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Jovanka v. Wilsdorf, artist coach, creative consultant, and musician, is an expert in the fields of artificial intelligence in music creation and artist development. She is the initiator of the DIANA AI Song Contest and the Female* Producer Prize and gives forward-looking impulses to international careers as a public speaker.

Before signing with BMG Rights Management as a songwriter and sub-publisher, Jovanka v. Wilsdorf toured Europe with her band QUARKS and released five albums on Sony Music and Monika Enterprise. She has played leading roles at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, written advertising copy for brands such as Edeka, Melitta, Adidas, and Coca-Cola, and is the author of the book “Gequälte Brötchen,” published by Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf.

Various

• Jury activities, e.g., VIA Awards, ZKM Giga-Hertz Award, Female* Producer Prize, 2020-2023+
• Guest lecturer at Macromedia, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin 2019
  and Institute of Music, Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences. 2021/22
• Board member of Music Women*Germany 2020-2022
• Concept & Performance Music/Art project „Found in Translation“ working on the intersection of artificial intelligence and human emotions – with Bison Rouge (Cello, vocals) 2021/22 +
• Speaker, e.g., at SXSW, MUTEK Montreal, TOA, ByLarm Oslo, SALZ21, Karajan Music Tech Salzburg, c/o Pop Cologne, PopKultur Berlin

HYPE Award, University Hannover
for Sustained Commitment to Young Professional Support

Female*Producer Prize / Initiator (2nd edition)
In collaboration with Sony Music, MW*G and Female*Producer Collective
Supported by Reeperbahnfestival / BKM

DIANA AI Song Contest / Initiator (3rd edition)
Conception / Moderation / Co-Production
Presented by Cologne Music Week, supported by Initiative Musik

Keynotes, Masterclasses e.g.
Topics: “Creative use of AI in Music” and “NFT for artists.”
Karajan MuTech Conference (Salzburg),  c/o Pop Festival (Cologne), UN´s AI for good Global Summit – ROBOT ROADSHOW mit Hanson Robotics (Geneva), ByLarm Festival (Oslo)

Topics: “Artist Profiling” and “The Dance with Chaos & Control”
at the University of New Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore for LWDTT

Artist Profiling and Coaching e.g.
For Musicboard Berlin / Deutsche Opera (Hinterhalt) 2019-2023

Jury member
VIA Awards, ZKM Giga-Hertz Award, Female*Producer Prize, DIANA AI Song Contest

Initiator of the Female*Music Producer Price
In collaboration with Sony Music, Ableton und Thomann
for Music Women* Germany, funded by the BKM

Art / Performance FOUND IN TRANSLATION #2
AI Emotion Tracker meets classical musicians and AI Art.
Commissioned work for the PopArt Festival, Berlin.

DIANA AI Song Contest & Preisverleihung (3. Ausgabe)
Initiator / Moderator/ Co-Producer
– Live @ Cologne Music Week

Lectures, Consulting, Workshops
on the topics of Metaverse, Music AI, VR and NFT for artists
Among others at Karajan MuTech Conference, Classical:NEXT, c/o Pop Festival

Artist Profiling and Coaching
for the Musicboard Berlin (4th Year)

Jurymitglied VIA Awards
Categorie: Best experiment.

DIANA AI Song Contest & Award Ceremony
– Live at Cologne Music Week: Moderator and Co prod.
– Film documentary for the AI and Music S+T+ARTS festival, Barcelona

Art / Performance: FOUND IN TRANSLATION
AI meets human emotion meets classical Musicians.
Created for Most Wanted: Music Festival, Berlin

Keynotes / Speaker
– Culture Conference BVMI (Federal Association of the Music Industry)
– Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg
– Zukunft Pop Conference, Pop Academy Baden Württemberg
– c/o Pop Convention, Cologne – Hellerau, European Centre of the Arts, Dresden
– PopKultur Festival, Berlin – Music Business Summer School, Hamburg – i.e.

