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Stephen Maddock @stephenmaddock.bsky.social Music, drama, Birmingham, politics, Man City. Not always in that order.
Patrick McDermott @sibelian62.bsky.social OAP. Not a musician. Enjoy music, CBSO/HALLE, plus eclectic tastes. RT's not endorsements! Typos normal :-) Living in N. Shropshire UK.
Lotte Betts-Dean @lottebettsdean.bsky.social singer of allsorts | represented worldwide by Askonas Holt | Ambassador of Donne UK | Associate Royal Academy of Music | 2024 Young Artist Winner - Royal Philharmonic Society
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Samuel Jenkinson @samueljenkinson.bsky.social Sure my cat falls over jumping off the sofa, but he’s a body builder not a ballet dancer.
Bill Bankes-Jones @billbj.bsky.social Opera & theatre director working hard to make my & others’ dreams come true, AD @teteateteopera.bsky.social founding member of @freelancersmake.bsky.social, Water Safety Officer RNLI, opera, freelancers, Cornwall, cairn terriers, hEDS, surf…
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Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Joseph Middleton @josephmiddleton.bsky.social Learning the piano, learning about songs | Director Leeds Song | Professor Royal Academy of Music | Resident Musician Pembroke College, Cambridge | Enthusiastic Gluton | Amateurish Father
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Philippa Boyle @philippaboyle.bsky.social Opera singer.
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London Symphony Orchestra @londonsymphony.bsky.social Extraordinary music for everyone, everywhere ✨
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London Philharmonic Orchestra @lporchestra.bsky.social Sharing the wonder of classical music 🌟
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social A symphony orchestra on a journey to bring people together through the power of orchestral music, wherever they are and whatever they do.
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London Philharmonic Choir @lpchoir.bsky.social One of the UK's finest choirs, performing regularly with @LPOrchestra.bsky.social other orchestras at @SouthbankCentre.bsky.social and other major venues. Amateur singers with day jobs. https://lpc.org.uk/join-us/
Aurora Orchestra @auroraorchestra.bsky.social Playing all the notes since 2005. Proud creators of Aurora Classroom, helping teachers teach music with confidence.
Come and say hello https://linktr.ee/auroraorchestra
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Fraser Riddell @fraserriddell.bsky.social Teaches English. Research in Victorian literature, medical humanities, sensory studies, queer things, music 🎵 🏳️🌈 Leads the Affective Experience Lab, Durham. 
Dr Caitlin Vincent @caitlinvincent.bsky.social Librettist & lyricist. Author of OPERA WARS (Scribner). Senior Lecturer @UniMelb and ARC DECRA Fellow 2025-2027. Opinions own. She/her. ✍🏼👩🏻💻🎶
Sam @sambrock98.bsky.social 
Jacob Beecham @jacobbeecham.bsky.social A silly billy
Neil Henderson @hendopolis.bsky.social Cat slave and journalist 
Donald Tusk @donald-tusk.bsky.social Premier Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 🇵🇱
Prime Minister of Poland 🇵🇱
Lewis @chihirosbeard.bsky.social 
brennan @brennan.foo yes … HA HA HA… YES! • he/they • ig: brennan.caldwell • 📍nyc
Harrison James @harrisonjames.bsky.social ex-twat | ig: @harrisonjamesco
David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social cnn senior pop culture writer/reporter. noted idiot
Ex-BuzzFeed News + ABC News (Australia)
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Don[ny]ovan @dgschell.bsky.social M*rketing Analyst 📊 Cat dad 🐈 Married to @taystrom.bsky.social 👬 Gay 🌈 Travel ✈️ PNW 🏞️ Geek 🧙♂️🚀 Civic engagement nerd 🗳️ Prone to tpyos 🙆♂️
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Ranch Devereaux @thejacko.bsky.social 2 tits, 1 brain cell, 0 personality.
SF
Peter @ldnpeter.bsky.social Gay, left handed, vegetarian.
