Enchoris Podcast

In the seventh episode of the Enchoris Podcast we discuss the hidden dangers of the use of generative Al in creative content creation and their implications on artists' work, rights and intellectual property. Our guest Matthias Hornschuh is a film and media composer, musicologist, author, lecturer, spokesperson of the german authors' rights initiative - Initiative Urheberrecht, a member of...

What makes the arts sustainable? This months guest Ralph Christoph, the director of the c/o pop convention shares his views on how the current political climate will effect the founding of the arts and specifically pop music. What kind of structures are needed in order to navigate a political agenda that does not include diversity and focused on the misconception that pop music is a self sustainin...

This month we are talking with Michael P. Aust who is a producer, director and the co-founder of the Soundtrack Cologne Festival. We discuss how he entered the film industry and how he navigated the changes and trends over the past 30 years as a producer. Having a diverse portfolio is crucial to surviving the challenges of an ever changing industry. We discuss the effect the AI explosion has had o...

On this months podcast we welcome Josef Fuchs from Jokifu Coaching to talk about being an artist, finding your own voice and navigating the professional side of the performing industry. He shares his personal journey from Tirol Austria, where he discovered sound and singing as a medium of expression and experimentation to Salzburg where he dove into the classical music scene and found a new langua...

This months guest is Jan Lankisch. We discuss the challenges and the spirit with which he curates the Weekend Festival for the past 14 years. https://www.weekendfest.de/Parallel to curating a festival, he runs a record label and produces records. Jan provides insight into the communal nature of the festival and how actually booking artists you love created long lasting friendships and led to relea...

In the second episode of the Enchoris Podcast we focus on the challenges of merging orchestral performances with handcrafted live electronic music. We are discussing with Barbara Volkwein, the founder and artistic director of Groove Symphony how combining club culture and symphonic arrangements creates a unique inclusive experience in the concert hall. We talk about her love of electronic and symp...

The focal point of the first episode of the Enchoris Podcast are the problems that Music Venues are facing in Europe. We are discussing the findings of a study that our first guest Christof Schreckenberg of Creative Tide conducted together with Enchoris in Munich that analyses the factors that contribute to the existential threat that clubs are experiencing post pandemic. Inflation, rising prices,...