Reiner Michalke (born 1956) is the artistic director of the concert venue ''Stadtgarten'' in Cologne/Germany. From 2005 to 2016 he served as artistic director of the

Moers Festival The Moers Festival is an annual international music festival in Moers, Germany. The festival has changed from concentrating on free jazz to including world and pop music, though it still invites many avant-garde jazz musicians. Performers at Moer ...

. Since October 2018 he is managing artistic director of the Monheim Triennale.

Work as musician

Reiner Michalke was born in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

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. He studied music at the

Cologne University of Music Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million ...

and economics at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. Between 1976 and 1986, he worked as a freelance musician with various groups (''Extempore'' and ''NoNett'' to name but a few). From 1980 to 1986, he also worked as a lecturer for bass and ensemble playing at the Musikschule

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Work as artistic director

Reiner Michalke is founding chairman of ''Initiative Kölner Jazz Haus e.V.'' which he initiated with other musicians in 1978. In the same year he produced the 1st ''Kölner Jazz Haus Festival''. In 1986 he became CEO of Cologne's ''Stadtgarten-Restaurant Betriebs-GmbH'', an organisation for which he still curates the concerts. From 1989 to 1995 he was one of the artistic directors of the festival ''post this & neo that'' and from 1994 to 2007 of MusikTriennale Köln. In May 2005 Reiner Michalke was appointed as director of the Moers festival, which he took over in 2006. Since October 2018 Michalke is managing artistic director of the Monheim Triennale.

Work for public media

Beside his work curating concert and festival programs, Reiner Michalke also works as a producer for radio and television with

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the con ...

(WDR),

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and Deutsche Welle. He has also produced events for the ''Büro für innovative Kulturprojekte und Kommunikation'' in

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Cultural engagement

Up to his appointment as director of the Moers festival, Reiner Michalke was the Green Party's “resident expert" on Cologne's cultural affairs committee (from 1984), a board member of the Europe Jazz Network (from 1992), and a founding member of and speaker for the organisations “Off Cologne e.V”, “KulturNetz Köln” and "Bundeskonferenz Jazz". At present he is a member of the music advisory council to the City of Cologne.

References

External links

* http://www.moers-festival.de/the-festival/reiner-michalke.html?L=1 * http://www.europejazz.net/ejn-manifesto * http://www.geschichte.nrw.de/artikel.php?artikel%5Bid%5D=755&lkz=en&WYSESSID=q * http://www.discogs.com/artist/666067-Reiner-Michalke * http://www.artistdirect.com/artist/credits/rainer-michalke/467890 * http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44656&width=768#.Uu6tEvS9KSM * http://www.jazz.com/jazz-blog/2008/6/9/a-festival-that-avoids-the-j-word * http://jazztimes.com/articles/26127-moers-jazz-festival {{DEFAULTSORT:Michalke, Reiner 1956 births German jazz musicians Living people