CICERONE MANAGEMENT
Irma de Jong
Managing director and founder of Cicerone Music & Art
Irma is an established Senior Cultural Entrepreneur who has worked in the classical music field for more than 30 years and has collaborated with many renowned artists and orchestras. As a project manager, she worked on various cultural projects, such as violin competitions, art exhibitions and events, and classical music festivals. Irma is also involved in e-learning and manages iClassical Academy. She holds a Business diploma from Hanze College Zwolle. She studied and received her certificates in linguistics and musicology at the Open University Heerlen (the Netherlands) and obtained her Public Relations and Marketing diploma at the Dutch Institution for Marketing (NIMA).
Gianriccardo Pera
Producer, director, documentary maker, and scriptwriter
Worked as a director for Mediaset TV Italy and collaborated with renowned guests and artists, such as Riccardo Muti, Paolo Limiti, and Annie Lennox. He produced entertainment shows for RAI TV and theatres, for instance, "Notorious", a Rock/Opera show. He is the Music Video Director of an online music video platform offering master classes for advanced classical music students. Gianriccardo is a specialist in web communication, video entertainment, and music video recordings. He is also responsible for Cicerone Italy and manages CiMA Streams.
Over the past years, various experiences brought us from the Netherlands to Switzerland, Italy, Spain to Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the United States. We're proud to have served many different cultural places, venues, and museums, organizing concerts, festivals, violin competitions, and exhibitions.
If you like to read about past projects and concerts, we invite you to click here.