Franz Patay

Franz Patay (* 1961 in Vienna ) is an Austrian art and culture manager and former rector of the Music and Art University of the City of Vienna . Since October 2016 he has been the managing director of the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien .

Life

From October 1994 to February 2017, the doctor of law was General Secretary and Managing Director of IMZ - Internationales Musik + Medien Zentrum Wien . From February 2014 to August 2018 he held the post of Rector of the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna . In 2015, under his leadership, the name of the former Conservatory Vienna Private University was changed to the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna. In June 2018 it was announced that Andreas Mailath-Pokorny would succeed him as Rector of the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna in September 2018. In October 2016 he was appointed managing director of the United Bühnen Wien . Franz Patay is married and has one daughter.

education

As the son of a musical family, his father Georg was violist with the Vienna Philharmonic for over 40 years , Franz Patay experienced early advancement of his interests. After graduating from high school, he began studying law at the University of Vienna . In January 1986 Franz Patay received his doctorate in law. At the same time he studied cultural management at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna .

Professional background

Management in university operations

Franz Patay was appointed deputy director of the rectorate (administrative director) of the then University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in 1987 . His area of ​​responsibility in this function, which he held until 1994, was mainly the legal and organizational support of the university; The focus of his work was on the departments of solo singing and musical dramatic representation, film and television, as well as acting and directing ( Max Reinhardt Seminar ). Twenty years later, when he was appointed Managing Director of the Konservatorium Wien GmbH on February 1, 2014, Patay took over the role of Rector of the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny will succeed him in September 2018 .

Networker in the international music and media business

Since 1994, Franz Patay has been General Secretary of the IMZ - Internationales Musik + Medien Zentrum Wien (IMZ), an international non-profit organization founded in 1961 by Wilfried Scheib under the auspices of UNESCO .

Organization of major cultural projects

Franz Patay's profile as a cultural manager is shaped by the large number and variety of individual projects in the context of major international cultural events. In addition to Peter Marboe as artistic director, Patay was responsible for the entire coordination and handling of the Vienna Mozart Year 2006 as commercial director . Together with Walter Reicher, Franz Patay was appointed to the management of the Haydn Year 2009, in which position he was responsible for financial planning and program coordination.

Kunsthalle and Kunst Haus Wien

Another important station in the professional career was the restructuring of the Kunsthalle Wien . In 2012, Patay took over its management and became the founding managing director of Kunsthalle Wien GmbH. From 2007 until his appointment as Rector of the Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna in 2014, he was also the managing director and director of the Kunst Haus Wien . Major exhibitions were shown under his direction, including by Annie Leibovitz , René Burri , HR Giger and Saul Leiter . For the opening of a retrospective on the late photographer Linda McCartney , Paul McCartney was invited to the Kunst Haus Wien in 2013 by Patay.

United stages Vienna

In October 2016 it was announced that Franz Patay will succeed Thomas Drozda as Managing Director of the United Bühnen Wien , who had previously changed to the Federal Government as Minister of Culture. In parallel to the management of VBW , Patay was also available in his previous role as Rector of MUK until August 2018 .

Other activities

Franz Patay has been a member of the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, New York, responsible for the International Emmy Awards , since 2000 . Various teaching assignments and guest lectures took him to the International Center for Culture & Management (ICCM) in Salzburg. In addition, Patay was on the board of the International Music Council at UNESCO in Paris for six years and chaired the board of trustees of the Austrian Music Council (ÖMR) for two years. Paul Hertel was elected as his successor in the ÖMR . In May 2016, Patay was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Alban Berg Foundation. Also in 2016, Patay was appointed to succeed Thomas Drozda in the general assembly of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra .

Awards

On June 12, 2014, Franz Patay was awarded the professional title of professor by resolution of the Austrian Federal President . Elisabeth Freismuth gave the laudation .

Web links

Commons : Franz Patay  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website Music and Art Private University of the City of Vienna
• Website IMZ Austria

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ http://www.muk.ac.at/presse/pressemommunikations/pressemeldung-details/neuer-name-fuer-die-konsuni-musik-und-kunst-privatuniversitaet-der-stadt-wien-kurz-muk.html
3. ↑ orf.at: Mailath-Pokorny becomes MUK rector . Article dated June 28, 2018, accessed June 28, 2018.
4. ^ United stages: Franz Patay becomes the new boss. In: wien.orf.at. October 3, 2016, accessed November 30, 2017 . 
5. ↑ https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/orchester/philharmonisches-tagebuch/year/2004/blogitemid/688/cid/5/page/1/pagesize/20
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7. ↑ http://www.muk.ac.at/presse/pressemommunikations/pressemeldung-details/andreas-mailath-pokorny-wird-neuer-rektor-der-muk.html
8. ↑ http://www.vienna.at/kunsthaus-wien-franz-patay-wird-neuer-geschaeftsfuehrer/news-20070925-10244612
9. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ^ Franz Patay becomes managing director of the Haydn year. In: derStandard.at. December 27, 2007, accessed December 19, 2017 . 
11. ↑ The cleaner has to be quick. In: DiePresse.com. December 2, 2011, accessed January 26, 2018 . 
12. ^ Franz Patay becomes the new managing director at the Kunsthaus Wien. In: derStandard.at. October 2, 2007, accessed December 19, 2017 . 
13. ↑ http://www.news.at/a/paul-mccartney-eroeffnet-ausstellung-in-wien
14. ↑ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20161003_OTS0040/wien-holding-franz-patay-ist-neuer-vbw-chef
15. ↑ Emmy Awards: A touch of Hollywood wafted through Vienna. In: kurier.at. September 6, 2013, accessed December 28, 2017 . 
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17. ↑ http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20160616_OTS0053/franz-patay-nachhaben-von-thomas-drozda-in-der-trägererversammlung-der-wiener-symphoniker
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