About us
ARTRANSFER is a professional arts management company with broad artistic vision and extensive operational experiences in the Asia Market. Our goal is to introduce high quality performing arts projects globally.
Over the years, we have developed a deep specialization in the performing arts business and established strong relationships with major presenters, venues, related departments, media, and exceptional artists, groups and orchestras from around the world. And now, our new base in Japan shall further strength our business map and expand more touring possibilities for talented artists and groups.
Examples of the breadth and international scope of projects ARTRANSFER has organized in the past years, include tours of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Zubin Mehta / Lang Lang; Sydney Symphony / Vladimir Ashenkenazy; Paco Pena Flamenco Dance Company; Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre; and renowned soloists such as Sumi Jo, Elina Garanca, Angela Gheorghiu, Magdalena Kožená, Thomas Hampson, Jordi Savall; Ute Lemper; Sino-Japanese version of the Kunqu Opera "Peony Pavilion" directed and performed by Bando Tamasaburo / Jiangsu Province, Suzhou Kunqu Opera, to name a few.
We are especially proud of the following major productions we have arranged for tours in Asia: Puccini’s “Madam Butterfly”, a coproduction of The Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, directed by the Oscar winning Anthony Minghella; China debut of minimalist icon Steve Reich; Ton Koopman and Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra China debut; the Asia debut of the ground breaking film of Stanley Kubrick “2001: A Space Odyssey”---A live concert with orchestra and choir, in collaboration with the Southbank; the reading tour of Marguerite Duras’s “The Lover”, performed by multi-best actress awards winner Isabelle Huppert; The Royal Dramatic Theatre of Sweden first tour to Asia in their over 200 years history; the China debut of Salzburg Marionette Theatre; the stage production “C’est presque rien” performed by world renowned French actress Juliette Binoche; the award-winning production “Songs of Lear” by Song of the Goat Theatre; the stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s film—-“Scènes de la vie conjugale” starring Laetitia Casta and Raphaël Personnaz; twice Oscar award winner Alexandre Desplat China debut concert; the world famous Japanese Taiko performing arts ensemble Kodo first return to mainland China in 2019 after almost two decades; and the tour of “Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” co-production with Ambassador Theatre Group Productions (ATG), among many others.
We are a long-time partner of major venues/festivals in Asia and maintain a close relationship with artists and companies worldwide.