The next president at Berklee will be Jim Lucchese, a former executive at Spotify, the controversial streaming service.
Boston born and a drummer by vocation, Lucchese sold his start-up The Echo Nest to Spotify in 2014. He went on toe found Spotify for Artists and was appointed CEO of Sofar Sounds, a system curating 30,000 live performances in 78 countries.
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