Pratteln/Ismaning, December 11, 2014

Constantin Medien AG: Highlight Communications subsidiary Highlight Event AG and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are extending partnership until 2022
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lucerne-based marketing agency Highlight Event AG have agreed upon the continuation of their successful marketing cooperation until 2022. Highlight Event AG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Highlight Event & Entertainment AG in which Highlight Communications AG holds a stake of 68.7 percent. 

Andreas Großbauer, Chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, commented that he is 'very pleased with Highlight Events achievements over the past 8 years and that 'the continuous, quality-oriented development of the Vienna Philharmonic brand remains a high priority for the Orchestra.'

Ferdinand von Strantz, CEO of Highlight Event, added that 'it is a great privilege to serve this outstanding Orchestra and it continues to be a central objective for us to live-up to its high quality standards.'

Vienna Philharmonic
The Vienna Philharmonic is organised as a private association and was founded in 1842. It is made up from members of the Viennese State Opera Orchestra. The Vienna Philharmonic plays at around 300 opera evenings at the State Opera and, beyond that, around 90 additional concerts per year. Some of these concerts are subscription or special concerts played in Vienna and others are worldwide concert tours under the direction of some of the most famous conductors of our time. The most well-known concerts are the annual New Year's and Summer Night Concerts, which are transmitted in over 90 - respectively 80 -countries worldwide.

Highlight Event AG
Highlight Event AG - a subsidiary of Highlight Event & Entertainment AG and part of the Highlight Communications AG group of companies - is a company which specialises in the marketing of international music, culture and entertainment projects. The company was founded in 2012 and emerged from the Music Division of TEAM Marketing AG, which was established in 2003. Highlight Event is responsible for the worldwide exploitation of marketing rights for the European Broadcasting Union (Eurovision Song Contest) and the Vienna Philharmonic. Within the framework of the Vienna Philharmonic project, its activities are focused on the Orchestra's annual media highlights - the New Year's and the Summer Night Concert.

For more information:
Highlight Communications AG
Martin Wagner
Phone: +41 (0) 61 816 96 96

Highlight Communications AG
CH-4133 Pratteln / Switzerland
Phone:  +41 (0) 61 816 96 91
E-Mail: ir@hlcom.ch
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