Irish born, London based.
https://www.instagram.com/ldnpeter
https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3IZHYZ1O6ULHO?ref_=wl_share
valentine @dozygay.bsky.social Writer | Film | Politics | Switch 2 | Music | Nature https://linktr.ee/dozygay
Nick Eardley @nickeardleybbc.bsky.social BBC correspondent @bbcpolitics and BBC Verify
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
CNN @cnn.com Asking the hard questions and bringing unique perspectives from across the globe. This is CNN.
Lucy @lucyschaufer.bsky.social Performer | Producer | AD Wild Plum Arts | Educator
I’d rather create a MOVEMENT than build an EMPIRE. #connection #lovemusicbuyjam
Sam Buttler @sambuttler.bsky.social Composer, general music nerd.
PhD Composer at King's College, London
There will be bread.
🏴🇪🇺🏳️🌈 (he/they)
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/samrbuttler
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Alex Needham @alexneedham.bsky.social Arts editor of The Guardian.
Anna Mears @annamearsy.bsky.social Head of Comms for Radio 4, 5 Live and BBC Sounds. Previously BBC Arts. Music industry survivor
Kenneth Woods @kennethwoods.net Conductor, writer, cellist, guitarist, composer. Artistic Director English Symphony Orchestra, Elgar Festival, Colorado MahlerFest. Bandleader and songwriter. Views my own.
https://linktr.ee/kennethwoods
Tim Burke @timburkemusic.bsky.social Conductor based in Newcastle upon Tyne. Music Director of Tête à Tête. Building opera and community music projects in Newcastle and North Shields.
timburkemusic.co.uk
Igor Levit @igorpianist.bsky.social Pianist & Tastenterrorist
VAN Magazine @vanmusicmag.bsky.social Independent online classical music magazine published weekly in English and German. Strong personalities welcome. www.van-magazine.com
Hugh Morris @hwfmorris.bsky.social Writer on music for NYT Guardian Wire Private Eye and more. Digital Editor at @vanmusicmag.bsky.social
Email is hughmorris98@gmail.com
Matthew Rose @mrosesings.bsky.social Singer https://askonasholt.com/artist/matthew-rose
Artistic Director Folkestone on Song
https://www.soundsfolkestone.co.uk/initiatives/folkestone-on-song/
Director Spoleto Vocal Arts Workshop
https://www.mahler-lewitt.org/spoleto-vocal-arts-workshop
Askonas Holt @askonasholt.bsky.social Leading international classical music and arts management agency
#MakingMusicHappen since 1876
Find us everywhere @AskonasHolt
Ben Rayfield @blrayfield.bsky.social 
Zack @zackdickerson.bsky.social London
Rayfield Allied @rayfieldallied.bsky.social Classical music agency based in London, representing the world's finest artists.
rayfieldallied.com 
Neil Fisher @neilfisher81.bsky.social Exec culture and books editor of The Times 
Bruno Ravella @brunoravella.bsky.social Freelance international opera director. Next Der Rosenkavalier at Garsington Opera. Represented by Sally Donegani at Maestro Arts
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social Socialist, antifascist, writer in various places, geriatric millennial, GQ's 9th Worst Dressed Man in 2016. He/him. YouTube channel http://bit.ly/33iARb3 🏳️🌈
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social Spy. Dammit! Ex-spy.
Not in the Epstein Files, but in Alan Bennett's Diaries
Is it about work? Please contact: Rob Aslett roba@avalonuk.com
Avi pic by Clara Wolden. Background pic designed by Gentleman Jim Gloster.
This account mutes killjoys.
Thangam Debbonaire @thangamdebbonaire.bsky.social CEO UK Opera Association.
Cellist. Various boards.
Labour Member, House of Lords.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thangamdebbonaire
Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz Vapid Response Unit. Tired dad. Writer, not always about tech. Gadget editor at ft.com/htsi
Also, multi-faceted musical human. Perform with Scritti Politti, Cardiacs, Lost Crowns, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Spearmint, others. More info at rhodri.biz
James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social Author/annoyance from The Bird Site
Carolyn Sampson OBE @carolynsampson.bsky.social Soprano, mum, Gramophone Artist of the Year 2024
100th album: ‘But I like to sing…’ available here https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9538029--but-i-like-to-sing
www.carolynsampson.com
Benjamin Hulett @benjaminhulett.bsky.social Singer, Tenor
Intermusica Artists' Management @intermusica.bsky.social Award-winning international classical agency inspiring artists to new creative heights.
