Elia Merguet

has been project manager and assistant to the management at Karsten Witt Musik Management since April 2022 and primarily looks after singers and conductors. He studied singing and vocal pedagogy at the conservatories in Saarbrücken and Hanover. As part of his Master's thesis entitled Queering Chanson, he did research on the performance style of diseuses such as Claire Waldoff and Georgette Dee. Elia is an alumnus of the Studienstiftung (German Academic Scholarship Foundation).

Born in Saarland, he grew up in Amsterdam and Frankfurt am Main. During the German EU Presidency, Elia worked in the Foreign Office in Berlin. Elia loves to discuss queerfeminist issues, appreciates the diversity of Berlin's cultural scene and enjoys reading, cooking and dancing to keep his good spirits up. You'll always find some snacks in his desk drawer.