Berlin/New York, April 29 2020 Sony Classical announced today the appointment of Dr. Alexander Buhr to the role of Senior Vice President, International A&R and Business Opportunities. In this newly created role, Buhr will run the company’s Berlin-based A&R operation and will oversee the international A&R strategy across Sony Classical. He will also develop new business opportunities along the company’s global business development strategy. Buhr will report to Sony Classical President, Per Hauber.
“I am very excited to join Sony Classical,” says Buhr. “The company combines great heritage and a roster of leading classical artists with real entrepreneurial drive and spirit. I am hugely looking forward to working with their exceptional artists and team and help develop their business forward.”
“Alexander will play an important role in consolidating and developing the sustainable global success of Sony Classical. His depth of experience, knowledge and management capabilities will complement our divisions team of senior executives around the globe.” says Hauber.
Buhr joins Sony Music from Universal Music, where he started his career at Deutsche Grammophon as International Marketing Manager and later as Executive Producer before moving to London to launch Mercury Classics in 2012. In 2016 he was appointed Managing Director of The DECCA Classical Label Group where he also founded Mercury KX in 2017. His signings include Olafur Arnalds, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Milos, Tori Amos, Anoushka Shankar and many others.
Buhr holds a PhD in Music from the University of Hamburg as well as an MBA (Steinbeiss SMI, Berlin / SDI Bocconi, Milan / Stern School, New York).