Ser­vices for clas­si­cal music and cul­tu­re

Your suc­cess in the cul­tu­re and music sec­tor

Our pas­si­on is your visi­bi­li­ty. As an inter­na­tio­nal­ly acti­ve com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons agen­cy for clas­si­cal music, cul­tu­re and the per­forming arts, we help your ambi­ti­ons to suc­ceed — whe­ther you are an orches­tra, fes­ti­val, event orga­ni­zer or artist. With more than 25 years of expe­ri­ence, we know the chal­lenges facing the cul­tu­ral and music sce­ne today: Digi­tal uphe­avals, chan­ging user beha­vi­or and dwind­ling atten­ti­on spans demand new dra­ma­tur­gies for a suc­cessful per­for­mance. In work­shops and in con­ti­nuous exch­an­ge with you, we the­r­e­fo­re deve­lop sus­tainable com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on con­cepts that we imple­ment for you. In doing so, we use the enti­re spec­trum — from clas­sic press rela­ti­ons and con­tent manage­ment to social media and online mar­ke­ting.

PR and
com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on
stra­tegy

Cont­act with the media

Sto­rytel­ling is our exper­ti­se. We rely on an inten­si­ve dia­lo­gue with our cli­ents to make the key con­tent of a pro­ject visi­ble. On this basis, we deve­lop cus­to­mi­sed PR and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on stra­te­gies.

PR and
com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on stra­tegy

PR and
com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on
stra­tegy

Cont­act with the media

Clas­sic
press rela­ti­ons

Our sto­rytel­ling is your suc­cess

You and your pro­ject as a top topic in the opi­­ni­on-forming media: clas­sic press work is inde­pen­dent, effec­ti­ve and long-term. As an indis­pensable instru­ment of any sus­tainable com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on stra­tegy, it makes a signi­fi­cant con­tri­bu­ti­on to suc­cess.

Clas­sic press rela­ti­ons

Clas­sic
press rela­ti­ons

Our sto­rytel­ling is your suc­cess

Social media

The gate­way to a new world

Would you like to take off on Insta­gram, Face­book, YouTube or Spo­ti­fy? With pro­fes­sio­nal manage­ment of your social media chan­nels, you are ide­al­ly pre­pared for com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on in the digi­tal age.

Social media

Social media

The gate­way to a new world

Con­tent crea­ti­on

The world is colourful and diver­se

Plat­forms such as Insta­gram, Face­book, YouTube and Spo­ti­fy offer you the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pre­sent com­plex topics in a simp­le way and at the same time be dis­co­ver­ed by a new gene­ra­ti­on.

Con­tent crea­ti­on

Con­tent crea­ti­on

The world is colourful and diver­se

Mar­ke­ting /
Online mar­ke­ting

Stra­te­gies that make your sto­ry reso­na­te

With mar­ke­ting and online mar­ke­ting for clas­si­cal music, we deve­lop cus­to­mi­sed stra­te­gies that under­pin your sto­ry authen­ti­cal­ly and effec­tively.

Mar­ke­ting / Online mar­ke­ting

Mar­ke­ting /
Online mar­ke­ting

Stra­te­gies that make your sto­ry reso­na­te

Press office

Words that work

We are the ide­al part­ners for com­mu­ni­ca­ting com­plex topics from the world of music and cul­tu­re in an exci­ting and cre­di­ble way.

Press office

Press office

Words that work

Event and
pro­ject manage­ment

What peo­p­le talk about in the com­mu­ni­ty

Your pro­ject in the spot­light: We initia­te and rea­li­se events that reach the com­mu­ni­ty and have a wide impact.

Event und
Pro­jekt­ma­nage­ment

Event and
pro­ject manage­ment

What peo­p­le talk about in the com­mu­ni­ty

Eva­lua­ti­on /
Press review

Make your media respon­se visi­ble

The eva­lua­ti­on of your and our work is cru­cial for docu­men­ting the suc­cess of your pro­jects. With a qua­li­fied press review, we offer you a trans­pa­rent over­view of the media respon­se, which is valuable for your sup­port­ers and spon­sors.

