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British arts administrator and chairman of the jewellers Wartski (1944–2023)
Nicholas Snowman
Born
Michael Nicholas Snowman
(1944-03-18 ) 18 March 1944Died 2 March 2023(2023-03-02) (aged 78 ) Nationality British Occupation(s ) Jeweler and arts administrator Known for Chairman of the jewellers Wartski Spouse Margo Michelle Rouard Children 1 son Parents
Sallie Moghilevkine (mother)
Relatives Emanuel Snowman (grandfather)
Michael Nicholas Snowman OBE (18 March 1944 – 2 March 2023) was a British arts administrator and the chairman of the jewellers Wartski .[1] The Telegraph [2]
Early life and education [ edit ]
Wartski , Grafton Street, London
Nicholas Snowman was born on 18 March 1944,[3] Kenneth Snowman , and grandson of Emanuel Snowman , both jewellers and chairmen of Wartski .[1] Highgate School and Magdalene College, Cambridge , where he founded the Cambridge University Opera Society.[4] Claire Bloom .[5]
Snowman was the co-founder of London Sinfonietta and its general manager from 1968 to 1972.[6] Pierre Boulez and French culture minister Michel Guy co-founded the Ensemble InterContemporain in Paris.
Snowman was general director (Arts) at the Southbank Centre , London from 1986, becoming Chief Executive in 1992 until 1998.[7]
On 28 October 1990, he appeared on Desert Island Discs Smiley's People by John le Carré as his favourite book and a coffee machine as his luxury item.[8]
From 1998, he succeeded Anthony Whitworth-Jones as general manager of Glyndebourne Festival Opera . However, he left suddenly in 2000, because "he was resigning to spend more time with his family". A claim that he was sacked was denied by Snowman and by Gus Christie, executive chairman and son of Sir George Christie .[2] Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg , France.
Honours [ edit ]
Snowman was appointed a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres , France in 1985, and raised to Officier in 1990, Order of Cultural Merit (Poland) 1990, Chevalier of the National Order of Merit (France) 1995.[6] Royal Academy of Music .[9] Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours "For services to promoting British cultural interests in France".[10]
Personal life and death [ edit ]
Snowman married French-born Margo Michelle Rouard in 1983, and together they had one son, Hector Snowman.[4] [5] Harrison Birtwistle composed Hector's Dawn on the occasion of his first birthday.[11]
Snowman died after suffering a fall on 2 March 2023, at the age of 78.[12] [13]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Reynolds, Nigel (4 November 2000). "Sacking is denied as opera head bows out" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 8 May 2014 .
^ Rubinstein, William D. ; Jolles, Michael A.; Rubinstein, Hilary L. (2011). The Palgrave dictionary of Anglo-Jewish history ISBN 978-1403939104
^ a b Cummings, David, ed. (2000). International who's who in music and musicians' directory : (in the classical and light classical fields) ; 2000/2001 ISBN 978-0948875533
^ a b Palmer, Martin (13 March 1994). "How We Met: Claire Bloom and Nicholas Snowman" The Independent . Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2014 .
^ a b "(Michael) Nicholas SNOWMAN" . Debrett's People of Today . Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014 .
^ Lister, David (7 April 1998). "Snowman quits South Bank for Glyndebourne" Independent . Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2015 .
^ BBC Radio 4 (28 October 1990). "Nicholas Snowman" . Desert Island Discs . BBC. Retrieved 10 May 2014 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )
^ "Honorary Members (Hon RAM)" (PDF) . Royal Academy of Music. Retrieved 29 July 2015 .
^ "Birthday Honours 2014. Diplomatic Service and Overseas List" (PDF) . The Government of The United Kingdom. 2014. Retrieved 27 March 2016 .
^ "Hector's Dawn" . Universal Edition AG . Retrieved 8 May 2014 .
^ "Nicholas Snowman obituary" . The Times . 17 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023 .
^ Barry Millington (22 March 2023). "Nicholas Snowman obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 28 March 2023 .
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