Team

Non-profit association “A.MUS.E”

As a legal entity and organiser of the project, the non profit association A.MUS.E – Austrian Music Encounter was founded and registered in Graz, Austria, in February 2006 (ZVR register number: 241314821).

The goals of this non profit association, directed by Erich Oskar Huetter, are:

• To use and promote music as a possibility to create open meeting places for a vivid cultural exchange and an intercultural dialogue
• To plan and implement intercultural music projects for young people
• To give access and support the musical education of children living in conflict zones and/or an economically weak environment

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Artistic direction

The Austrian cellist Erich Oskar Huetter has established a successful worldwide career as a soloist and chamber music performer. He is member of the “Hyperion Ensemble” as well as the “Arcus Ensemble Vienna” and performs as a soloist with major orchestras. Erich Oskar Huetter founded the Styrian Chamber Music Festival in Stift Rein, Austria, which under his management developed to an extent of 45 concerts per year. He gives masterclasses at several international universities. For three years he has led the cello class of the Barenboim-Said-Foundation project in Ramallah directed by the Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim, creating a Palestinian youth orchestra.

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Project coordination

Alexander Baldele studied history and cultural management in Graz, Austria. He lived in Montréal, Canada for two years and worked for various media and graphic arts associations in Canada and Austria and supported multimedia festivals like the Europrix. In 2004 he cofounded his own agency NYXAS. Alexander Baldele is with The Sounding Jerusalem Festival since 2006.

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Fundraising

Born and based in Austria/Vienna, for the last 20 years Peter Melichar committed his professional career to raising resources for the so-called “third sector”. He worked for different social and educational issues, development aid organisations, environmental organisations and different museums in Austria and abroad.

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