Employees

Gregor Arnold
Editorial Assistance - German Music Information Center (miz)

Portraitfoto Gregor Arnold Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum

Marion Bach
Project Assistance - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Porträtfoto Marion Bach Forum Dirigieren

Herwig Barthes
Tour Management & Project Coordination Jazz - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Tanja Beckmann
Speaker - Secretariat General

Portrait Tanja Beckmann, Referentin Generalsekretariat Berlin, Deutscher Musikrat e.V.

Dr. Susanne Bennedik
Project Assistance - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Immanuel Beyreuther
Speaker - Secretariat General

Portraitfoto Immanuael Beyreuther, Referent Generalsekretariat Berlin, Deutscher Musikrat e.V.

Annette Börger
Consultant Foundation and Project Development German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Portraitfoto Annette Börger Bundesjugendorchester

Ariadne Chalkias
Project Coordination German Youth Choir -

Portraitfoto Ariadne Chalkias Neustart Kultur

Jeanette Dornbusch-Gunst
Head of Finance & Administration | Authorized representative - Management Bonn

Portraitfoto Jeanette Dornbusch-Gunst Verwaltungsleitung

Auli Eberle
Referentin - Secretariat General

[Translate to Englisch:] Auli Eberle © Maxim Green

Hermann Emich
IT system administration - Central Services

Felix Freitag
Project Manager - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Portrait Felix Freitag Projektleitung Forum Dirigieren, Deutscher Musikrat

Oliver Fröschke
Marketing - Public Relations & Marketing

Kristof Gerlach
Project Coordination Chamber Music Course & Team BW - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Kristof Gerlach Jugend musiziert

Andrea Geus
Project coordination - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Portraitfoto Andrea Geus Abteilung Wettbewerbe

Claudia Hagen
Assistant - Management Bonn

Portraitfoto Claudia Hagen Assistenz Geschäftsführung

Melissa Hauschild
Editorial Assistant - German Music Information Center (miz)

Portraitfoto Melissa Hauschild Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum

Daniela Henn
Project coordination Networking & Editing - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Daniela Henn Jugend musiziert

Judith Hering
Editing & Social Media German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Portraitfoto Judith Hering Bundesjugendorchester und Wettbewerbe

Paul Heß
Deputy Program Manager -

Portraitfoto Paul Heß Abteilung Wettbewerbe

Gregor Hollenhorst
Project coordination - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Portraitfoto Gregor Hollenhorst Deutscher Musikwettbewerb

Merle Imo
Voluntary social year - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Iris Janusch
Project Assistant - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Portraitfoto Iris Janusch Deutscher Musikwettbewerb

Ulrike Japes
Project coordination & Orchestra management German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Portraitfoto Ulrike Japes Bundesjugendorchester

Adrian Käser
Project Coordinator Organization & Digital - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Adrian Käser Jugend musiziert

Anne Kersting
Project coordination - Concert Promotion German Music Competition

Portraitfoto Anne Kersting Deutscher Musikwettbewerb

Katharina Koch
Projektkoordination - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Angelika Köster
Project coordination (Parental leave) - German Youth Choir

Portraitfoto Angelika Köster Bundesjugendchor

Ann-Kathrin Kösters
Tour manager German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Portraitfoto Ann-Kathrin Kösters Bundesjugendorchester

Heike Krog
Office Maintenance - Central Services

Johanna Lagier
Voluntary social year - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Ulrike Lehmann
Project Manager - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Ulrike Lehmann Jugend musiziert

Sönke Lentz
Division management - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Portraitfoto Sönke Lentz Bundesjugendorchester

Finn Löw
Referent - Secretariat General

Petra Mense
Personnel department - Central Services

Portraitfoto Petra Mense Zentrale Dienste Personal

Sina Miranda
Project coordination Edition Contemporary Music - Podium Gegenwart

Portraitfoto Sina Miranda Podium Gegenwart

Insa Murawski
Project coordination InSzene - Podium Gegenwart

Portraitfoto Insa Murawski Podium Gegenwart

Fynn Nosbers
Volunteer (FSJ) - German Youth Choir

Carolin Oeffner
Financial Controlling - Central Services

Portraitfoto Carolin Oeffner Zentrale Dienste, Controlling

Lisa Ose
Tour manager & Projectcoordination Jazz (Parental leave) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Reinhild Pairott
Project coordination: Rooms, Schedule & Team - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Reinhild Pairott Jugend musiziert

Nikolaos Pasaportis
Purchase & Administration - Central Services

Portraitfoto Nikolaos Pasaportis Zentrale Dienste

Grazyna Piegrzyk
Financial Accounting - Central Services

Portraitfoto Grazyna Piegrzyk Zentrale Dienste Buchhaltung

Stefan Piendl
Managing Director - Management Bonn

Judith Raspe
Project coordination Music Editing & Follow-up support - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Judith Raspe Jugend musiziert

