The Contemporary Creators: Till Janczukowicz

A few weeks ago, we went to Berlin to meet Till Janczukowicz, a manager, music producer and founder of IDAGIO – the first streaming site dedicated to classical music. Now, the project is transforming into a creative platform, a virtual campus, which is to enable the artist to meet the audience directly. Till talks about the producer's role as a catalyst that helps turn the artist's boldest vision into reality. He also tries to answer the question: what is possible when, with the help of new technologies, you open the door to the creative process and invite your audience behind the scenes?

This is the second film in the Contemporary Creators series as the part of the international project Music. Multimedia. Management., in which the outstanding artists and specialists from the art world discuss the key issues that have a measurable impact on the industry and functioning in the cultural sector.

Our guests reveal where they find inspiration and motivation to act and develop, what communication and audience development looks like from the artist's perspective, and what emotions accompany them today in the era of changes caused not only by pandemic, but other reasons as well.

Till Janczukowicz

The hero of our Wednesday premiere has over 30 years of experience as an artistic manager, producer and concert promoter. He began his career as a pianist and journalist, writing reviews and interviewing artists who intrigued him: Alfred Brendel, Murray Perahia, Światosław Richter, Krystian Zimerman and many others. For three years he was conducting Master Classes at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. Together with Bob Brookmeyer, they founded the New Arts Orchestra, an international youth big band that includes soloists such as Clark Terry, Gerry Mulligan and Randy Brecker.

In 2000, he founded the European office of Columbia Artists Management Inc., leading it until 2011 as a managing partner. His personal clients were such conductors as: Christian Thielemann, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Juraj Valcuha, as well as pianists Ivo Pogorelich and Arcadi Volodos. He has organized concert tours for orchestras such as the Royal Conertgebouw, Paris Opera Orchestra, Philharmonia and Vienna State Opera Orchestra, as well as three European tours of The Metropolitan Opera and other collaborations with leading international orchestras and performing arts institutions.

In 2008, he created the Abu Dhabi Classics for the United Arab Emirates Government, the series of performing arts combining culture, education and tourism. He has arranged UAE debuts for the New York, Berlin and Vienna Philharmonics, the Bayreuth Festival, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Zubin Mehta, Cecilia Bartoli, Yo-Yo Ma, Anne-Sophie Mutter and actors Ben Kingsley and Jeremy Irons. The number of participating schools and colleges has grown from four in the first season to over forty in the third season of its activity.

In 2014, Till founded IDAGIO, the first audio streaming service for classical music, as an answer to the constant question: "How can we use technology to sustain and enliven classical music?" Composed of a passionate, multidisciplinary team in Berlin, Vienna and New York, IDAGIO currently supports artists and performing arts institutions in developing viable online strategies based on their expertise in design, technology and content.

What is M.M.M?

Music.Multimedia.Management. is a two-year, interdisciplinary program aimed at people interested in working in the production of international artistic events. The program covers six thematic areas designed in the form of online courses run by the experts from around the world, as well as practical training and mentoring in Poland and Norway.

The project is aimed at: students, graduates of art / music / humanities academies; employees of artistic organizations who want to establish new contacts, expand their knowledge, improve skills, retrain independent artists who want to improve their management and production skills; aspiring art managers, art directors, programmers, curators, producers, designers and technicians

The project includes:
• free online courses with experts from around the world
• 2-week internships in Poland and Norway
• 2-month paid internships in Poland or Norway
• training completion certificate
We would like to invite you to the premiere of the documentary titled: Contemporary Artists: Till Janczukowicz on June 23rd at 8:00 p.m. on our Facebook and YouTube channels.