Seán Hickey — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as Managing Director at Pentatone since 2022
Composer of chamber and orchestral works commissioned by organizations including the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Saint Petersburg Symphony
Released multiple commercial recordings including Left at the Fork in the Road (2005) and Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2025)
Spent two decades at Naxos prior to joining Pentatone
Published poet and writer of music reviews and travelogues

Biography

Seán Hickey is an American composer and record label executive, born in 1970 in Detroit, Michigan. Based in Brooklyn, New York for decades, he was appointed managing director of Pentatone in 2022, following two decades at Naxos. Hickey studied composition at Wayne State University, where his teachers included James Hartway and James Lentini.