EP 10 - Bengi Unsal (Southbank Centre)
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Head of contemporary music at London's iconic Southbank Centre Bengi Unsal, gives us an insight into how Europe's largest arts & culture institution has adapted to the issues that COVID-19 has brought. Bengi manages and programmes over 200 shows a year at the Southbank’s Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall & Purcell room, as well as managing it’s legendary Meltdown Festival, which is the longest running Artist Curated in the world, with artists such as David Bowie, Yoko Ono, Nile Rodgers, David Byrne and currently Grace Jones directing the festival. This year’s effects on the Southbank Centre having been huge, so it was fascinating to discuss how the great institution has been adapting with Bengi.
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