Toks Dada features on Season 3 of ISPA’s ‘Meditations On’ Podcast
(International Society for the Performing Arts) – June 2023
Host, Ilter Ibrahimof, interviews three emerging leaders at high points in their respective careers – ‘Meditations On’ was recorded in front of a live audience during the New York 2023 ISPA Congress
‘It’s my age that’s the talking point, not that I’m black’: Toks Dada, the Southbank’s head of classical music
(The Guardian) – September 2022
With its new season opening this weekend, the Southbank Centre’s 32-year-old leader talks about how he’s shaping the venue to reflect classical music today, the magic of live music, and the challenge of keeping the lights – and the heating – on
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Toks Dada: Bridging the gap between audience and artist
(The Strad) – December 2022
What do audiences really want from a classical concert and how do we keep them coming back time and time again? Ruth Hallows talks to the head of classical music at Southbank Centre, Toks Dada
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Interview: Live on NPO Radio 4 at Wonderfeel 2022 (The Netherlands)
(NPO Radio 4) – July 2022
Toks Dada, Guest Curator at the 2022 edition of Wonderfeel, speaks to NPO Radio 4 about the 2022 festival programme
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Spotlight On: Southbank Centre
(Classical Music Magazine) – July 2022
Joining the iconic London venue during the pandemic was a challenge, but head of classical music Toks Dada has found new ways to think about classical music as a result
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For the Love of Music
(Brunswick Review – The Leadership Issue) – June 2021
Toks Dada, the new Head of Classical Music at London’s Southbank Centre, talks to Brunswick Review’s Carlton Wilkinson about social change and how the arts should respond
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What’s hot for 2021 — the critics’ cultural barometer
(The Times) – January 2021
From Netflix to David Bowie, from Matthew Bourne to the return of Alan Partridge, we look at who and what are going up in the arts this year
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Meet Toks Dada, Southbank’s youthful new classical music head
(The Telegraph) – December 2020
In his first ever interview, the 30-year-old reveals his plans for reform