Manc 68: Bob Riley - The Visionary Violinist Challenging Tradition.

We Built This City: Greater Manchester

“For us it’s all about the future, it’s about laying down the foundations with new composers and new communities that we can make a difference in, in the future.”

Bob Riley came from the “cow pats of East Yorkshire” to the “hustle and bustle of Manchester” after his talents on the violin secured him a place at the Royal Northern College of Music. He has now held the position of Chief Executive at the Manchester Camerata for almost 16 years, he joins Lisa at the Camerata’s new home, Gorton Monastery.

Bob talks about the Camerata’s efforts to connect with the local community and its focus on hosting projects and events that will have a positive impact. He describes how they are challenging judgmental ‘concert hall traditions’, opening up spaces to a wider range of artists and audiences and allowing people to clap whenever they feel like it.

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Your host, Lisa Morton, started PR company Roland Dransfield in 1996, one month after the fateful IRA bomb that tore apart the city centre. From that point, the business, and its team members, have been involved in helping to support the creation of Modern Manchester – across regeneration, business, charity, leisure and hospitality, sport and culture.

To celebrate the 25 years that Roland Dransfield has spent creating these bonds, Lisa is gathering together some of her Greater Mancunian ‘family’ and will be exploring how they have created their own purposeful relationships with the best place in the world.

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