About Us
Blue Danube Musik Impressario
Welcome to Blue Danube Musik Impresario, where we make every effort to orchestrate your musical and performance excellence!
Since our coming into being in 2001, first as an American company named Blue Danube Productions and later on, since 2005, as an Austrian company based in Vienna, Blue Danube Musik Impresario has been committed to producing high quality artistic events by creating opportunities for classical artists to either have their works staged, performed, or recorded or to further develop their craft. Under the motto ‘Orchestrating Music and Performance Excellence’ we strongly believe that multicultural exchanges are an important ingredient that enhance the artistic excellence. Our productions reflect this belief and are rich international environments where everyone can learn, grow and become in some way more prosperous.
The business owners, artists themselves, understand our customers’ needs in today’s complex business environment and are therefore well-equipped to assist them. Our events are mostly based in Europe, in countries such as Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, while our customers and partners come from all over the world.
We produce, among others:
- Live concerts with highly professional orchestras in major European cities
- Studio recordings. Composers can have their works recorded by top professional orchestras in major European cities
- Video recordings
- Film music. More and more, film composers or film production companies are contacting us for recordings with Eastern European Orchestras
- Opera and ballet staging opportunities
- Central and Eastern European Orchestras for international tours
- Rehearsal projects for conductors, with or without coaching. Rehearse with a top Central European Orchestra with your selection of repertoire and size of orchestra with professional level video and audio recording;
- Professional development opportunities for conductors, singers and instrumentalists
- Portal to record labels for production and distribution of recorded music
- Orchestral and operatic conducting masterclasses culminating in public performance
Anthony Armore
Born into an Italian-American family near New York City, general manager and director of Blue Danube Violins GmbH, Anthony Armore, has a background as a violinist, orchestral and operatic conductor, and business owner. He first established Blue Danube Violins on the west coast of the United States (San Francisco & Portland) in the late 1990s by making and developing contacts with important violin and bow makers in Central and Eastern Europe. Later, after he took up residence in Europe, Blue Danube Violins GmbH was established in Vienna, where access to the region’s instruments, makers, and materials is ideal for the world market. Mr. Armore also has long experience as a teacher of violin and stringed instruments, working with students, children and adults of all ages, both privately and in private and public schools.
Elena Platon
Elena Platon was born in the Republic of Moldova and at the age of 15 moved to Romania, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Master’s Degree in European Business Law. She later worked as a legal advisor and human resources manager in one of Romania’s leading opera houses, where she had the opportunity to gain a valuable and thorough insight into the world of classical music and an appreciation for the world of opera. Her collaboration with Blue Danube Musik Impresario begun during the time she was in Romania and in 2005, after moving to Vienna, she dedicated herself more and more to developing the business and building her own artistic carrier.
She now successfully combines her acting jobs in films with her business activities. Additionally, she is a certified yoga teacher and loves to use the yoga tools and knowledge and meditation techniques to help artists overcome their limitations.
