A multi-lingual team of managers are in daily contact with opera houses, orchestras and music venues throughout the world, expertly maintaining and developing long-established, successful relationships, and promoting the interests and activities of the artists we are proud to represent.
Christopher Broom is a graduate of York University, and a postgraduate of both Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He worked as vocal coach and repetiteur for several theatres in France and Germany, before joining Athole Still in 1995 as Artist Manager. He was appointed Director of Opera in 1999 and formed Athole Still Artists in 2018.
Phone: +44 208 768 6604
Mobile: +44 7778794397
Email: chris@atholestill.co.uk
Emma has an extensive background in music spanning performing, directing, and teaching. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she earned both a bachelor’s degree in music and a postgraduate diploma, specializing in voice. For over ten years, Emma was an international professional soprano, performing with various opera houses around the world. Her career later transitioned into teaching singing, directing corporate choirs, and founding a music hub in London, where she nurtured and inspired aspiring musicians. Emma joined Athole Still in July 2024, marking an exciting new chapter in her career.
Mobile: + 44 (0) 7780315176
Email: emma@atholestill.co.uk
Massimiliano Becco Gagliardo is a graduate of Turin University in Music and Theatre and a postgraduate of Conservatorio N. Paganini, Genoa where he earned a Bachelor degree in piano, cello and singing. Massimiliano performed for almost twenty years as a professional baritone in many opera houses, collaborating with international artists, and gaining an extensive knowledge of voices and repertoire. He worked with Operadomani Artists Management and Libera la Voce Academy, before joining Athole Still in April 2013.
Mobile: +44 7780 006203
Email: max@atholestill.co.uk
Barbara Zuckriegl holds a business degree from Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien and MAs in Creative Writing, Bilingual Translation and Audiovisual Translation from City University and Westminster University, London. She worked for Salzburger Festspiele, Bühnenvermittlung Seitter, Wiener Staatsoper and Dallas Opera, before she became a manager with Athole Still Artists.
Phone: +44 208 768 6603
Email: barbara@atholestill.co.uk
Tomas is a graduate of Goldsmiths University in September 2021 and holds an MA with distinction in Musical Theatre writing as a composer. Before this he completed his Bmus in Music at Goldsmiths where he composed and performed a variety of different musics, alongside music directing and arranging. In 2022 he was selected to be a part of the Recording Academy’s (Grammys) inaugural music theatre writing programme in New York. Most recently he was selected for masterclasses with composers Claude Michel Schonberg and Tom Kitt as part of the Lionel Bart Memorial masterclass series.
Email: tomas@atholestill.co.uk