Artist Coach / Artist Profiling
– Musicboard Berlin
– Musicboard / Deutsche Oper collaboration: “Aus dem Hinterhalt”
– Music Pool Berlin – Private Clients

Lectureship
Pop ensemble, summer and winter semester 2021.
– University of Applied Science, Osnabrück

Board member
– Music Women* Germany

Education / Studies
– Metaverse, VR Avatar and Space creation, NFT

Concept / Moderation / Co-production
DIANA AI Song Contest & Award show @ c/oPop Festival xoxo

Artist-Coach
– Musicboard Berlin
– Music Pool Berlin – Private Clients

Speaker ( selection)
Topics: AI & music composing/ Creative writing /Artist career mapping
– ELEVATE Graz – SXSW Texas – KARAJAN MTC Salzburg –  MUTEK Montreal
– REEPERBAHN Festival Hamburg

Songwriting / Consulting (Selection)
– Jasmin Wagner –  Sotiria – Anna Loos – Jay Alexander

Advertising
– Coca-Cola Campaign adaption for Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Board member
– Music Women* Germany

Enhanced publishing contract
– BMG Rights Management / Song Edition JOKASONG

European Songwriting Award (ESA)
Categorie:Open (mit F. Türkuglu.)

Artist-Coach
– Musicboard Berlin
– Music Pool Berlin

Mentor
– VUT Music Industry Women Mentoring Programm

Certificates
– Systemic Coach/ Practitioner
– Trainer: Course design / Learning Psychologie

Workshops & Masterclasses
Topics: AI & Creativity/ Songwriting /Artist Career Mapping
– Popkultur Berlin – Co Pop Köln – MusicByWomen Munich – RockCity Hamburg
– Speaker for We Are Europe

Moderator
– AR & Pop Culture @BMC Berlin
– Women In The Music Industry @ MyCampus Berlin

Lecturer
Topic: Moder Artist Management
– Macromedia, University of Applied Sciences

Songwritings
– Various Universal Music artists

Speaker ( Selection)
Topics: AI in Music Composition / Creative writing / Artist Career Mapping
– Most Wanted: Music – Pop-Kultur Berlin – German Song Convention – WeMakeWaves
– Music Pool Berlin, Berlin Music Commission

Lecturer
Topic: Modern Artist Management
– Macromedia, University of Applied Sciences

Advertising
– Edeka
– Eucerin
– Melitta

German Song Awards GSA
– 2016 category “German Song Lyrics”
– 2017  category „Pop for kids”

Advertising
– Adidas
– Edeka

Co-Producer, Songwriter, Consultant
– Universal Music, Project „2VonMillionen“
Collaboration with the producers‘ Andy Chatterley /Alex Silva / Robert Koch 

Artist Coach @ Music Pool Berlin

Songwriter @ BMG Rights Management + Subdivision JOKASONG.
– Tim Bendzko – Annette Humpe – Die Prinzen – Johannes Oerding – Henning Wehland
– Monar – Mary Roos – Howard Carpendale and others.
Artist Consulting: Felix Räuber (Polarkreis 18) –  Nicola Rost (Laing) – Jonas Monar – Malonda

Songwriter at Sony ATV subdivision JOKAMUSIC

Bassplayer „New Prohibition Band“
– Album rec. – Tour England  – Tour Germany

2006

Book Author
“Gequälte Brötchen” – Schwarzkopf&Schwarzkopf.
Illustrated by Chrish Klose. Features in various renowned magazines,
incl Book of the week in STERN, reading tour throughout Germany

1999 – 2006

Songwriter, Singer, Guitarist, and Producer with QUARKS 
(Indi-electronic Band with Niels Lorenz): Three CD and two EP releases on Monika Enterprise, two CD releases on Sony Music. European touring, various songs for movies, Live performance on Vietnam’s biggest TV Show, “Green Garden” (42 million viewers)

2005

Founding and building the “Popschutz” recording studio in Berlin

2000 – 2003

Leading actress @ Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
“Schwanengesang” (T. Moskow), with Samuel Fintzi, Checkpoint Charly (Utzerath) and “Heinrich Heine Von Tot An Rückwärts Liebeskrank“ (Bargeld / Haage)

Songwriting for Soundtracks in collaboration with the producers’ Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil for “Winterschläfer” (Tykwer), “Meschugge” (Levi/ Schrader), “Liebe Deine Nächste” (Buck). With Moser Meyer Döring for  “Alaska.de” by Esther Groneborn.