
Since 2016, Ian Maclay and Jenny Robinson have been working together promoting concerts and running recording sessions under the name Kestrel Music. We are freelance and independent.
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.
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Jenny Robinson has been General Manager (previously Concerts Manager) of the City of London Choir for 26 years, running concerts in all the major London concert halls. Previously she was a City solicitor specialising in entertainment law. She also ran a lunchtime recital series at St George the Martyr, Borough High Street for four years.
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Anouk Menpes-Smith is executive assistant at Kestrel Music. Having graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2023, she has spent the last year working across the classical and choral music space in London. As well as concert management and promotion, Anouk also works for an arts outreach charity which puts on concerts for primary school aged children.