ABOUT US

LUCHS.US consists of a label and a production company. We create our own EVENTS, research new forms of presentation and develop our own soft- and hardware for visual and auditive productions. LUCHS.US also offers its KNOW-HOW to companies. All of our services are based on the creation of individual purpose statements. The artistic aspect of our work is only preserved by answering the question "WHY".

We first ask the question of meaning, because this is where we draw our artistic inspiration and motivation. The “WHY” is our key to “How we do” and “What we do”. In this way, our end product adds value and makes sense.

The purpose statement defines the deeper meaning of our projects in one sentence and thus becomes tangible.

By communicating what we believe in and what we stand for, we as a community of values create the basis for loyalty and trust.

PHILOSOPHY

Form value communities through the deeper meaning

Our society is drifting apart. We are increasingly losing the places and opportunities to exchange ideas. Spaces that enable us to experience and understand the world through the eyes of different interest groups with different opinions and views hardly exist. In this way we lose more and more the ability to tolerate, empathize and the ability to discuss. We unintentionally encourage distrust, misunderstanding, fear and anti-democratic tendencies.

Cultural institutions that serve as a mirror of society are no longer at the center of our society. Many people feel strange there.

LUCHS.US would like to counteract these trends.

We integrate. We promote communication, discussion, exchange and empathy. We believe in community. Listening to and allowing other opinions. We believe in togetherness and fight the forces that divide our society:

Isolation and loneliness, manipulation and prejudice.

TEAM

LUCHS

Sebastian Welker

Founder / innovator / artistic director

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DAS LUCHS.US NETZWERK

At the age of just 27, Sebastian Welker was Germany's youngest opera director. He directed a large number of productions at state, state and city theaters. Thanks to his many years of experience in the field of opera directing, he has on the one hand the ability to tell emotional stories creatively and artistically. On the other hand, he has the qualification to manage and implement projects in these dimensions. His enthusiasm and his imagination sweep both employees and viewers away and make his productions a unique experience.

With the newly created productions of LUCHS.US that are rich in forms, he builds spectacular bridges across genres that lead art back into the middle of society.

Our network consists of people who work in a wide variety of areas, from the film, theater, dance, musical and opera scene, from philosophy, and the visual and performing arts. LUCHS.US employs programmers, designers and technicians. Depending on the project, we bring together the required resources and the appropriate lynxes.

Linda Nicolai

Consultant to the management & public relations / creative team

After studying languages in Shanghai, Linda Nicolai studied China in Vienna and Berlin with a minor in political science. During this time she worked for a year as a studio assistant for the artist Ai Weiwei. After completing her master's degree, she worked as a social media manager for a PR agency.

Max Schröder

Sound design / composition / mixing / creative team

The Berlin DJ and producer was signed at the age of 20 with the DUATRECORDS label, which is very well known in the electronic scene, and is also part of the visionary and well-connected artist collective BIPØLAR. joined. Schröder studies musicology at Humboldt University and works as a producer and sound designer. As one of the main players in the LUCHS.US creative team, he is primarily responsible for composition, sound design and mixing and researches new forms of musical presentation in three-dimensional space.

Tim Novikov

Design/ Media-Art/ Creative Coding/ VR-/ MR-/ AR- Content Creation/ Creative-Team

Composition, visual communication and VR development. Tim Novikov is part of the LUCHS.US creative team and has lived as a freelance artist in Berlin since 2015, after studying architecture in Samara and working as an architect in Moscow. He describes himself as a media artist and is a real all-rounder. In Berlin he works as an art director, visual curator and post-producer but also as a programmer, musician and graphic designer. Since 2019 he has been the visual curator and producer for the innovative "Transmoderna Event Project" and is working on creating a virtual platform for artists.

PARTNER

Markus Zierhofer ( Composiotion)The Austrian composer for film and video game music studied classical composition and piano in Vienna and was accepted as a master's student at the Babelsberg Film University. Zierhofer is an expert in orchestral soundtracks, rousing melodies and complementary atmospheres. He contributes to LUCHS.US with his orchestral compositions and his expertise in orchestral music and sound design. — **Markus Zierhofer ( Composiotion)**
The Austrian composer for film and video game music studied classical composition and piano in Vienna and was accepted as a master's student at the Babelsberg Film University. Zierhofer is an expert in orchestral soundtracks, rousing melodies and complementary atmospheres. He contributes to LUCHS.US with his orchestral compositions and his expertise in orchestral music and sound design.

