In addition to a choice selection of orchestral tours, on these pages we would also like to introduce you to projects realised in close cooperation with musicians and actors. It is our stated goal to not only offer purely classical concert evenings, but also themed events of the widest possible variety. Our wish is to combine music with other art forms including literature, film, photography and painting.
In January 2007 musica vivendi became co-owner of the Solo Musica label. Many of the projects offered are now appearing on CD and/or DVD in time for the tours.
Since that date we have also worked in an organisational capacity for various focus areas of the Herrenchiemsee Festival, on the other side of the shore so to speak.
These new areas of activity and the extra time they consume have led us to decide to no longer represent individual performers as of January 2008. Naturally we will continue to work closely together with the widest range of performers within the scope of projects.
The general credo of musica vivendi is and remains to instil new life into classical music performance and acquire and delight as broad an audience as possible.
Sonja Appelhans, born in Zurich, studied law in Munich and Lausanne, specialising in copyright and music, and at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich. From March 1997 to the end of 2000 she worked in the orchestra department of the Hanover-based concert agency Hans Ulrich Schmid. She founded musica vivendi in October 2001.
sa@musicavivendi.comGunnar Schmidt, born in 1959 in Greifswald, studied German and literature in Leipzig. After fleeing from the German Democratic Republic, he completed a vocational apprenticeship training programme in Hanover from November 1989 to October 1991, graduating with a Certificate in Business Administration VDP [Association of German Private Schools]. From October 1991 to April 2002 he worked in the orchestra department of the Hanover-based concert agency Hans Ulrich Schmid. He joined musica vivendi GmbH & Co. KG as a partner in August 2002.
gs@musicavivendi.com
