Since the early 1990s Dirk has been working as an arts producer across Europe and North America. He is currently Artistic Director of the German-Polish music festival Musikfesttage an der Oder/Dni muzyki nad odra and has produced work across multiple art forms such as a cross-disciplinary Taiwanese dance production at UCLA (USA), opera at the Théatre La Villette in Paris and other projects in theatre, visual arts and film.

For six years from its new opening Dirk has led the marketing department of the concert hall Nikolaisaal in Potsdam (Germany). Responsible for profile and brand development as well as curating the non-classical music programming, he has influenced the venue’s course from inception to its role as a first class multi-venue arts complex in the region.

Most recently Dirk concentrates on digital innovation technologies and the role of art and culture within the creative economy concept. This includes work for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in London and the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.

Currently, Dirk is heading up the Innovation and Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries in Berlin and is Academic Advisor and Lecturer in Arts Management and Creative Industries at Birkbeck College, University of London.