Jonathan Freeman-Attwood
British academic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Jonathan Freeman-Attwood?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, CBE is the 14th principal[1] of the Royal Academy of Music in London;[2][3] he was appointed in 2008. Alongside his commitment to education, he is a writer, record producer, broadcaster and musician.[4]
In 2001, he was conferred as professor with a personal chair from the University of London, and in 2009 was appointed a Fellow of King's College London, (where he is a visiting professor); he was a trustee of the University of London from 2010 to 2015, appointed fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music[5] in 2013, and in 2017 was made a fellow of the Royal College of Music. He is a trustee and chair of the artistic advisory committee of Garsington Opera,[6] a trustee of the Young Classical Artists' Trust (YCAT), the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM[7]) and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.[8] He is a council member of the advisory board of the Academy of Ancient Music,[9] vice-president of the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Great Britain, Founding Patron of London Youth Choirs, a trustee of Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Music and the British Library Saga Trust.[10] He is also the patron of the Imogen Cooper Music Trust.[11] In 2018 he was granted the title of honorary visiting professor of Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geidai).[12]
He was appointed a CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) on 30 December 2017 for Services to Music.[13]