The Team

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	Jonas Fosdal - Founder and Director of Ascolta Artists Jonas Fosdal was born in Copenhagen in 1974 from a family of musicians. As a child he studied the violin for 16 years, was active in many choirs and a dedicated chess player. His big passion for classical music and especially singing made him take a master’s degree in pedagogics and singing from The Royal Danish Academy of Music in 2003. He then continued a freelance career as a tenor in oratorio and opera and in the professional choirs of the Danish Radio, the Royal Opera Choir in Copenhagen and Mogens Dals Chamber Choir. In 2008 he co-founded Crescendi Artists and the year after acquired Tivoli Artists, thus establishing the biggest artist agency in the Nordic Countries, Tivoli and Crescendi Artists and running the agency as Managing Director. During this period, he was involved in promoting conductors, singers, stage directors, instrumentalists, ensembles and orchestra tours. He also acted as Chief Consultant for the newly build concert hall in Stavanger from 2010-11. In 2013 he sold his shares in T&C and founded Ascolta Artists, focusing only on singers, where he is also the director today. Alongside this he has also been Chief Consultant for Network Service for Truelinked in 2016. In July 2022 he became Director of Vocal Department of Nordic Artists Management until April 2023 where he re-established Ascolta Artists. He is married to the soprano Yana Kleyn and is the father of three sons.
	Rita Brazaitienė - Secretary of Ascolta Artists Rita Brazaitienė graduated from piano class at the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy. After raising her four kids she took part in educational projects and was accompanist of an amateur vocal ensemble. From 2007 till 2017 she worked at Lithuanian Opera and Ballet Theatre as coordinator simultaneously taking part in activities of “Friendly Projects” art creators’ platform. From 2017 she leads musical projects at Vilnius Evangelical Church. She has been a secretary in Ascolta Artists from 2013.
	Irina Ignata - Manager of social media communication Irina Ignata studied in Moscow at the Gnessins Academy of Music, the Mozarteum University Salzburg, and the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg. She began her professional career as a singer at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, where she was a member of the opera studio and later joined the opera ensemble. Irina then continued her artistic path as a freelance performer, collaborating with companies such as Latvian National Opera, Opéra de Lausanne, Tiroler Landestheater, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester, Immling Summer Festival and others. She is also a laureate of numerous international opera singing competitions : Otto Edelmann International Singing Competition, Les Nuits Lyrique de Marmande Singing Competition, Ebe Stignani Competition, International Sergey Rakhmaninoff Competition. In addition to her work as an opera singer, Irina has a wide range of interests in other fields. During the pandemic, she undertook a year of studies in psychological counselling, and currently she is pursuing education in graphic design and social media management. In July 2025, Irina Ignata assumed the role of Media Marketing Manager at Ascolta Artists, thus becoming not only an active artist on the roster but also a member of the agency’s core team.
	Arūnas Tamoševičius - IT Supporter Arūnas Tamoševičius is born in Lithuania and is a computer specialist with a computer-engineering background. He has 20 years of experience in IT field. His career started as a computer technician and later proceeded to network administration and programming. He is married and is the father of two daughters. His interests are people biographies and everything related to space, aviation and rockets.

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