PORTRAIT OF ROLAND LIENHARDT : MEMBER OF FEDE’S PANEL EXPERTS
What training have you undertaken ?
My training has been rooted in law, management and in artistic expression.
From the age of five until my entrance into University I followed an artistic route of study (piano,trumpet and music) alongside studying for my general baccalaureat. I have performed on stage since the age of 13 and have performed my own compositions since the age of 17.
I hold SACEM (Société d’auteurs,compositeurs et éditeurs de musique) (Society of authors, composers, and publishers of music) diplomas as a composer, an author and as an arranger.
In 1982 at the age of 23, I graduated with a DEA (Diplôme d’études approfonides )(Post Graduate studies) (Masters 2)in 1982 in copyright, artistic and industrial property law (Paris II) The DEA followed on from my Masters ( 1) in Practice and Litigation in Private Law.
I learned management by creating my first company at 17 years old (productions of shows in the Centre Region), as well as participating in the creation of a neighbourhood association which has since given its name to a district of Chartres (Les Hauts de Chartres ). In addition I was also the president of the UNEF (Union Nationale des étudiants de France)(National Union of Students )of law and economic sciences of TOURS, as well as being elected to the CLOUS (Student Life services)of Tours, and elected to the MNEF (Mutuelle Nationale des étudiants de France) (National Student Union/Mutual of France) of Tours.
What are the highlights of your career?
In 1983, at the age of 24, I was appointed as a teacher at the National School of Arts and Theatre Techniques (then called the Ecole de la rue Blanche), in charge of professional life courses, employment law and security in theatres).
Until 1990, I fulfilled a variety of roles within the entertainment and audiovisual sectors (production manager, company director, producer, sound and lighting technician) and advised artists, producers and institutions especially through the artistic secretariat CASADI, which specialised in contemporary dance.
In 1990, this artistic secretariat which had existed in the form of an association was dissolved and replaced by two structures, CLARIS, a company registered with the Paris Chartered Accountants Association, specialising in the artistic sector, of which I am a founding partner, and Nodula, a Limited Liability Company, a consultancy agency in production and executive production, of which I am an associate manager. This company under the impulse and auspices of the Mutuelles du Mans would be chosen as the company to establish the first policy of professional liability insurance for legal consultants, mandatory since 1993. In this context, I assist show production companies, various media events, artists and creators , sometimes continuing to serve as production manager.
In 1997, I enrolled at the Paris Bar as a lawyer, working with the clientele of artists, producers and cultural institutions that I had set up, with Nodula focusing on publishing a letter, “Nodula’s Letter”, created in 1992. Alongside a litigation activity, I continue to pursue the activity of a cultural engineer.
I consider myself to be a cultural entrepreneur.
Within the context of these activities, I continued to be a teacher and mentor, notably at the CNSMD (National Conservatory of Music and Dance) in Paris, at the Paris V-Sorbonne University and at the ESC, (Ecole supérieur de commerce) (Burgundy school of Business) Dijon, and also for the Corsican Cultural Tool and for companies for which I offer tailor made training.
What led you to accept membership of the FEDE panel of experts?
I am attracted by the European character of the institution; I believe that we must develop everything that can help to make Europe irreversible and I would be very satisfied if my know-how could contribute to it.
