Pelin Opcin

Pelin Opcin is the Director of Serious and EFG London Jazz Festival. In addition to artistic direction of the Festival, she develops large-scale national or international projects, develops national tours, headline concerts, special collaborations and commissions and creative partnerships. She oversees the Talent Development programmes and has been pivotal to the strategy, programming and communication of digitalisation of Serious’ activities. She collaborates with several partners nationwide as a curator and creative producer and she is the international consultant for Molde Jazz Festival in Norway. She is a Clore Leadership Fellow, a programme for leadership in the arts and creative sectors

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