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CLASSICAL
enCORE Accelerando
Budapest, Hungary
26-30 June 2024
Tiffany Poon
Hong-Kong born pianist Tiffany Poon has appeared with orchestras and in recital throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia since she was first accepted to the Juilliard pre-college program at the age of eight where she studied with Emanuel Ax and the lateJoseph Kalichstein.
In February 2024, Tiffany released her debut album on Pentatone, "Diaries: Schumann", which has amassed over 5 million streams and charted at No.1 on Apple Music Classical across four continents.
Recent highlights for Tiffany include her Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin debut performing Brahms’ Piano Concerto, as well as a sold-out debut recital at Dresdner Musikfestspiele. She also made debut performances at the Klavierfestival Ruhr, Rheingau Musikfestival’s KlassikMarathon and the Sèries Jeunes of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. She collaborated with pianist Louie Lortie and conductor Josep Caballé Domenech at the Moritzburg Festival, and made further debuts at the Herbst Theatre with Chamber Music San Francisco, Munich’s Herkulessaal for the Klassik vor Acht series, and as part of the Washington Performing Arts' Hayes Piano Series at the Kennedy Center.
Cecilie Nielsen
With a background in archaeology, cultural studies & marketing, Cecilie Nielsen has a combination of strategic innovation approach to cultural organizations and practical insight into their challenges and possibilities.
Audience development is a cornerstone in fostering a resiliant cultural sector. Insight into the visitors and the ability to translate this knowledge into concepts heightens the quality and the value of the experiences and therefore the number of visitors. If you combine this with strategic communication and integrate the digital experience you will have a strong foundation for a culture business.
Cecilie Nielsen
Sarah Scherer
Sarah Scherer works as a freelance director and actress for theatre, film and opera. Born in Italy, she completed her training in Vienna and Los Angeles and graduated with a state diploma. She has worked as a director and assistant director at the Theater an der Wien, the Theaterhaus für junge Menschen Dschungel Wien, the Szene Bunte Wähne, at international theatre and dance festivals and in the independent scene.
As a film director, she has made numerous short films, advertising clips and music videos, which have been screened at international festivals and won awards. She has worked as a video artist at the Salzburg Festival, the Theater an der Wien, the Handel Festival in Halle, the Freies Theater Bozen, the Volkstheater Rostock and for the Podium Esslingen, among others. She made her debut at the Bavarian State Opera in 2021 with the production of the musical theatre piece Der Mondbär for children, which she co-developed. In 2023 she was responsible for the video design of Get Lost; she returns in 2024 to develop and stage Wyld.
Ricardo van Mildert
The success of his first entrepreneurial project, the music community Future House Music and its sublabels, led Ricardo to leave his career path in academia and political science to work full time in the music industry. Since the beginning of 2020 he strengthened the team of Moon Jelly, the global agency for the music industry, as organizational manager. His passion for psychology and self-development reflects strongly in his view on marketing and business, as well as on the trainings he gives.
More than anything it is his vision is to spark a change in thinking about the music business, marketing and fans. Besides his role at Moon Jelly, Ricardo is an advisor to several blockchain and tech music start-ups. Together with his long-time friend he also runs a coaching and training company focused on burnout prevention, mindset and public speaking. In everything he does he tries to help others reach their full potential.
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