Who we are - polaris artist management

Susanne Grainer

founder and CEO

Law degree from the University of Vienna; specializing in cultural and co-operative law.

Several years of experience working with artist agencies as tour manager; tours with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna, Vienna Boys Choir, Seefestspiele Mörbisch, and many more.

Several years of experience working at a media company (various CD labels and a sheet music publishing division), responsible for CD production, PR work and national and international distribution network.

Guest lecturer and author several music universities in the German speaking area, e.g. the mdw - University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna (copyright, contracts- and fee negotiations, event law and other legal topics connected to the classical music scene)

Currently Head of the department Live-Performances at the Austrian Collecting Society AKM.

Spent considerable time abroad, including:
- Spain, working at the Festival Música Mallorca
- USA, working at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York
- New Zealand, studying and living

In 2017 Susanne founded polaris artist management, a platform for innovative artists in the broader Classical Music Genre.