Jasper Parrott (born 8 September 1944 in

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) is the co-founder and executive chairman of

HarrisonParrott HarrisonParrott is an international artist and project management agency working in the field of classical music and the arts, with offices in London, Munich and Paris. It was founded in 1969 by Jasper Parrott and Terry Harrison. Company histor ...

Ltd. Based in London, Munich and Paris, the artist management company is credited with pioneering innovative methods of handling the careers of classical musicians. HarrisonParrott's approach (also embracing orchestral and project management) has been widely influential within the artist management business worldwide. In 2015, Parrott was named 'Artist Manager of the Year' at an Association of British Orchestras/Rhinegold awards ceremony. In 2020, Parrott was awarded the decoration of the Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (FWR K I) for his long-term commitment to Finland, achievements in enriching Finnish music life and his successful hard work in promoting Finnish artists abroad.

Career

Parrott's artist management career began in the 1960s at the London-based

Ibbs and Tillett Ibbs and Tillett was a London-based classical music artist and concert management agency that flourished between 1906 and 1990 in the United Kingdom. It was described as "one of the legendary duos in classical music artist management". Founding ...

Ltd concert agency. In 1969 Parrott and an Ibbs & Tillett colleague, Terry Harrison, departed to form HarrisonParrott Ltd. Among the musicians previously or currently managed by HarrisonParrott are Kent Nagano, Karita Mattila, Lisa Batiashvili, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Susan Bullock,

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and

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. Parrott has played a prominent role in the creation of a series of international arts and cultural events. Among these have been: the London Japan Festival (1991); the Festival of Switzerland in Britain (also 1991); the Boulez Festival in Tokyo (1995); and a Festival of Turkish Arts in Berlin (2004). As a consultant, Parrott has acted for the

Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held each summer throughout the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany. History The festival was founded in 1986 by German concert pianist Justus Frantz. In 2006, the 2 ...

, the Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul and the Icelandic National Concert and Conference Centre,

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. Parrott's work was instrumental in setting up a three-year Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra residency at the Artis-Naples visual and performing arts centre in Florida, commencing in March 2016. Parrott is a former chairman and president of the British Association of Concert Agents (now the International Artist Managers' Association).

Publications

Parrott's close working relationship with Vladimir Ashkenazy led to the co-authorship of the latter's lifestory, 'Beyond Frontiers' which has been translated into seven languages.

Personal life

Jasper Parrott was educated at

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in Kent and at

Peterhouse Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite o ...

, Cambridge, where he read history. He is the youngest son of Sir

Cecil Parrott Sir Cecil Cuthbert Parrott (29 January 1909 - 23 June 1984) was a British diplomat, translator, writer and scholar. After studies at Peterhouse, Cambridge, he became a teacher. He joined the Foreign Office in 1939. His diplomatic career culmin ...

KCMG OBE (29 January 1909 - 23 June 1984), a leading British diplomat and later a professor at the University of Lancaster, with a passion for classical music.Cyril Smith: ''Duet for Three Hands''. Angus and Robertson 1958 Parrott married pianist

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in 1974. They have two daughters.

References

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