About Us
Victoria Rowsell
Victoria began her career in the music industry in 1977, joining Van Walsum Management in its formative years and helping develop the company into one of the leading London music agencies. For 10 years she was deputy managing director and left in 2005 to form her own music agency. During her time at Van Walsum Management she managed the careers of some of the foremost artists of our time, amongst them Esa Pekka Salonen, Paavo Berglund, Kent Nagano, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Vernon Handley.
Before joining VWM Victoria was PA to the editors of the Architect’s Journal, and the New Statesman at a time when the New Statesman was the crucible of what has emerged as one of the greatest generations of writers and political commentators.
This background has informed Victoria’s values, which focus on the identification, nurturing and development of individual artistic voices, whom she judges will make the broadest contribution to artistic and cultural life.
These values are reflected in her artist list and exemplified by Mitsuko Uchida and Joseph Swensen both of whom she has managed for nearly 30 years. The burgeoning careers of her younger artists continue to vindicate Victoria’s values.
Charlotte House
After gaining a First Class degree in Music at Southampton University, Charlotte House worked at Van Walsum Management for four years, working closely with Victoria Rowsell. During this time she completed a part-time Masters degree in Arts Policy and Management at Birkbeck University, and then spent a year working at Arts Council England.
She joined Victoria Rowsell Artist Management in August 2006. She works for Polina Leschenko, Joseph Swensen and Mitsuko Uchida.
In her spare time, Charlotte particularly enjoys contemporary music, yoga and swimming. She speaks fluent French and basic Spanish and Italian.
Elena Kostova
Elena joined Victoria Rowsell Artist Management in November 2009. Prior to this, she worked for two years at IMG Artists where she was the assistant to the Senior Vice President and Director of Conductors & Instrumentalists division. At IMG Elena worked on a select list of some of the world’s finest classical musicians such as Leif Ove Andsnes and Alan Gilbert.
Following graduation from the Music College in her home town of Belgrade, Elena gained several degrees across Europe: she has a Diploma in Classical Piano Performance from the Richard Strauss Conservatorium in Munich; a BA in Cultural Policy, Economics and Sociology from the Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam; and she was a BA Socrates Exchange Student at the Department of Humanities at University College London.
She works full-time for pianists Llŷr Williams and Roman Rabinovich and conductors Antonello Manacorda and Philippe Bach. Elena is a keen foreign language speaker and besides her native fluency in the languages of the former Yugoslavia, she is fluent in Dutch/Flemish and English, and also speaks and reads German and Portuguese to a good/high standard. In her spare time she enjoys travelling, reading and contemporary dance.
