Rolf Bolwin

Rolf Bolwin (born July 5, 1950 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German lawyer and was the managing director of the German Stage Association for 25 years .

Life

Rolf Bolwin studied law, political science and history at the University of Bonn and initially worked as a lawyer in Bonn. From 1982 to 1991 he worked in the legal department of Deutschlandfunk in Cologne, most recently as head of the legal department. At that time, his areas of expertise included copyright and labor and collective bargaining law .

From January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2016, he was Managing Director and Chairman of the German Stage Association. In this role, Rolf Bolwin played a key role on the employer's side in shaping the collective bargaining agreements for the artistic staff of the theaters and orchestras. He successfully brought the reform of these collective agreements and the set of rules concluded with the Verband Deutscher Bühnen- und Medienverlage, which regulates the performance rights of theaters, to a conclusion. With numerous publications he has also participated in the public debate about the future structure of state and city theaters in recent years. Bolwin is one of the initiators of the German Theater Prize DER FAUST , together with the former presidents of the German Stage Association Jürgen Flimm and Klaus Zehelein . In 2014, at his instigation, the artistic diversity of the German theater and orchestra landscape was included in the German list of intangible cultural heritage . Bolwin is also committed to culture at the European level, above all in the employer organization for theaters and orchestras, PEARLE *, where he was last re-elected as its president for two years in 2015. Since January 1, 2017, Rolf Bolwin has continued to work in the field of culture as a journalist, politician and, also as a lawyer, in an advisory capacity. With stadtpunkt-kultur.de he runs the office for culture and the arts. He is also the editor of the commentary on stage and orchestral law published by Decker-Verlag and has various teaching assignments.

voluntary work

• Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Artists' Social Insurance Fund for the exploitation side
• Member of the Chamber Council of the Bavarian Supply Chamber
• Member of the board of directors and the working committee of the pension fund of the German theaters and the pension fund of the German cultural orchestras
• Member of the Executive Committee for the Executive Master in Arts Administration at the University of Zurich

Web links

• Südwest Presse (December 24, 2015), singing and playing against terror and xenophobia
• Deutschlandfunk (June 14, 2014), directors fear free trade agreements
• Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft, Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen III / 2009, budget security and voluntary culture using the example of NRW (PDF file)
• The new EU copyright law and its significance for theaters and orchestras (May 22, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rolf Bolwin leaves the stage : Weser Kurier from December 16, 2016 (accessed on January 3, 2017)
2. ↑ 25 years of crisis management: Rolf Bolwin resigns Interview in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger on December 16, 2016 (accessed on January 3, 2017)
3. ↑ Die Deutsche Bühne 12/2016, Sometimes only art can help ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2017 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. (accessed on January 6, 2017) 
4. ↑ Bonner General-Anzeiger (December 20, 2016), We can afford culture (accessed on January 6, 2017)
5. ↑ Shz.de (January 2nd, 2017), Rolf Bolwin - Die Stimmer der Deutschen Theater (accessed January 6, 2017)
6. ↑ WDR (December 22, 2016), end of a term of office (accessed on January 6, 2017)
7. ↑ SWR (December 27, 2016), The legitimation debate has become sharper (accessed on January 6, 2017)