Alexander Moinet Poots (born 1967), is the founding chief executive and artistic director of
The Shed in
New York City
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.
He was formerly the founding chief executive and artistic director of the
Manchester International Festival
The Manchester International Festival is a biennial international arts festival, with a specific focus on original new work, held in the English city of Manchester and run by Factory International. The festival is a biennial event, first taking ...
(2005-2015)
and the artistic director of
Park Avenue Armory
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The Park Avenue Armory Conservancy, generally known as Park Avenue Armory, is a nonprofit cultural institution within the historic Seventh Regiment Armory building located at 643 Park Avenue on New York City's Upper East Side. The inst ...
(2012-2015).
Early life and education
Alexander Moinet Poots was born in
Edinburgh
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in 1967,
to a French mother and an Irish father, and studied the trumpet from a young age.
He earned a
bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...
in music from
City University London
City, University of London, is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City Univ ...
.
He played trumpet on
The Blue Nile
The Blue Nile was a Scottish band which originated in Glasgow. The group's early music was built heavily on synthesizers and electronic instrumentation and percussion, although later works featured guitar more prominently. Following early champ ...
album
Hats
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.
Awards
* 2012 Diaghilev Award for ''
The Life and Death of Marina Abramović''
* 2015
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the
Queen's Birthday Honours of 2015 for services to the arts
[ Notice ID: 2347760.]
Personal life
Poots is married to American
sociology
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professor, and author of ''Religion and Nation'', Dr. Kathryn Spellman-Poots.
They have two children, a girl (born 2007) and a boy (born 2011).
Talk
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References
External links
Manchester International FestivalNew York's Culture Shed
Alumni of City, University of London
Artistic directors
British chief executives
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1967 births
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