Common Music Group’s World Classics & Jazz (GCJ) division has promoted Dr. Clemens Trautmann to President of Deutsche Grammophon and New Enterprise Technique.
In line with UMG, on this expanded position, Trautmann can be answerable for “in search of alternatives throughout the breadth of UMG’s classical labels and artist rosters”.
Common says that the strategic appointment goals to strengthen its place within the classical style and “allow better collaboration throughout markets, figuring out methods of attracting new audiences and opening up new industrial avenues”.
Trautmann is a Juilliard-trained clarinetist and digital media government and has served as President of Deutsche Grammophon for the previous 9 years.
Over the previous 9 years, he has labored with artists from Daniel Barenboim, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lang Lang and Hilary Hahn to Max Richter and John Williams.
He has additionally overseen the signings of such artists as Víkingur Ólafsson, Joe Hisaishi, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Seong-Jin Cho, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and María Dueñas, in addition to a collection of initiatives with Moby and ABBA’s Benny Andersson.
Trautmann was additionally answerable for the creation of STAGE+, the group’s world live-streaming and on-demand platform for classical music, the Max Richter Sleep app, the acquisiton of a number of unbiased audio and video catalogues, long-term model partnerships with Google and Volkswagen and the growth of its reside efficiency collection Yellow Lounge to Asia.
Underneath his management, Deutsche Grammophon releases have to this point been acknowledged with 13 Grammy Awards.
The promotion of Clemens Trautmann to this new position follows this week’s information that Common Music Group’s World Classics & Jazz division has additionally promoted Natasha Baldwin to the newly-created management position of President, World Classics, Jazz & Display.
UMG mentioned that this title displays Baldwin’s “distinctive” twin place: she’s going to proceed her work inside Common Music Publishing Group (UMPG), the place she is at the moment Govt Vice President of Classics & Display, main UMPG’s world classical and display composer companies.
She will even tackle an expanded remit for GCJ’s classical and jazz report labels, together with Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Blue Word, Verve, Hyperion and ECM.
“Clemens has an entrepreneurial spirit within the classical house and I’m thrilled he’s taking on this distinctive new position.”
Dickon Stainer, UMG
Dickon Stainer, Chairman of World Classics & Jazz, mentioned: “Clemens has an entrepreneurial spirit within the classical house and I’m thrilled he’s taking on this distinctive new position.
“His confirmed monitor report and keenness for innovation will assist carry UMG’s classical artists and labels even better alternatives globally.”
“I congratulate Clemens on his well-deserved expanded world position.”
Frank Briegmann, Common Music Central Europe and Deutsche Grammophon
Frank Briegmann, Chairman and CEO of Common Music Central Europe and Deutsche Grammophon, added: “Clemens Trautmann’s understanding of artists as an award-winning Juilliard graduate and passionate clarinet participant himself and together with his enterprise sense formed by a level in regulation are a novel mixture of abilities.
“His appointment for this expanded world duty along with his main position on the helm of the world’s most famed classical music label will allow us to supply much more entrepreneurial concepts and ideas to our artists worldwide. I congratulate Clemens on his well-deserved expanded world position.”
“I’m passionately dedicated to the ever-evolving style of classical music and to creating formidable alternatives for our group of excellent artists.”
Dr. Clemens Trautmann
Dr. Clemens Trautmann mentioned: “Along with my colleagues at Deutsche Grammophon and World Classics, I’m passionately dedicated to the ever-evolving style of classical music and to creating formidable alternatives for our group of excellent artists, enabling synergies between recorded music, publishing and our companions within the reside efficiency house and using know-how to convey essentially the most spectacular and lasting musical experiences.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
