Concerts returned to Blenheim Palace’s Great Court for the first time in a decade in 2015. Headline acts Van Morrison, Gregory Porter and Ludovico Einaudi performed as part of Nocturne, the first joint venture between Neapolitan Live Events and Universal Music Group’s new live music division, U-Live.

Set up in 2002 by former UMG head of legal and business affairs Ciro Romano (pictured), Neapolitan boasts record label and management arms and also operates the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, ...