The German Orchestra Day was also the initial point to constitute a content partnership between Kulturmanagement Network and the German magazine Das Orchester, which just received a big relaunch as the new flagship of Schott Music. This week starts with a three-day conference in Hamburg on the occasion of the upcoming inauguration of the concert venue Elbphilharmonie. It is a spectacular building located in the new harbor district serving as the new citys icon and at the same time claiming Hamburg as an urban cultural metropolis. Leaders of the international classical music business will come to this conference in order to discuss new ways available
for improving educational sphere as well as for creating a better contact to new audiences. We will report about the most important results soon. Just days later in Cannes, France, there will be the annual music business meeting with MIDEM. This event brings together the music and entertainment professionals. We provide you with the details of the MIDEM associated conference program, which can be extremely helpful for those whose are managing orchestras, artists, or venues.

In April there will be another international conference taking place in Berlin that will be devoted to interest perspectives of orchestra musicians. It will be organized by the federation of International Musicians with its headquarters in Paris in partnership with a selected number of european labor unions.

And finally, two weeks later the annual meeting of international artist managers and concert agents will be taking place in the capital of Germany. These are core questions that will be covered at the meeting by the IAMA members: How is a german artist management system organized and implemented? How are careers being made today, would they be made by promoters, artist managers or the media? And how do new concert halls develop their profile in a globalized market?

In January weve met with James Abruzzo in Berlin, an internationally recognized consultant
for non-profit and arts organizations. We had a chance to learn more about upcoming challenges in human resource management. James, who is also a correspondent and advisor for Arts Management Network, will provide us with the latest developments in HR management in the future.

Special topics for the next months will be about world heritage (February), audience development (March), and dance (April). If you missed a previous issue of newsletter, we provide an extended archive with all issues since May 2005. There you will find newsletter specials on different subjects like Creative Industries, Career planning, Technologies, Dance, Entrepreneurship, Law, Fundraising, etc. as well as newsletters covering different regions such as Japan, Scandinavia, Poland, or China.

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