Eva­lua­ti­on / Press review

Eva­lua­ti­on /
Press review

Make your media respon­se visi­ble

Our cur­rent pro­jects.

What can we do for you?

Over­all Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons | Press | Social media

Bay­reuth Baro­que Ope­ra Fes­ti­val

When the Richard Wag­ner Fes­ti­val on the Green Hill is alre­a­dy quiet again, baro­que lovers from all over the world gather at the UNESCO World Heri­ta­ge Site of the Mar­gra­vi­al Ope­ra House in Bay­reuth. The Bay­reuth Baro­que Ope­ra Fes­ti­val has been held the­re every Sep­tem­ber sin­ce 2020.
PR & stra­tegy | Press | Press trip

Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane

The Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane — Cent­re de musi­que roman­tique fran­çai­se explo­res the music of the French Roman­tic peri­od. Sin­ce its foun­da­ti­on in 2009, it has signi­fi­cant­ly expan­ded the reper­toire of this eventful peri­od in the 19th cen­tu­ry. Ophe­lia’s Cul­tu­re PR has been loo­king after the Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane Foun­da­ti­on in Ger­man-spea­king count­ries sin­ce 2012.
PR | Press | Stra­te­gic Con­sul­ting

Ensem­ble Modern

Ensem­ble Modern is one of the most renow­ned ensem­bles for con­tem­po­ra­ry music world­wi­de. Foun­ded in 1980 and based in Frank­furt am Main, the ensem­ble is curr­ent­ly shaped by 18 soloists who lead the acti­vi­ties of this demo­cra­ti­cal­ly orga­ni­zed coll­ec­ti­ve. The aes­the­tic ran­ge of Ensem­ble Modern encom­pas­ses music and dance theat­re gen­res, mul­ti­me­dia forms, as well as cham­ber music, ensem­ble, and orches­tra con­certs.
PR & stra­tegy | Press | Press trip

Basel Com­po­si­ti­on Com­pe­ti­ti­on

Basel Com­po­si­ti­on Com­pe­ti­ti­on (BCC) is an inter­na­tio­nal com­po­si­ti­on com­pe­ti­ti­on that takes place every two years in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with Paul Sacher Foun­da­ti­on in Basel, awar­ding works for cham­ber and sym­pho­ny orches­tra. From Janu­ary 30 to Febru­ary 2, 2025, fifth edi­ti­on was held, as in pre­vious years, under the direc­tion of jury pre­si­dent Micha­el Jar­rell.
Over­all Com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons | Press | Social media

Bay­reuth Baro­que Ope­ra Fes­ti­val

When the Richard Wag­ner Fes­ti­val on the Green Hill is alre­a­dy quiet again, baro­que lovers from all over the world gather at the UNESCO World Heri­ta­ge Site of the Mar­gra­vi­al Ope­ra House in Bay­reuth. The Bay­reuth Baro­que Ope­ra Fes­ti­val has been held the­re every Sep­tem­ber sin­ce 2020.
PR & stra­tegy | Press | Press trip

Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane

The Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane — Cent­re de musi­que roman­tique fran­çai­se explo­res the music of the French Roman­tic peri­od. Sin­ce its foun­da­ti­on in 2009, it has signi­fi­cant­ly expan­ded the reper­toire of this eventful peri­od in the 19th cen­tu­ry. Ophe­lia’s Cul­tu­re PR has been loo­king after the Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane Foun­da­ti­on in Ger­man-spea­king count­ries sin­ce 2012.
PR | Press | Stra­te­gic Con­sul­ting

Ensem­ble Modern

Ensem­ble Modern is one of the most renow­ned ensem­bles for con­tem­po­ra­ry music world­wi­de. Foun­ded in 1980 and based in Frank­furt am Main, the ensem­ble is curr­ent­ly shaped by 18 soloists who lead the acti­vi­ties of this demo­cra­ti­cal­ly orga­ni­zed coll­ec­ti­ve. The aes­the­tic ran­ge of Ensem­ble Modern encom­pas­ses music and dance theat­re gen­res, mul­ti­me­dia forms, as well as cham­ber music, ensem­ble, and orches­tra con­certs.

