About us

Rembert Biemond was born 1958 in the Netherlands. After completing a bachelor's degree in economics at Erasmus University Rotterdam and a masters in management and organisation at Groningen University, he was the manager of a college in his home country from 1983-1987. From 1987-1997 Rembert worked at the Goetheanum, Dornach, among other things as the executive director of the Goetheanum Bühne. In 1997 he started Biemond & Partners Basel, Agents & Consultants under the roof of which PASS, Performing Art ServiceS, the predecessor to CULTURESCAPES was founded. Rembert was managing partner at Unternehmen Mitte, Basel and from 2002-2009 CEO of Lehmann Natur, Mönchengladbach.

Since 2010, Rembert is living in Järna, Sweden with his wife and two children, where he is working as a cultural entrepreneur. At Kulturcentrum Järna he initiated a large-scale exhibition tetralogy under the title ‹See! Colour!›, which included vast light instalations by the american artist James Turrell.

He retains his ties to Switzerland as a board member of the Edith Maryon foundation, the Ackermannshof AG, the Evidenz foundation, as well as the Pro Denkbilder association and as co-founder and founding president of CULTURESCAPES.

Born 1950 in Basel, Dr. André Baltensberger holds a PhD in Musicology and Economics. He was principal at the Music Academy Basel as well as delegate for the music colleges in the directorate of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland. Before this he had been working as business economist in the printing industry and later took up a post as a reserach assistant at the Paul Sacher-Foundation in Basel. For ten years he was the general secretary at the conference of the cantonal governments in Bern as well as director of the Swiss Foundation for Federal Collaboration in Solothurn. 

The focus of his work, next to questions relating to federal government, are music of the 20th century, choruses, tropes and sequences in the High Middle Ages as well as the music history of the renaissance era. He obtained his PhD in 1987, his thesis focussing on the French-Grecian composer Iannis Xenakis. He also is a trained pianist, harpsichord player and vocalist. He is married, has one son and lives in Riehen near Basel.

Dipl. Ing. (Industrial Engineer)

Born in Dresden in 1943, Michael moved to Basel in1989 after previously living in Zürich and Berlin.

Michael graduated in Technology and Business Administration from the Technical University Berlin and subsequently worked as a director of studies and an assistant lecturer, as well as a consultant and a manager, initially at GDI Rüschlikon and then at the WWZ Forum of the University of Basel. He is currently course coordinator und director of an MBA programme at the University of Basel.

Born in Mannheim in 1975, Christian has lived in Switzerland since 2002. He studied Art History and History in Lausanne, Vienna, Lille and Heidelberg and has a PhD in Art History.

Curator for precious metal and ceramics of modern times at the Swiss National Museum as well as employee and program curator at Neues Kino Basel. President of Keramikfreunde der Schweiz and member of the Committee of Experts of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland. He previously worked at museums in Neuchâtel, Basel, Lausanne, Strasbourg, Vienna and Lille.

Publications on «L’argenterie Lausannoise» (2007), «Basler Goldschmiedekunst» (2013 und 2014) und «Prêt à porter. L'histoire du sac plastique et papier en Suisse» (2016).

Born 1960 in Bern, Daniela Settelen-Trees has lived in Basel since 1989. After her studies of art history in Bern, Basel and Munich, worked as an art historian in museums, galeries and foundations.

Since 2008 she is the directior of the GGG Atelierhaus in Basel, among other mandates in cultural management, and has published several art books.

Born in Reutlingen (Germany). Working for CULTURESCAPES since 2012.

Studied diploma pedagogy and empirical cultural sciences at the University of Tübingen. Focal points: Youth cultures and sociology of culture; master's degree in public cultural work and cultural management at the PH Ludwigsburg. Focal points: Theatre studies, cultural sociology and politics; marketing.

From 1998 to 2011 at Burghof Lörrach GmbH; until 2004 as head of the cultural office, from 2005 as second managing director; in this position, among other things, responsible for the programming of the season; many years of organisational management of the STIMMEN festival.

Prior to this: freelance project management in the cultural sector; assistant director at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart.

Current: Further training as an organizational psychologist.

Born in Mainz (Germany) in 1979. Benita has been working for CULTURESCAPES in Basel since 2012.

She studied Cultural Studies, Aesthetics and Applied Arts in the specialist subjects music, visual arts, cultural management and education at the University of Hildesheim in Germany.

Before and during her studies Benita was musically active as an accompanist und chamber musician. Her artistic activities include painting and prints.

She has worked seasonally for various festivals since 2004: From 2008 - 2009 in the management team of the des NDR choir; from 2009 - 2010 in the management team of the Choir Academy of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festivals; and from March 2010 and June 2012 at the Artistic Operations Office and for "Music Festivals in the Countryside" as part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival. 

Born in Bitola / Yugoslavia in 1971. Tatjana has lived in Basel since 1996 and worked for CULTURESCAPES since 2011.  

Tatjana studied Croatian and Southern Slavic Philology at the University of Zagreb as well as Russian and Germanic Languages, Literature and Linguistics at the University of Basel.

She has been working as a Russian teacher at secondary schools in Basel since 2001. Between 2004 and 2009, she was a scientific assistant for literature and media science at the University of Basel and has been an editor for Croatian/Serbian at the Slavish Seminar of the University of Basel since 2003. As a member of the Osteuropa-Forum Basel, she has been head of the working group "Film" since 2005 and helps organise events in cooperation with various cultural institutions in Switzerland. Tatjana also freelances as a translator/interpreter for Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian/Macedonian. 

Born 1984 in Lenzburg. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2012.

Studied Russian and German at the University of Lausanne. Two-country master in intercultural relations with specialization in German-Russian literature transfers in Freiburg (Germany) and Moscow (Russia). 

Extended work, study and travel related stays in Russia. Internship experience at the Goethe-Institut and at the German Embassy in Moscow, translation work and own contributions to "Käsekünstler", "Kommunisten"; Forty Russian-Swiss life stories from four centuries (2009). Last position as cultural coordinator in the cultural department of the UNO Geneva.

Born in Schopfheim (Germany) in 1976. Alexa joined CULTURESCAPES in 2012.

She studied International Culture Management in Freiburg before travelling through South America and Asia.

Alexa was responsible for communication and events at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein from 2000 to 2009. She subsequently worked as a PR specialist at the Burghof Lörrach and for the STIMMEN-Festival. Since 2014 she is the co-director of KlangBasel music festival.

Born in Basel in 1965. Works for CULTURESCAPES since 2008.

Thomas worked at Kaserne Basel until 2001 before becoming a self-employed light and sound technician for various companies, such as Biennale Bern, Anna Huber Company, Christoph Marthaler, and was the technical director of the Music Festival Bern.