Mischa Tangian ( Composition)The composer and musician Mischa Tangian from Moscow was already a junior student of violin and piano at school at the universities of Dortmund, Münster and most recently in Cologne. From 2006 to 2012 he studied composition at the RSH Düsseldorf and graduated with honors. Since then, Tangian has worked as a successful composer, including for the German Opera and Hamburg State Opera. The founder of the Babylon ORCHESTRA enriches LUCHS.US with his extraordinary compositions and colorful soundscapes. — **Mischa Tangian ( Composition)**
The composer and musician Mischa Tangian from Moscow was already a junior student of violin and piano at school at the universities of Dortmund, Münster and most recently in Cologne. From 2006 to 2012 he studied composition at the RSH Düsseldorf and graduated with honors. Since then, Tangian has worked as a successful composer, including for the German Opera and Hamburg State Opera. The founder of the Babylon ORCHESTRA enriches LUCHS.US with his extraordinary compositions and colorful soundscapes.

Babylon ORCHESTRA The Babylon ORCHESTRA has been actively contributing to promoting musical exchange between Orient and Occident since the beginning of 2016. The idea of founding the orchestra came to them when they were looking for a very personal answer and reaction to a changing world in connection with the Syrian crisis. The musicians work together to develop their own compositions, arrangements and a lesser-known repertoire from their homeland. — **Babylon ORCHESTRA**
The Babylon ORCHESTRA has been actively contributing to promoting musical exchange between Orient and Occident since the beginning of 2016. The idea of founding the orchestra came to them when they were looking for a very personal answer and reaction to a changing world in connection with the Syrian crisis. The musicians work together to develop their own compositions, arrangements and a lesser-known repertoire from their homeland.

Francois Lambret ( Pianist)The French pianist François Lambret studied both at the Paris Conservatory and at the University of the Arts in Berlin. In 2009 he founded the Paul Klee Trio, an ensemble with which he won several international prizes, including the Audience Award of the Melbourne Competition 2009 and the first prize of the Trondheim Competition 2011. In Berlin he is in the Philharmonie in the foyer concerts, and Performed several times in the Piano Salon Christophori, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. — **Francois Lambret ( Pianist)**
The French pianist François Lambret studied both at the Paris Conservatory and at the University of the Arts in Berlin. In 2009 he founded the Paul Klee Trio, an ensemble with which he won several international prizes, including the Audience Award of the Melbourne Competition 2009 and the first prize of the Trondheim Competition 2011. In Berlin he is in the Philharmonie in the foyer concerts, and Performed several times in the Piano Salon Christophori, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician.

Moisés Horta Valenzuela (AI-Specialist)Moisés Horta Valenzuela studied audio production at the Art Institute in Pittsburg, Pensilvania and has since worked as a freelance artist and electronic musician in the fields of computer music and creative sound technologies. His specialization lies in the development of new interfaces for musical expression, immersive sound spatiality, data sonification and the integration of A.I. and machine learning for music and audio applications. For LUCHS.US he taught Y to speak using AI technology. — **Moisés Horta Valenzuela (AI-Specialist)**
Moisés Horta Valenzuela studied audio production at the Art Institute in Pittsburg, Pensilvania and has since worked as a freelance artist and electronic musician in the fields of computer music and creative sound technologies. His specialization lies in the development of new interfaces for musical expression, immersive sound spatiality, data sonification and the integration of A.I. and machine learning for music and audio applications. For LUCHS.US he taught Y to speak using AI technology.

Julia Reznik, ( Singing, Acting)Julia Reznik, born in Odessa, on the Black Sea, completed her acting studies at the HfS Ernst Busch, Berlin. She then did private vocal training with Caroline McPherson, Berlin. From 2014-2019 she was a member of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Wuppertal where she also appeared as a singer. Julia Reznik with Else Lasker-Schüler settings, as part of the Sound of the City Festival of the Wuppertal Opera. In 2020 she made her operatic debut in the role of Iris in Siegfried Wagner's “Sun Flames” in Bayreuth at the Kulturbühne Reichshof. — **Julia Reznik, ( Singing, Acting)**
Julia Reznik, born in Odessa, on the Black Sea, completed her acting studies at the HfS Ernst Busch, Berlin. She then did private vocal training with Caroline McPherson, Berlin. From 2014-2019 she was a member of the ensemble at the Schauspiel Wuppertal where she also appeared as a singer. Julia Reznik with Else Lasker-Schüler settings, as part of the Sound of the City Festival of the Wuppertal Opera. In 2020 she made her operatic debut in the role of Iris in Siegfried Wagner's “Sun Flames” in Bayreuth at the Kulturbühne Reichshof.

Tillman Jex ( Compositon, Sound-Design)Tillman Jex studied music composition at Melbourne University not only publishes his own music on the Eclectique label, but also works locally and internationally as a producer and sound designer for short films, A / V installations and virtual reality products.As studio manager and chief engineer at MONOM, Jex played a key role in the sound design for “Y”. — **Tillman Jex ( Compositon, Sound-Design)**
Tillman Jex studied music composition at Melbourne University not only publishes his own music on the Eclectique label, but also works locally and internationally as a producer and sound designer for short films, A / V installations and virtual reality products.
As studio manager and chief engineer at MONOM, Jex played a key role in the sound design for “Y”.

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