Philippa Allan

Philippa has worked internationally both as a performing musician and as a manager of projects and artists. She has lived in Berlin for over 20 years, returning regularly to Australia. As a violinist, she toured, recorded and performed internationally with orchestras and chamber music formations, including the Berlin Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Ever keen to venture off the beaten track, she explored contemporary classical music early on. Philippa made the move to artist management in 2007 and worked at a prominent international agency for several years and later at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, before founding Real Arts in early 2019, which was inspired by her desire to more closely connect the artistic scenes of Australia/NZ and Europe via Asia. Alongside its activities today in the realm of opera/chamber/orchestral concerts, Philippa’s company takes special interest in contemporary and improvised music, interdisciplinary projects, and listening for voices which might otherwise be missed within the confines of existing traditional structures in the music industry.