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Board of Trustees
This committee acts entirely in the spirit of the Latin verb curare: to care for and
nurture. Under the patronage of H.R.H. Michael Herzog von Württemberg, it actively
supports the sponsoring association of the Ludwigsburg Festival. On the one hand, the
circle of curators includes ambassadors, such as representatives from the fields of
culture and politics, who open doors and facilitate new contacts with idealistic and
financial supporters. On the other hand, they include art patrons who promote and make
projects possible with their annual financial contributions. The members of the Board of
Trustees support the Ludwigsburg Festival with generous donations, thus making a
significant contribution to the realization of new ideas and visions. Together they are
promoters, central impulse givers and prominent multipliers for the goals of a festival
of the arts, democracy and sustainability.
Contact
Supporting association of the Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele e.V.
Marstallstraße 5, 71634 Ludwigsburg, Germany
HRH Michael Duke of Württemberg (Patron)
Dr. Ralf Hofmann
(Chairman and Member of the Supervisory Board of Ludwigsburg Festival)
Founder, Shareholder and Chairman of the Management Board of MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
Claudia Diem
(Vice Chairwoman and Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Ludwigsburg Festival)
Ute Stihl
(Vice Chairwoman)
Lawyer
Hans Jochen Henke Honorary (Chairman)
Lawyer, former State Secretary
Helmut Nanz †
(Honorary Chairman)
Prof. Wolfgang Gönnenwein †
Former artistic director of the Ludwigsburg Festival
AmbassadorS
Steffen Bilger
Member of the German Bundestag
Dr. Ulrike Groos
Director of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Jens Kenserski
Managing Director of pulsmacher GmbH
Jürgen Kessing
Lord Mayor of the City of Bietigheim-Bissingen
Prof. Dr. Ralf Kitzberger
Lawyer
Dr. Matthias Knecht
Lord Mayor of the City of Ludwigsburg
Heiko Lebherz
Mayor of the city of Haigerloch
Peter Müller
Mayor of the municipality of Wolfegg
Ina Nolte
Head of of the Personnel, Education and Culture Department of the City of Wertheim
Petra Olschowski
Minister for Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
Prof. Thomas Schadt
Managing Director of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Christoph Schmitz
Head of the Music Department of Deutschlandfunk
Konrad Seigfried
First Mayor of the City of Ludwigsburg (retired)
Werner Spec
Lord Mayor of the City of Ludwigsburg (retired)
Matthias Wissmann
Lawyer
Sigrid Zimmerling
Managing Director of the IHK Ludwigsburg
Patrons
Senator E. h. Dr. Helmut Baur
Consul General of Malaysia
Hans-Jürgen Fink
Dr. Wolfgang Frank
Attorney at Law and Notary Public (retired)
Jochen Haller
Managing Director of the IHK Ludwigsburg (retired)
Senator h. c. Dorothea Haller-Laible
Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Baden-Württemberg
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Hartung
Chairman of the Board of
Management of Robert Bosch GmbH
Bernd Hertweck
Chairman of the Management Board of Wüstenrot Bausparkasse AG
Hanno
Höhn
Managing Director MANN+HUMMEL Germany
Florian Kaiser
Managing Director of SATA GmbH & Co. KG
Adolf Katz
Manager and owner of the bakery and confectionery Adolf KATZ
Andreas Keim
Partner EY Ernst & Young GmbH
Frank Kraaz
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of VR-Bank Ludwigsburg eG
Ulrich Kraft
Managing Director of ARTA Management für das Handwerk GmbH & Co.
Dr. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller
Chairwoman of the Managing Board of TRUMPF SE + Co. KG
Jean Samuel Lin
Sales Director Central Asia & Asia-Pacific, GOETZE KG Armaturen
Prof. Dr. Wulf D. von Lucius
Brigitte Mahle
Lutz Meschke
Vice Chairman of the Board of Management and Member of the Board of Management Finance and IT of Dr. Ing. h. c.F. Porsche AG
Helmut Cornelius Nanz
Managing Director of Nanz Stiftung & Co KG
Ralf Pöndl
Heinrich Schmid GmbH & Co KG
Joachim E. Schielke
Chairman of the Management Board of the Wüstenrot Stiftung
Dr. Heinz-Werner Schulte
Chairman of the Management Board of Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg
Michael Traub
Chairman of the Executive Board of Stihl AG & Co. KG
Gerhard Ulmer
Publisher at Ungeheuer & Ulmer KG GmbH & Co.
Andreas Veit
Managing Director Wohnungsbau Ludwigsburg GmbH
H.S.H. Johannes Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg and Waldsee
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. habil. Philip H. Zeplin MHBA
Managing Director and Medical Director of Schlosspark Klinik Ludwigsburg GmbH & Co. KG
Marc Zimmermann
Managing Director of MHP Management- und IT-Beratung GmbH
Foundations
Funding by the federal government through a one-time grant
- Fest Spiel Ouvertüre
- Generation Zukunft Musik
- Babylon Orchestra Echoes
- 17 Ziele Camp
- Israel Galván Sacre
- Pina Bausch Vollmond
- Azmeh Brooklyn Rider
- H-Moll Messe Bach
- Benjamin Appl Residenz
- Vision String Quartet
The Ruprecht Foundation supports the following projects in 2023
- Discounted Tickets for Festspielgäste in Ausbildung
- Fest Spiel Ouvertüre
- Monrepos Open Air
The Wüstenrot Foundation supports the following projects in 2023
- Lisa Batiashvili Citylights
- Israel Galván Sacre
- David Fray Bach
- Hannigan Strauss Poulenc
- Carlo Vistoli Vivaldi
- Alexandre Kantorow Klavier
- Herreweghe Collegium Vocale
The Heidehof Foundation supports the following projects in 2023
- Mini Mal Mut
The Foundation for Art, Culture and Education of the KSK Ludwigsburg supports the following projects in 2023
- Benjamin Appl Residenz
The Baden-Württemberg Stiftung will fund the following projects in 2023
- Hannigan Strauss Poulenc
The Berthold Leibinger Stiftung sponsors the Ludwigsburg Festival in 2023
Municipal partners
Media partners
Regional partners