Lukas Crepaz

Lukas Crepaz has been Executive Director of the Salzburg Festival since 2017. An experienced cultural manager in Austria and Germany, he was one of the key organizers of the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010, where he ultimately held the title Manager of Finances, Controlling and General Administration. Between 2011 and 2017 he was Managing Business Director of Kultur Ruhr GmbH with its four programmatic areas Ruhrtriennale - Festival of the Arts, Urbane Künste Ruhr, ChorWerk Ruhr and Tanzlandschaft Ruhr. He studied International Economics at the Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck and at the Universitat de Barcelona. Already as a student, he worked for the administration of the Tyrol Easter Festival and initiated and implemented numerous cultural projects.