Course direction

Administrative Assistance

Scientific direction

International Guest Faculty (selection)

Hollywood attorney Judith Merians

Harry Leckstein on project management and music markets

John Groves on Sound Branding

Philip Antoniades on music entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Judith Merians
Music and media contracts and law expert
(Senior Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at Regent Entertainment International; prior: Assistant General Counsel at Warner Bros. Global, Director of Business Affairs at Paramount Pictures Corporation, ABC Motion Pictures, Los Angeles/USA, among others)

Dr. Steven Masur
Music, media, IP attorney and innovator focusing on new and emerging media, business models, block chain technology etc.
(Masur Griffitts LLC, New York/USA)

David Burke
(General Manager and CFO of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, London/GB)

Mag.a Elisabeth Sobotka
(Artistic Director, Bregenz Festival, Bregenz/Austria)

John Groves
Sound branding expert, composer
(CEO Groves Sound Branding Music Production, Hamburg/Germany)

Mag. Robert Klembas, MA PhD
Digital music distribution and economics
(REBEAT Digital GmbH)

Miguel Kertsman
International composer
(Sony Music, RCA Victor Group / BMG, Universal Edition, Naxos Records)
Award winning producer, music executive 
(Sony Classical, RCA / BMG, EMI Classics, Chesky Records, etc.)
International university lecturer
(Sibelius Academy, Herlsinki/Finland, Dartmouth College, NH/USA, IES Abroad, Tribeca Flashpoint Chicago/USA, etc.)

Harry Leckstein, BA, MBA, RSA
Music marketing, presenting and production expert
(Managing Director, Tileyard Education, London/UK)

Philip Antoniades
Music entrpreneur, manager
(Prior founder and president of Nimbit Music Services, artist manager and direct sales expert)

Mag.a Monika Seywald
Tax attorney specializing on international tax treaties for artists and musicians
(Partner at TPA Austria)

Sabina Schebrak
Artist Management and Booking
(Cultureworks, formerly with MICA - Music Austria, Vienna/Austria)

Phil Watts
Musicals producation and tour management
(Motown artists and Michael Jackson's Live Thriller Show, London/UK)

Alexander Zeitelhack
Music and media consultant - radio and new media - coach, innovator, marketing and distribution
(TH-Nürnberg / Germany)

Michael Freund, Ph.D.
Journalist
(Webster University Faculty, Vienna/Austria)

Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Gratzer
Musicologist
(University Mozarteum, Salzburg/Austria)

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