Anastasia Wolkenstein
Anastasia Wolkenstein lives and works in Regensburg. She is the owner of a booking agency for contemporary jazz, represents her artists worldwide and has twice been a member of the main jury of the German Jazz Award, which honors national and international artists. In 2023, she founded and organized the International Jazz Festival Sparks & Visions for the first time, which has been held in January at Theater Regensburg ever since and of which she is also the artistic director. She has also been the program director of the international festival Jazz&TheCity in Salzburg since 2023.
Booking
Maria Stanglmaier
Maria has been working in the cultural sector for over 20 years. For a long time she was behind the microphone herself, not singing but presenting on various radio stations. After studying theater studies and cultural and music management (MA), she made a professional stopover at the Unterfahrt jazz club before moving to the Bavarian State Opera. Maria has been back in jazz since 2024 and supports Anastasia Wolkenstein in booking, among other things.
Booking
Valentina Oefele
Valentina lives and works in Munich. In addition to her master’s degree in cultural management and her work for the Wolkenstein agency, she regularly plays woodwind instruments as a sidewoman in various jazz, pop and theater productions throughout Europe. She is also a volunteer on the board of the Bavarian Jazz Association.
Production
Bernhard Hörwick
Bernhard knows the cultural industry not only as a production manager at the Wolkenstein agency and various festivals, but also as a long-standing promoter and booker. After studying musicology in Vienna and Bremen, he worked at Handshake Booking in Berlin before returning to his home town of Augsburg, where he managed the Jazzclub Augsburg. He has been producing for Anastasia Wolkenstein since 2023 and enjoys spending the rest of his time outdoors.