Berlin | London | New York
www.intermusica.com
Joanna Harries @joannaharries.bsky.social Mezzo-soprano from Wales / NZ
www.joannaharries.com
🎵 NEXT: Hansel & Gretel - Longborough Festival Opera
💿 New album: Letters from Scandinavia
🌳 Co-founder SongPath
🎓 National Opera Studio, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Royal Northern College of Music
Rebecca Caine @rebeccacaine.bsky.social Silver haired Canadian/British operatic soprano, musical theatre actor, animal lover. Rep- Mildred Yuan. www.rebeccacaine.com
Aidan Oliver @aidanoliver.bsky.social Chorus Director, Glyndebourne Opera
Christine Goerke @heldenmommy.bsky.social Dramatic Soprano, Artistic Consultant and fierce Artistic Advocate, Coach, 🦁💙Detroit Lions Fan (#GoPride)and soccer mom - not necessarily in that order..
Fiona Maddocks @fionahmaddocks.bsky.social classical music critic The Observer. Etc
Kirstin Sharpin @kirstinsharpin.bsky.social Soprano, sesquipedalian, syntactical square. Interests wide-ranging and variable.
www.kirstinsharpin.com
David Butt Philip @davidbuttphilip.bsky.social Human tenor.
Cat Woodward @operadiv.bsky.social Singer, fool.
Ran away from Brexit to Berlin.
Quite loud.
Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk The UK's leading arts management journal and independent voice of the culture sector.
Rachel Nicholls @raenicholls.bsky.social Soprano, coach and mentor, fitness enthusiast, human belonging to a border collie. 
Lisette Oropesa @lisetteoropesa.com Opera soprano 🎶 - vegan 🍎- runner 🏃- yogi 🙏
Michael Volpe OBE @noisymv.bsky.social Founder and former CEO Opera Holland Park.
Honorary Bencher, Middle Temple
Written a couple of books.
https://linktr.ee/mvolpe
Sarah Playfair @splayfair.bsky.social Freelance opera casting director
Mark Valencia 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @markvalencia.bsky.social Critic for Opera, Bachtrack and Musical America. Essex man, Francophile, grandfather, passionately pro-EU.
Reducing my presence here. It's been a disappointment.
Michel van der Aa @vanderaa.bsky.social composer | director
Anna Picard @annapicard.bsky.social South Londoner. Comms Opera Holland Park. Moonlighter TLS and others. My teeth are better than my cat’s.
Tim Ashley @timashash.bsky.social Writer, critic, gay, likes decadent French, German and Italian literature, can sometimes be found slouching around in leather. I live in Sussex by the sea. #TeamRacine #TeamFlaubert #TeamFranzWerfel
Mark Pullinger @larkingrumple.bsky.social Music critic, editor, programme note writer. Happy to be ambushed by cake. Best when caffeinated.
https://canzonetta.substack.com/
Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social Musicology and history (intellectual, political, etc.). Writing a book on the complete Mozart operas in eighteenth-century historical context. Views, for better or worse, my own. He/him/his https://boulezian.blogspot.com/
Alexandra Coghlan @alexandracoghlan.bsky.social Classical music journalist. Author, Carols From King's, Ebury, 2016.
Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social Academic | Author | Cultural commentator
Opera. Classical music. Cultural history. The state of the arts today.
Leah Broad @leahbroad.bsky.social Writer | Presenter | Historian
I write about music, women's history & cultural history.
QUARTET out now at https://linktr.ee/leahbroadwriter
Substack: http://leahbroad.substack.com
Website: http://leahbroad.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/leahbroad
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social PhD @eui-eu.bsky.social; Professor in EU Law/Deputy HoD at @sdu.dk. EU & #brexit nerd. #Ukraine supporter. Member @ec.europa.eu's expert group on EU Crim Policy. Author of "Normative Foundations of EU Criminal Justice" @hartpublishing.bsky.social
Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.