Marie von der Heydt: New boss of the Musicboard Berlin from 2025!

Marie von der Heydt: New boss of the Musicboard Berlin from 2025!

Marie von der Heydt will be the new managing director of Musicboard Berlin GmbH from January 1, 2025. This decision was made after a meeting of the Supervisory Board, in which she won the trust of everyone involved. It follows Katja Lucker, who left its office on December 31, 2023. Since January 2024, from the Heydt, the role of the interim managing director had successfully led the musicboard in the challenging year 2024, such as berlin.de> berlin.de> reported .

Marie von der Heydt brings with an extensive expertise from the cultural and creative industries. Before that, she was a team leader for music in the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Your academic qualifications in popular music and media as well as cultural studies form a solid basis for your new task. Joe Chialo, the Senator for Culture and Social Cohesion, praised her as a "unique leader", who knows all aspects of cultural promotion very well and will ensure continuity for the Berlin pop culture scene. "I am now very pleased that she will continue this in 2025," continued Chialo.

Marie von der Heydt’s vision for the future

Marie von der Heydt himself expressed her joy about the opportunity to continue to support the versatile Berlin pop music scene. She plans to develop targeted support offers and to design important events such as the Fête de la Musique and pop culture. "It is particularly important to me to promote cooperation and to involve various actors in the industry - both in Berlin and internationally," she said. Her commitment shows that she not only wants to promote the existing scene, but also want to give new impulses, such as Musicboard-berlin.de reported .