Hannes Tschürtz founded Ink Music in Vienna, a company that has been a successful label and publishing house for over 20 years, focussing on artists and career development. For its artists and work, it won numerous national and international awards over the years. Besides, Hannes helped create different educational and training programmes for music professionals (-to-be) at home and abroad. He advocated building better, more sustainable environments for younger artists and music entrepreneurs. He is an Advisor for the Austrian Music Fund and holds a seat on the Austrian IFPI board; he writes music business-related articles for magazines and papers, enjoys taking a look at the bigger picture, and writes creative culture-related articles for magazines and papers. Hannes is also co-owner of a ticketing start-up (NTRY Ticketing), strikes way too many dad jokes and loves dogs.
