Emmanuel
Witzthum

Emmanuel combines work as composer, artistic director and creator of artistic digital experiences. He currently serves as Artistic director for the Israeli / Palestinian culture house "FeelBeit" in Jerusalem and as the curator of the creative resident program at the ZEISS Innovation hub at KIT.

His main focus over the past eight years as artist and artistic director has been to develop artistic platforms and frameworks that foster shared spaces of equality, representation and trust between Israelis and Palestinians on a local level and to tackle polarization on a broader level. He co-leads a team of Israelis and Palestinians who seek to dissolve boundaries between people through the arts, using the arts to engage in meaningful conversations and prototype a shared future.

He has created artistic collaborations with partners such as Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt; IRCAM; Google; The Guggenheim; The Alvin Ailey Dance Company; Enjoy Jazz Festival; The Future en Seine Festival; The Matadero; The Jewish Culture Festival, Krakow; The Jewish Museum, Berlin; The Pacific North Western Ballet; The ZKM and ZEISS amongst others.

He has performed as violist with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra in NYC, The Berlin Staatskapelle, Ensemble Intercontemporain amongst others. He has recorded for Deutsche Grammophon under Pierre Boulez with Ensemble Intercontemporain.

He is a consultant and lecturer on such topics as — transformation processes in the arts and strategic business development in the arts in the 21st century.