About us

We are suc­cess­ful when we make you suc­cess­ful

Opheli­as is a renowned com­mu­nic­a­tions agency spe­cial­ising in cul­tur­al cre­at­ors, fest­ivals, and insti­tu­tions with­in clas­sic­al music and per­form­ing arts. For over 20 years, we have been offer­ing com­pre­hens­ive PR and com­mu­nic­a­tion con­cepts to our diverse cli­ents. Our ser­vices encom­pass the imple­ment­a­tion, exe­cu­tion, con­trolling, and doc­u­ment­a­tion of PR meas­ures. The first step towards suc­cess­ful and sus­tain­able PR is devel­op­ing the right strategy. There­fore, we work closely with our cli­ents to define the goals of their PR and cor­por­ate com­mu­nic­a­tions.

Our com­mit­ment is hol­ist­ic­ally ori­ented. We place great import­ance on stra­tegic PR con­sult­ing, tra­di­tion­al press rela­tions, and digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion. Fur­ther­more, we advise our cli­ents on all mat­ters of mar­ket­ing, social media, con­tent man­age­ment, and mar­ket pos­i­tion­ing. Our ser­vices can be freely chosen from vari­ous mod­ules accord­ing to your needs, ran­ging from edit­or­i­al sup­port for bro­chures, web­sites, and news­let­ters to pro­ject man­age­ment for press events.

Press rela­tions, both nation­ally and inter­na­tion­ally, remain a cent­ral com­pon­ent of our work. We have an extens­ive inter­na­tion­al net­work of lead­ing media out­lets, journ­al­ists and opin­ion formers, and main­tain close exchange with key journ­al­ists.

Our team con­sists of music, theatre, and lit­er­ary schol­ars, sup­por­ted by a qual­i­fied net­work of freel­an­cers from vari­ous trades. This enables us to com­mu­nic­ate in a value-driv­en and com­pet­ent man­ner, while always keep­ing an eye on the latest devel­op­ments and trends in art and cul­ture.

At Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR, qual­ity, pro­fes­sion­al­ism, and cre­ativ­ity are para­mount. We take pride in offer­ing our cli­ents bespoke solu­tions and sup­port­ing them in enhan­cing their vis­ib­il­ity and repu­ta­tion with­in the art and cul­tur­al scene.

Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR.

Your cre­at­ive brand com­mu­nic­a­tion team.

Our com­mit­ment is hol­ist­ic­ally ori­ented. We place great import­ance on stra­tegic PR con­sult­ing, tra­di­tion­al press rela­tions, and digit­al com­mu­nic­a­tion. Fur­ther­more, we advise our cli­ents on all mat­ters of mar­ket­ing, social media, con­tent man­age­ment, and mar­ket pos­i­tion­ing. Our ser­vices can be freely chosen from vari­ous mod­ules accord­ing to your needs, ran­ging from edit­or­i­al sup­port for bro­chures, web­sites, and news­let­ters to pro­ject man­age­ment for press events.

Ferdi Beil­hardt

Late Romantic | Opera | PR Man­ager

It was in upper sec­ond­ary music classes that I first encountered Mahler’s *Das Lied von der Erde*. This opened up a world to me that I had pre­vi­ously been unaware of. After gradu­at­ing from sec­ond­ary school, I stud­ied Philo­sophy, Lit­er­ary and Cul­tur­al Stud­ies in Munich – with a par­tic­u­lar focus on late Roman­ti­cism and early Mod­ern­ism. In my engage­ment with Kant, Schopen­hauer, and Niet­z­sche, I was always par­tic­u­larly inter­ested in ways of think­ing that are inspired by music.

Since 2021, I’ve been part of Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR – ini­tially as an intern, and now as a PR Man­ager. Here I can com­bine my pas­sion for music with cre­at­ive pub­lic rela­tions: com­mu­nic­at­ing with journ­al­ists and cul­tur­al pro­fes­sion­als, or devel­op­ing tail­or-made PR con­cepts. The reg­u­lar con­cert and opera vis­its aren’t just part of the job, they’re a real priv­ilege too.

The port­fo­lio of Ophelia in par­tic­u­lar, which includes early music and Baroque oper­as, has broadened my hori­zons. I have found points of con­tact with styles and eras that were largely unknown to me before, and which have once again changed my per­spect­ive on music. It is fas­cin­at­ing how these his­tor­ic­al sound worlds are brought back to life in the present day – and how sur­pris­ing con­nec­tions between dif­fer­ent music­al tra­di­tions can always be dis­covered.

All the best, Klaus­er

Early Music | Con­tem­por­ary | PR Man­ager 

At Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR, I have been man­aging pro­jects such as Ensemble Mod­ern, Basel Sin­foni­etta, Inns­bruck Fest­iv­al of Early Music, Bayreuth Baroque Fest­iv­al, and the activ­it­ies of Palazz­etto Bru Zane as a PR Man­ager since 2019. My core strength lies in my musi­co­lo­gic­al found­a­tion – par­tic­u­larly in the field of Early Music, as well as from Mod­ern to Con­tem­por­ary.

This dual per­spect­ive also shapes my work: from writ­ing copy for pro­grammes and press releases to devel­op­ing com­mu­nic­a­tion strategies, for example for world premi­eres, rep­er­toire rar­it­ies or inter­dis­cip­lin­ary formats. My busi­ness stud­ies edu­ca­tion strengthens my stra­tegic foresight – espe­cially in mat­ters of cul­tur­al mar­ket­ing, brand iden­tity and tar­get audi­ence engage­ment.

Music­ally rooted in a boy choir and with early viol­in les­sons, a per­form­ance of Mahler’s Third was a form­at­ive exper­i­ence for me. A real turn­ing point came with the Ger­man premiere of Philip Glass’ the CIVIL WARS – a moment that decis­ively broadened my view of music as a socially impact­ful art form.

After study­ing Musi­co­logy with a minor in Eco­nom­ics, I joined Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR in 2018 – I stayed because of the sub­stant­ive depth, the vari­ety of tasks, and the enjoy­ment of intel­li­gently craf­ted cul­tur­al com­mu­nic­a­tion.

Ulrike Wil­ck­ens

Net­work­er | Own­er | Strategist 

Clas­sic­al music and cul­ture are my pas­sions. Con­vey­ing this is a mat­ter close to my heart. This was already import­ant to me as a music dram­at­ur­gist at vari­ous Ger­man theatres and later as a product man­ager in the record industry. There­fore, it was only a small step to found my own com­mu­nic­a­tions agency, as I did in the mil­len­ni­um year 2000. It is import­ant to me to work with spe­cial­ist col­leagues in a small team of equals. Only in this way is it pos­sible for me, as the lead­er, to be involved with advice and ideas on every one of our pro­jects.

Privately, cul­ture also plays a big part in my life: besides theatres, con­cert halls and opera houses, I find the utmost relax­a­tion in art exhib­i­tions. I stud­ied Music and Theatre Stud­ies and His­tory at Freie Uni­versität Ber­lin and Lud­wig Max­imili­an Uni­ver­sity. Even today, it helps me a great deal to view cur­rent events and situ­ations from a his­tor­ic­al per­spect­ive.

Your con­tact with Ophelia’s Cul­ture PR

OPHELI­AS Cul­ture PR
Ulrike Wil­ck­ens – Man­aging Dir­ect­or and Own­er
Johan­nis­platz 3a
D – 81667 Munich
Tel: +49 (0)89 88 950 940
letter@ophelias-pr.com
www.ophelias-pr.com