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Oral History - Leo Schofield, 2015

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Unique IDOH-000522SeriesCity of Sydney oral history collection, 1982 - ongoingInterviewerMartin PortusProject nameSydney Festival DirectorsThemeArt and CultureDate of interview11th May 2015Date qualifierexactFormatAudio - DigitalSummary of interviewLeo Schofield was Director of Sydney Festival from 1998 to 2001. For much of this time, he was simultaneously chair of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, a newspaper columnist and director of both the Olympic and Paralympic arts festivals. No wonder they called him Mr Sydney. In this frank interview, conducted in the week of his 80th birthday, Leo describes orienting Sydney Festival towards ‘no guilt programming’ and his priority of pleasing a public increasingly willing to pay for the arts.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNoBorn digital itemYes

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