Ophe­li­as Cul­tu­re PR.

Your team for crea­ti­ve brand com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on.

Our com­mit­ment is holi­sti­cal­ly ori­en­ta­ted. We attach gre­at importance to stra­te­gic PR con­sul­ting, tra­di­tio­nal press rela­ti­ons and digi­tal com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on. We also advi­se our cli­ents on all aspects of mar­ke­ting, social media, con­tent manage­ment and mar­ket posi­tio­ning. Our ser­vices can be free­ly sel­ec­ted from various modu­les depen­ding on requi­re­ments, ran­ging from edi­to­ri­al sup­port for bro­chu­res, web­sites and news­let­ters to pro­ject manage­ment for press events.

Bene Klau­ser

Ear­ly Music | Con­tem­po­ra­ry | PR Mana­ger

Sin­ce 2019, I have been mana­ging PR pro­jects at Ophe­li­as Cul­tu­re PR, inclu­ding Ensem­ble Modern, Basel Sin­fo­ni­et­ta, Inns­bruck Fes­ti­val of Ear­ly Music, Bay­reuth Baro­que Fes­ti­val, and the acti­vi­ties of Palaz­zet­to Bru Zane. My exper­ti­se lies in musicology—especially music befo­re 1600 as well as from the modern era to the pre­sent day.

This dual per­spec­ti­ve shapes my work, from wri­ting pro­gram notes and press releases to deve­lo­ping com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on stra­te­gies for pre­mie­res, reper­toire rari­ties, and inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry for­mats. My back­ground in eco­no­mics sup­ports my stra­te­gic fore­sight, par­ti­cu­lar­ly in cul­tu­ral mar­ke­ting, brand deve­lo­p­ment, and audi­ence tar­ge­ting.

Musi­cal­ly roo­ted in boys’ choir and ear­ly vio­lin les­sons, a per­for­mance of Mahler’s Third Sym­pho­ny was a for­ma­ti­ve expe­ri­ence. A pivo­tal moment came with atten­ding the Ger­man pre­mie­re of Phil­ip Glass’s the CIVIL warS—an event that pro­found­ly expan­ded my view of music as a soci­al­ly impactful art form.

After com­ple­ting my musi­co­lo­gy stu­dies with a minor in eco­no­mics, I joi­n­ed Ophe­li­as Cul­tu­re PR as a trai­nee in 2018. I have stay­ed on becau­se of the rich con­tent, the varie­ty of tasks, and the joy of smart cul­tu­ral com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on.

Ulri­ke Wilckens

Net­wor­ker | Owner | Stra­te­gist

Clas­si­cal music and cul­tu­re are my pas­si­ons. Com­mu­ni­ca­ting this is a mat­ter clo­se to my heart. It was alre­a­dy important to me as a music dra­ma­tur­ge at various Ger­man thea­tres and later as a pro­duct mana­ger in the record indus­try. So it was only a small step to set up my own com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons agen­cy, as I did in the mill­en­ni­um year 2000. It is important to me to work in a small team of spe­cia­li­sed col­le­agues on an equal foo­ting. Only in this way is it pos­si­ble for me as a mana­ger to be invol­ved in each of our pro­jects with advice and ide­as.

My pri­va­te life also revol­ves around cul­tu­re: in addi­ti­on to the theat­re, con­cert halls and ope­ra hou­ses, I find art exhi­bi­ti­ons extre­me­ly rela­xing. I stu­di­ed musi­co­lo­gy, theat­re stu­dies and histo­ry at the Freie Uni­ver­si­tät Ber­lin and Lud­wig-Maxi­mi­li­ans Uni­ver­si­tät. Even today, it helps me a lot to look at cur­rent affairs and con­di­ti­ons from a his­to­ri­cal per­spec­ti­ve.

Your cont­act to Ophe­li­as Cul­tu­re PR

OPHE­LI­AS Cul­tu­re PR
Ulri­ke Wilckens – Manage­ment and owner
Johan­nis­platz 3a
D — 81667 Mün­chen
Tel:  +49 (0)89 88 950 940
letter@ophelias-pr.com
www.ophelias-pr.com