Christiane Rippel
Consultant for Data & Information Management - German Music Information Center (miz)

Portraitfoto Christiane Rippel Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum

Mirja Schmitz
Assistant - Management Bonn

Portraitfoto Mirja Schmitz Assistenz Geschäftsführung

Stephan Schulmeistrat
Management - German Music Information Center (miz)

Irene Schwalb
Division management - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Portraitfoto Irene Schwalb Deutscher Musikwettbewerb

Martin Schwietz
Controlling and Accounting -

Portraitfoto Martin Schwietz Zentrale Dienste Buchhaltung

Dominik Seidler
Project Manager Jazz (20% in part-time until Jan. 2026) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Portraitfoto Dominik Seidler Jazzprojekte

Sabine Siemon
Press and Public Relations - Public Relations & Marketing

Portraitfoto Sabine Siemon Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Ariane Simons
Editing & Project coordination Jazz - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Helen Singer
Editorial Assistant - German Music Information Center (miz)

Portraitfoto Helen Singer Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum

Felicitas Sommer
Projektkoordination Deutsche Schulen im Ausland & Projektentwicklung - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Felicitas Sommer Jugend musiziert

Dr. Anke Steinbeck
Management Public Relations gGmbH - Public Relations & Marketing

Portraitfoto Dr. Anke Steinbeck Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Dr. Karin Stoverock
Editorial Advisor - German Music Information Center (miz)

Portraitfoto Dr. Karin Stoverock Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum

Michael Teilkemeier
Project Manager - PopCamp

Portraitfoto Michael Teilkemeier PopCamp

Lisa Valdivia
Project Coordination Orchestra Conducting & Editing - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Portraitfoto Lisa Valdivia Forum Dirigieren

Antje Valentin
General Secretary - Secretariat General

Timo Varelmann
Consultant for Statistics - German Music Information Center (miz)

Portraitfoto Timo Varelmann Deutsches Musikinformationszentrum

Henning Vetter
Project Manager Jazz (80% until Jan. 2026) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Dr. Anna Vogt
Speaker - Secretariat General

Brigitte Vollrodt
Project coordination Federal Jury & Social Media - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Portraitfoto Brigitte Vollrodt Jugend musiziert

Olaf Wegener
Project Manager - Podium Gegenwart

Portraitfoto Olaf Wegener Podium Gegenwart

Dr. Caroline Wiese
Project Manager - German Youth Choir

Portraitfoto Dr. Caroline Wiese Bundesjugendchor

Andrea Will
Project coordination Choral Conducting - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Portraitfoto Andrea Will Forum Dirigieren

Valentina Wunder
Accounting - Central Services

Portrait Valentina Wunder, Zentrale Dienste, Deutscher Musikrat

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Musicians can sing or play in the ensembles of the German Music Council, the Federal Youth Orchestra, the Federal Jazz Orchestra and the Federal Youth Choir, and take part in competitions. With four other projects in the area of promotion, the German Music Council supports young, highly talented musicians, conductors, composers and interpreters of contemporary music as well as pop musicians on their way to a professional musical life and builds a bridge between musicians, organizers and the public. In addition, the German Music Information Center (miz) offers a central information point on all topics of musical life.

The German Music Council is the sponsor of the competitions for children and young people: Jugend musiziert and Jugend jazzt, the competitions for professional musicians: the German Music Competition, the German Conducting Award (formerly the German Conducting Prize) and the German Choral Conducting Award, as well as the competitions for amateur musicians: theGerman Choir Competition and the German Orchestra Competition.

The German Music Council (Deutscher Musikrat e. V.) is the mouthpiece and initiator of music policy issues for its members.

The numerous advantages of a membership in the German Music Council e.V. compiled for you.

Under the menu item MEDIA you will find our press page with all the latest news, our press page with the press contacts and the publications.

Promoting young musicians in the ensemblesof the German Music Council also includes performing on stage in front of an audience. The project leaders are happy to accept requests for engagements. The German Music Competition concert promotion program arranges approximately 200 concerts a year for concert organizers and concert series.

Music educators will find concepts and working materials for music lessons at the Podium Gegenwart's educational projects. Current developments in music policy and studies can be found in the "Music Education" section, as well as specialist articles on this topic at the German Music Information Center.

With the German Music Information Center, the German Music Council offers a central information point on all topics of musical life.

