Key Additions to the Ruhr 2010 Team
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Some top people have joined Ruhr 2010 as business managers and artistic directors.
Dr. Fritz Pleitgen, who just completed a term as artistic director of the Western German Broadcasting Company, has been named chairman of the executive board. His second in command will be Dr. Oliver Scheytt, head of Essen’s Department of Cultural Affairs. The newly-appointed execs will be supported by four artistic directors.Ruhr 2010’s concept will encompass four thematic areas, each of which will be orchestrated by one of the artistic directors. Prof. Karl-Heinz Petzinka, an architect, will be responsible for “City of Possibilities; Steven Sloane, currently general music director of the Bochum Symphony Orchestra, will produce “City of Arts”; Journalist/author Asli Sevindim’s theme will be “City of Cultures”; and Prof. Dieter Gorny, a prominent figure in the field of music & media management, was a natural choice to handle “The Creative Economy.”
At the top of the coming months’ agenda is dialog with artists, opinion leaders and representatives of institutions on the local, regional and international levels. The results of these discussions will provide some decisive contours to the Capital of Culture year’s lineup of projects and events.
