Team

We represent some of the finest vocalists, conductors and instrumentalists, and we collaborate with renowned orchestras, venues, festivals, record labels and many other partners in the classical music industry, all over the world.

MICHAEL KOCYAN
born in Munich, received an early musical training as a member of the famous Tölz Boys’ Choir (Tölzer Knabenchor) where he performed in magnificent concert venues around the world and encountered eminent artists such as Carl Orff, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan, Claudio Abbado, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt.
Following his abitur, Michael studied law and musicology at the LMU in Munich.
After assistant positions with Colbert Artists Management in New York and Künstlersekretariat am Gasteig in Munich, he eventually decided to start his own agency in 2003.

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Michael Kocyan (left) with Matthias Goerne and Daniil Trifonov at Carnegie Hall, March 6, 2018

STEFAN HAHN
born in Bayreuth, studied architecture in Munich. Upon becoming early on Margaret Price’s indispensable assistant, he quickly established himself in the international music scene. He has been working as an associate at Artist Management Augstein & Hahn and, since a couple of years, as an assistant artist manager for Kocyan Artists Management as well.

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Stefan Hahn, Interview mit dem BR, Musikfest Kreuth 2018

NIKOLAUS PLATE
studied sociology in Hamburg, and supports our team mainly as a personal assistant to our busy singer Matthias Goerne. Beside this demanding job, he still finds time to play the cello at a semi-professional chamber orchestra in Hamburg.