Bern's music commission with new additions
The city executive has elected new members to the Music Commission, the Literature Commission and the Theater and Dance Commission.
According to the city's press release, Arnaud Di Clemente and Katharina P. Langstrumpf were elected to the music committee. Arnaud Di Clemente was artistic director of the Bernese concert organizer "bee-flat" for six years and now lives in Lausanne, where he is working on opening a new jazz club and as a booker for the "Cully Jazz" festival.
Katharina P. Langstrumpf has been active in the pop and rock sector for many years, looks after numerous Swiss artists with her own booking agency and is a crew member of the band "Patent Ochsner". The two new members succeed the previous President Fabio Baechtold and Sabine Ruch. Former committee member Nils Kohler took over the chairmanship at the beginning of 2022.
New members of the Literature Committee are Susanne Schenzle, Céline Tapis and Johannes R. Millius. Melanie Grütter, Emily Magorrian and Jonas Junker have been newly elected as members of the Theater and Dance Committee.