Peter Kowatsch

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Peter Kowatsch (* 1965 in Wels ) is an Austrian freelance artist , cultural manager and artistic director .

Life

After attending the commercial academy in Wels, which Kowatsch graduated with the Matura , he completed training in classical pantomime in Vienna.

In 1986 he was involved in founding the theater “Die Menschen”, in which he was a member of the ensemble until 1990 . In 1991 he and a partner founded the pantomime performance duo "Plus Minus Pantomime in Perfektion" and performed at the Theater an der Wien , Raimundtheater , Ronacher , the Wiener Stadthalle , the Museumsquartier Wien , Wiener Metropol , Theater Akzent , and Landestheater Linz or in the Bregenz Festival Hall .

Engagements have taken him and his partner to Amsterdam , Berlin , Dubai , Copenhagen , Lisbon , London , Los Angeles , Madrid , Milan , Montreal , Moscow , New York , Paris , Shanghai , Stockholm , Toronto , Venice and Zurich .

In 2006, Kowatsch founded the “Kulturverein WAKS” and has been the organizer and director of the annual “Welser Arkadenhof Culture Summer” ever since.

Political functions

  • 2010: Member of the advisory board in the Upper Austrian cultural advisory board
  • 2011: Deputy chairman of the cultural advisory board of the city of Wels
  • 2013: Chairman of the advisory board in the Upper Austrian regional cultural advisory board

Prizes and awards

  • 2008: “Lederer Award” Art / Catfish category
  • 2009: “Praktiker Award” - special merits for a flourishing catfish
  • 2010: Culture medal of the city of Wels in gold
  • 2015: Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website "Plus Minus Pantomime in Perfection", accessed on July 6, 2014
  2. ↑ Business directory accessed on July 6, 2014
  3. ^ Wels cultural advisory board - entry via Peter Kowatsch accessed on July 6, 2014
  4. ↑ WAKS website accessed on July 6, 2014
  5. ↑ Official Journal of the City of Wels of September 20, 2010, page 10  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 6, 2014@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wels.at  
  6. ^ Province of Upper Austria - Governor Pühringer presented cultural medals and appointments to new cultural consultants
personal data
SURNAME Kowatsch, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist, cultural manager and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH catfish