Huw Humphreys is currently the head of music at London’s Barbican Centre, the largest multi-arts centre in Europe, where he has been in post since September 2014. Prior to this appointment, he spent nine years as Director of Artistic Planning of the Melbourne Symphony, a position he held following six years with renowned artist management agency Askonas Holt and four years as General Manager of the European Union Youth Orchestra. Huw holds a Masters in Music from Oxford University, and spends most of his non-music related life religiously following the Welsh rugby and England cricket teams.