Gregor Arnold Editorial Assistance - German Music Information Center (miz)

Marion Bach Project Assistance - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Herwig Barthes Tour Management & Project Coordination Jazz - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Tanja Beckmann Speaker - Secretariat General

Dr. Susanne Bennedik Project Assistance - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Immanuel Beyreuther Speaker - Secretariat General

Annette Börger Consultant Foundation and Project Development German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Ariadne Chalkias Project Coordination German Youth Choir -

Jeanette Dornbusch-Gunst Head of Finance & Administration | Authorized representative - Management Bonn

Jeanette Dornbusch-Gunst Head of Finance & Administration | Authorized representative - Central Services

Auli Eberle Referentin - Secretariat General

Hermann Emich IT system administration - Central Services

Felix Freitag Project Manager - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Oliver Fröschke Marketing - Public Relations & Marketing

Kristof Gerlach Project Coordination Chamber Music Course & Team BW - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Andrea Geus Project coordination - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Claudia Hagen Assistant - Management Bonn

Melissa Hauschild Editorial Assistant - German Music Information Center (miz)

Daniela Henn Project coordination Networking & Editing - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Judith Hering Editing & Social Media German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Judith Hering Program coordination ensembles -

Paul Heß Deputy Program Manager -

Gregor Hollenhorst Project coordination - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Merle Imo Voluntary social year - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Iris Janusch Project Assistant - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Iris Janusch Project Assistant - Concert Promotion German Music Competition

Ulrike Japes Project coordination & Orchestra management German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Adrian Käser Project Coordinator Organization & Digital - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Anne Kersting Project coordination - Concert Promotion German Music Competition

Katharina Koch Projektkoordination - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Katharina Koch Projektkoordination -

Angelika Köster Project coordination (Parental leave) - German Youth Choir

Angelika Köster Chairwoman (Parental leave) - Work Council

Ann-Kathrin Kösters Tour manager German Youth Orchestra (BJO) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Heike Krog Office Maintenance - Central Services

Johanna Lagier Voluntary social year - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Ulrike Lehmann Project Manager - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Sönke Lentz Division management - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Finn Löw Referent - Secretariat General

Petra Mense Personnel department - Central Services

Sina Miranda Project coordination Edition Contemporary Music - Podium Gegenwart

Insa Murawski Project coordination InSzene - Podium Gegenwart

Insa Murawski Deputy Chairwoman Work Council - Work Council

Fynn Nosbers Volunteer (FSJ) - German Youth Choir

Carolin Oeffner Financial Controlling - Central Services

Lisa Ose Tour manager & Projectcoordination Jazz (Parental leave) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Reinhild Pairott Project coordination: Rooms, Schedule & Team - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Nikolaos Pasaportis Purchase & Administration - Central Services

Grazyna Piegrzyk Financial Accounting - Central Services

Stefan Piendl Managing Director - Management Bonn

Judith Raspe Project coordination Music Editing & Follow-up support - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Christiane Rippel Consultant for Data & Information Management - German Music Information Center (miz)

Mirja Schmitz Assistant - Management Bonn

Mirja Schmitz Website coordination - Public Relations & Marketing

Stephan Schulmeistrat Management - German Music Information Center (miz)

Irene Schwalb Division management - Competitions (DCW/DMW/DOW)

Irene Schwalb Program management -

Irene Schwalb Project management - Concert Promotion German Music Competition

Martin Schwietz Controlling and Accounting -

Dominik Seidler Project Manager Jazz (20% in part-time until Jan. 2026) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Sabine Siemon Press and Public Relations - Public Relations & Marketing

Ariane Simons Editing & Project coordination Jazz - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Helen Singer Editorial Assistant - German Music Information Center (miz)

Felicitas Sommer Projektkoordination Deutsche Schulen im Ausland & Projektentwicklung - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Dr. Anke Steinbeck Management Public Relations gGmbH - Public Relations & Marketing

Dr. Anke Steinbeck Artistic planning Bujazzo & PR Orchestra section - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Dr. Karin Stoverock Editorial Advisor - German Music Information Center (miz)

Michael Teilkemeier Project Manager - PopCamp

Lisa Valdivia Project Coordination Orchestra Conducting & Editing - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Antje Valentin General Secretary - Secretariat General

Timo Varelmann Consultant for Statistics - German Music Information Center (miz)

Timo Varelmann Member - Work Council

Henning Vetter Project Manager Jazz (80% until Jan. 2026) - Orchestras (BJO & Bujazzo & Jugend jazzt)

Dr. Anna Vogt Speaker - Secretariat General

Brigitte Vollrodt Project coordination Federal Jury & Social Media - National Competition Jugend musiziert

Olaf Wegener Project Manager - Podium Gegenwart

Dr. Caroline Wiese Project Manager - German Youth Choir

Andrea Will Project coordination Choral Conducting - Conducting Forum and German Conducting Award

Valentina Wunder Accounting - Central Services

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