Fabienne Krause is managing director of Classical:NEXT - the biggest international professionals' meeting dedicated to classical and art music, with 1,400+ artists, managers, presenters, orchestras, labels, educators, press, media, publishers and more. Since the first edition in 2012, she has developed this networking event with a focus on the future of the genre. Over the years, around 7,000 professionals from 3,500 companies from 65 countries have joined Classical:NEXT and made it the largest international gathering and platform for classical and art music.
Fabienne has been part of the team at Piranha Arts for 14 years. Piranha Arts is an independent Berlin-based creative company that has been organising cultural events since 1987. From 2022 to 2023, she was Managing Director of Piranha Arts, before leading Classical:NEXT as an independent Company. She holds a master's degree in musicology, philosophy and sociology.