Meurig Bowen

Classical festival artistic director, journalist and liner notes author, born 5 December 1965. A former choral scholar at King's College, Cambridge (1985-1988), he worked for the Hilliard Ensemble (1989-1995), the Australian Chamber Orchestra (1995-2001) before becoming director of the Lichfield Festival (2001-2004), then head of programming at the Aldeburgh Festival (2004-2006). He is currently artistic director of the Cheltenham Music Festival since 2007.