biography

Combining her love of music and expertise in the classical music industry with training in coaching, mediation and conflict management, Aimée started her artist consultancy business in 2010. Her current clients include conductors, soloists, composers, ensembles, international competitions and conservatories. In addition to asking questions as well as listening carefully and critically during sessions, she provides information and guidance on such topics as:

- fee negotiation
- concert, management and recording contracts
- artist agencies
- communication
- media strategy
- conflict mediation.

Aimée Paret’s international career in classical music began with an internship coordinating the Frankfurt production of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Montag aus Licht. After this trial by fire she spent another four years working with acclaimed international composers, conductors and soloists including Claudio Abbado, Martha Argerich, Pierre Boulez, Elliott Carter, Thomas Hampson, Lucia Popp, Georg Solti and many others in concert and video production at the Alte Oper Frankfurt.   

Subsequently Aimée headed Teldec Classics’ international artist promotion department, working particularly closely with Nikolaus Harnoncourt;  ran PR campaigns for Sir Roger Norrington and RSO Stuttgart; managed the Sydney Symphony’s audio and video recording activities; and worked with the University of the Arts Berlin to establish the International Conducting Academy Berlin. From 2016 - 2020 she organised Tabea Zimmermann’s chamber music festival “Die Beethoven-Woche” at the Beethoven-Haus Bonn.

Currently Aimée provides career guidance to the winners of the Mahler, Besançon and Rotterdam international conducting competitions and the Leeds International Piano Competition;  advises the “Franz Schubert and Modern Music” chamber music competition in Graz, Austria; works with Sir András Schiff on his Building Bridges concert series supporting young pianists; and supports Brett Dean’s multifaceted career as composer, conductor and instrumentalist.

Born and raised in Northern California, Aimée studied piano, clarinet and voice and has a Bachelor of Arts in cultural history from Yale University.