Sad death of British festival boss
mainDavid Blenkinsop, a Yorkshireman, turned the Perth arts festival truly original and international as its director from 1977 to 1999. Before that, he was a BBC reporter and a concerts manager at the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
Among his landmark achievements was to import Peter Brook’s nightlong staging of the Mahabharata.
David, who was 77, had been suffering from Alzheimers.
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