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Marie-Louise Stille studied theater studies and culture and media management at the National University of Córdoba (Argentina). She completed a master’s degree in cultural management with a minor in media management at the Franz Liszt University of Music Weimar and the Bauhaus University Weimar. She was a scholarship holder of the Academy “Msuic Theater Today” in the cultural management division of the Deutsche Bank Foundation (2017-19), a mentee in the mentorig program of the German Cultural Council (2020-21) and scholarship holder of the Young Women Leadership Program from the Synk Group (2024). Besides she is founding member of the association “WAM-Women in Arts & Medien”.

During and after her studies, she worked as a director, assistant director and cultural manager in the fields of musical theater, dance, music, acting and at festivals in Latin America and Europe, including: Compañia Nacional de Danza (Madrid), Dutch National Opera (Amsterdam) , Usedom Music Festival, Theater Nordhausen and Bach Biennale (Weimar). Some of her last projects as a freelance project manager was the premiere of “Ménage à trois” with Ensemble Berlin at the LAB Frankfurt and the performance management from “Totenstag” at Humbold Forum in Berlin. As a cultural journalist, she writes regularly for the magazine “Contemporary And” (Berlin) and the blog “Opera en Argentina” (buenos Aires) and “Kulturmanagement Network” (germany).

Marie-Louise previously worked at Opus 3 Artists Europe as Artist Assistant Manager (Vocal Division) and as Executive Assistant.

After studying music, arts and business administration at colleges and universities in Würzburg (Diploma in Music, Viola), in Hamburg (Diploma in Cultural Management) and Plymouth (MBA with distinction), Ekkehard Jung worked in management for various non-profit and for-profit cultural organizations. During his studies he helped out as an orchestra musician in the viola groups of the theater orchestras in Kiel and Lübeck.

As orchestra manager of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, he initiated a film music series that continues to run uninterrupted to this day. At the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen he was responsible for artistic planning, CD productions and global sales of the orchestra with tours through Europe, North and South America, Japan and Asia. During this time he worked closely with artists such as Leif Ove Andsnes, Renaud Capuçon, Collegium Vocale Gent, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Daniel Harding, Thomas Hengelbrock, Heinz Holliger, Paavo Järvi, Sabine Meyer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Trevor Pinnock, András Schiff, Heinrich Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Lars Vogt and Pieter Wispelwey.

Since 2001, Ekkehard Jung has worked as an artist manager, initially at Van Walsum, as head of the German branch in Hanover in the offices of the Schmid Concert Directorate and later at the headquarters in London for artists such as Yuri Bashmet, the Borodin Quartet, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker and Kristjan Järvi , Barnabás Kelemen, the Moscow Soloists, Javier Perianes, Frank Strobel and others.

In 2009, Ekkehard Jung became managing partner in the Impresariat Simmenauer in Berlin and then founded Ekkehard Jung Artists & Projects in Berlin in 2012. From 2013 to 2018, he worked in partnership with Hazard Chase in Cambridge and was a member of the board. Since 2020 he has also been working as managing director and partner for the European Film Philharmonic in Berlin. With Beate Warkentien as authorized signatory, he heads the European Film Philharmonic and a close collaboration began between the two companies.

In his free time, he enjoys reading and attending theaters and film shows when he is not hiking, dancing or playing the viola. He is married and has two adult children.