ABOUT
Hattie Butterworth is a writer, cellist and mental health campaigner based in London. She studied the cello at Chetham’s School of Music and the Royal College of Music until moving into arts journalism in 2020.
Hattie is the Editor of Choir & Organ and Opera Now Magazines. As Editor, Hattie has overseen numerous partnerships including an inaugural media partnership with the Three Choirs Festival and the Business of Opera Conference. She is committed to providing a bridge between audiences and performers, commissioning and writing investigations, opinion pieces and a mental health campaign for opera singers.
She is also the founder and co-host of podcast Things Musicians Don’t Talk About, which was launched in 2020 as a space to share honestly about the reality of musician’s lives. The podcast is now supported by the Royal Society of Musicians with whom they have a live podcast event series, Resonate, which is back for 2025/26 with talks on politics, AI and OCD. Explore the talks here.
As a speaker and campaigner, Hattie has contributed to features on BBC Radio 1, Radio 3 and the BBC World Service. She also took part in a Take Me To The Opera documentary on Kiri Te Kanawa for the BBC News TV channel. As an opera jury member, Hattie was on the panel for the 2025 Royal Philharmonic Society Opera Award.
She is committed to empowering younger culture writers and critics, and has mentored writers through criticism, taking on investigations, podcasting and interview technique. She has given talks on her work in cultural journalism at the Royal College of Music and Royal Academy of Music.
When she’s not working, Hattie enjoys walking, reading non-fiction and researching. She is often learning weird things for the sake of it, knows a lot of Eminem raps, enjoys sauna, cold water swimming and Sumatran coffee.
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