Johannes Knapp becomes artistic coordinator at STV
The board of the Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein (STV) has elected the German cellist and music manager Johannes Knapp as the association's new artistic coordinator.
In Johannes Knapp, the Board has chosen "an enthusiastic and flexible personality with a great interest in contemporary music", writes the STV.
Born into a musical family in Erfurt in 1990, Knapp studied philosophy and musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and cello with Ulrich Voss at the Saar University of Music. He also studied music management at the University of Saarbrücken.
Knapp worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Saarbrücken. He was responsible for editing the evening programs of the Salzburg Biennale 2013 and has also written reviews and program booklet articles.
