The New Bosses 2025: María Torres, Mother Artists

The 18th edition of IQ Magazine’s New Bosses in association with Futures Forum was revealed in IQ 137, recognising 20 of the most promising 30-and-unders in the international live music business.

 To get to know this year’s class a little better, IQ conducted interviews with each one of 2025’s New Bosses, discovering their greatest inspirations and pinpointing the reasons for their success.

María began managing artists while studying at BIMM in 2016, and is passionate about championing women and non-binary professionals, demonstrated through her work on Saffron’s Springboard Project in 2021. Since joining Mother Artists, she has worked across a roster including IDLES, Heavy Lungs, 86TVs, and Blair Davie, and has been working on the highly anticipated reunion of The Maccabees. In 2023, she was…

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