Mentor
Aissata Hartmann-Sylla
I have a master’s degree in French & North American Literature and in African languages. During my studies, I already worked for Hamburg based promoter legend Karsten Jahnke and continued working there after I had completed my degree.
While I was still a student, I mainly worked in the ticketing department and then started booking tours with Karsten for Jazz acts such as Branford Marsalis, Herbie Hancock, Randy Crawford, to name a few. In 2006, I received an offer to move to Munich and work for booking agency Triple M, where we booked acts such as Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5 and Santana. In 2009, I received an offer from AEG to work at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, still called o2 World then.
Since April 2017, I am a Board Member of the Live Entertainment Summer School in Hamburg as part of the IHM’s (Interessengemeinschaft Hamburger Musikwirtschaft e.V.) Music Business Summer School project, where we offer various panels for people in the business who want to gain further knowledge in topics such as artist contracts, taxation, settlements, etc. Since December 2020, I am also a Board Member of the new established International Live Entertainment Summer School in Hamburg as part of the IHM’s Music Business Summer School project, where we offer various panels for people in the business who want to gain further knowledge in topics such as artist contracts, taxation, settlements, etc.
Mentee
Sarah Schubert
Influenced by the artistic background of her family, Sarah Schubert studied B.A. Cultural Management and M.A. Theatre & Orchestra Management.
She worked for the famous art museum “Kunsthalle Schirn Frankfurt” at the registrar office, the orchestra “Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen” at the artistic and tour management, the “Rheingau Musik Festival” at the artistic operation office, for “Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt” as a team assistant, she toured the Japanese ensemble “Kodo” on their tour through Austria and Germany in 2018 and is currently working for the Konzertdirektion Dr. Rudolf Goette as a project manager and is responsible for the organization of about 60 concerts per season in different venues and cities but mainly at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg.