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Born in Tübingen, Germany, she studied Philosophy at the University of Strasbourg. Journalist at Radio France in 1977 he became responsible for the international events of France Musique in 1984.
He founded and directed the Music section of the Paris Biennale in 1982 and organized the opening of the Grande Halle de la Villette in 1984, and participated in the creation of the Strasbourg Music Festival.
In 1984, at the request of Jean-Marie Drot, Director of the Académie de France à Rome, she created the Villa Medici Festival, which in 1990 became the Romaeuropa Foundation — Art and Culture, of which she has been Artistic Director since the first edition and of which she is now President.
From 1989 to 1991 he was Counselor for Culture and Audiovisual to the President of the Chamber of Deputies in France.
From 1992 to 1993 he was Cultural Advisor at the French Embassy in Lisbon.
From 1999 to 2002, Scientific Advisor of the National Institute of Ancient Drama.
From November 2004 to October 2006 in France she received the position of General Commissioner of the Year of La Francophonie from the President of the Republic, and from January to October 2007 she joined the Cabinet of the Secretary General of the international organization of La Francophonie.
She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Académie de France à Rome and President of the Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil — Compagnie Montalvo Hervieu. France.
From August 2007 to November 2009 she was Chief Executive Officer of Palazzo Grassi in Venice.
Since 2006 he has been a member of the Conseil de l'Etique Publicitaire (ethics committee for advertising) France.
Since March 2011, he has been a member of the Advisory Programs Committee of the French-German television network ARTE and since 2013 he has been its president.
Since September 2011, he has been President of the Scientific Committee of the Fondation Flag-France.
In December 2012, she was appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Maxxi Foundation in Rome.
In June 2018, she was appointed member of the Board of Directors of the French Academy in Rome.
In February 2020, she was appointed Artistic Director of the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto.
In France, Monique Veaute was awarded the title of Chevalier des arts et lettres by the Minister of Culture and received the Ordre National du Mérite from the Minister of European Affairs and the Légion d'Honneur from the President of the French Republic.
In Italy, in 2006, she was awarded the title of Knight of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Monique Veaute is honorary president of Fondazione Romaeuropa Art and Culture of Rome.
After graduating in modern literature from the Catholic University of Milan and graduating from the master's degree at the Paolo Grassi School of Dramatic Art, Paola Macchi's professional career began in 1998 in the most important national cultural institution in the theatrical field Piccolo Teatro di Milano where she trained and consolidated her skills in the production and programming of shows in Italy and around the world. The experience in the prose sector was then further developed over the three-year period (from 2003 to 2006) at Eliseo Theatre in Rome where, in addition to organizational and production management, she was also responsible for the coordination of the other sectors of a theatrical company.
From 2008 to 2010 at Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto, under the direction of Giorgio Ferrara, has developed skills in the field of opera and dance. He has managed productions with national and international lyric-symphonic foundations, including Los Angeles Opera, the Theatre du Chatelet, to Komishe Opera Berlin and has finalized the contracting of some of the most recognized orchestras (i.e. thethe London Simphony Orchestra And theGiuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan).
At the Teatro di Roma - National Theater, which manages the Argentina Theater And the India Theater and since 2017 there have also been seven other theatres in the city (Theaters in the City), first held the role of assistant to the Director (2014-2017) and then as Chief Operating Officer (2017-2020). With this experience, Paola Macchi's skills have expanded beyond the organizational-productive sphere, also assuming responsibility for General Affairs, Human Resources, Administration and Finance and tenders. In relation to the latter, it has applied the procurement code in numerous tender procedures, including those for the award of some of the Communal Theaters and for the implementation of investments in ordinary and extraordinary maintenance of historic buildings. In his capacity as Personnel Manager, he followed industrial relations, negotiating second-level contracts with counterparties.
In 2020 she was appointed Administrative and Organizational Director of Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto, assuming responsibility for the operational management of all Foundation activities. The event welcomes several tens of thousands of spectators who attend about 90 events over the eighteen days of its holding. This is an impressive organizational, administrative and personnel management commitment, with about 700 artists involved and a staff of 250 people [ Read the entire curriculum ]