Heather Artists provides artist management consultancy services either direct or in partnership with the London office of IMG Artists. Alongside artist management, Heather Artists also provides consultancy, US orchestral booking support and event management services.
Please visit IMG Artists’ website for further information.
Alison Heather
Heather Artists was founded by Alison Heather whose career as an Artist Manager over 30 years in the UK and US allowed her to gain a wealth of management experience and contacts within the music world. Alison joined Harold Holt in London in 1988, later IMG Artists, where she managed Garrick Ohlsson and Miriam Fried, and worked closely with Mariss Jansons, Yuri Temirkanov, Semyon Bychkov, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and Evgeny Kissin. She joined IMG Artists New York in 1996 as part of the management team for leading artists including Itzhak Perlman, Murray Perahia, Leif Ove Andsnes and Alan Gilbert.
Alison left IMG in 2001 to become personal assistant to IMG Artist Renee Fleming for eight years after which she joined Emma Dunch of Dunch Arts, consulting to performing arts organizations. After a return to the UK, Alison joined the team at Bridge Arts in 2016 to work with a select group of conductors, soloists and chamber ensembles before establishing Heather Artists in 2021.
Alison was born in the UK and raised in Australia where she graduated from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music with a vocal degree. She worked with the Australian Opera and Australian Youth Orchestra in Sydney before completing post-graduate studies in Music Administration at the Barbican Centre in London. Alison is currently based in Somerset.