| ISPA 2021 Angel Award Recipient - Virginia Braden OAM |
ISPA Award Recipient Virginia Braden OAM2021 Angel Award Recipient After holding a number of arts management positions, Virginia established her firm Arts Management Pty Limited in 1979, providing personal management for over a hundred and fifty Australian and international conductors, instrumentalists, singers, directors and designers. The firm also undertook range of projects in all fields of the performing and visual arts. She handed over Arts Management to new owners in 2008 and is now working as a freelance consultant. She has provided career advice and mentoring to a wide range of performing artists, arts managers and others over a number of years. Virginia served as Deputy Chairman (1999-2000) and then Chairman (2000-2003) of the International Artist Managers’ Association. She was a Director of Opera Australia 2010-2017 and the National Institute of Dramatic Art 2010-16. She continued as a member of the NIDA Audit, Finance and Risk Committee until May 2018. In 2013-2015 she undertook a review for the Board of the Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, making recommendations for the wide reaching update of the Competition and then implementing them. She is currently Chairman of the Board of the Sydney International Piano Competition, a Director of the Board of Pinchgut Opera and a member the Freelance Artists Relief Fund of Australia, set up to assist singers who have lost all work due to Covid-19. She is an Honorary Life Member of the International Artist Managers’ Association and the Australian Music Centre and was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for services to Arts Administration in 2010. Back to the Virtual Edition: 2021 ISPA Award Winners Announcement |
