Therme Art Program

Jonathan Reekie

Manager at the Almeida Theatre, founding Almeida Opera. In 1997 he took over as Chief Executive of Aldeburgh Music where he remained until 2014, a transformational period for the organisation culminating in the Britten Centenary celebrations. In 2014 he became Director of Somerset House Trust.

He’s also previously been a trustee to Musica nel Chiostro Batignano, an arts adviser to the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and is currently a trustee of the Arts Foundation.

He has an Honorary Doctorate in Music from the University of East Anglia, is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, and in 2013 was awarded a CBE for services to music.