HONG MAUTZ

Ms. Mautz is the founder and president of Chinus Cultural Productions, a Portland based company whose mission is to foster people-to-people exchanges through the arts. The company produces collaborative programs with musicians, dancers and artists from both China and the United States.

Born and raised in Beijing, China, Ms. Mautz holds a Master’s Degree in journalism from New York University, a Bachelor’s Degree in International Cultural Communications from Beijing University. She has worked for various news organizations including CNN International affiliate in Hong Kong, BBC in London, and CBS News and CBS HealthWatch in New York.   

中美文化创意公司的宗旨是通过艺术交流活动加强中美两国民间层次的相互理解。公司通过与中美两国艺术家合作策划并创意各种项目以推动双方民间的交流。公司积极策划参与有利于促进中美文化教育的各项活动，包括举办大师课，文化讲座，艺术互动等形式。

Below are highlights of Chinus accomplishments:

• Presented Beijing Dance Company (resident company of the famed Beijing Dance Academy) in its ground breaking U.S. tour: debut at Kennedy and Lincoln Centers in 2011; critically acclaimed five-city tour on the West Coast in 2010;

• Co-produced 2008 Beijing Olympics cultural highlight concerts: Divas in Beijing, featuring opera stars including Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Sumi Jo; and new generation “three tenors” Marcello Giordani, Salvatore Licitra, and Ramon Vargas.

• Press and public relations advisor to the Juilliard Orchestra’s China tour in Beijing, Shanghai and Suzhou in May/June, 2008;

• China advisor for the World Monuments Fund in New York, a prestigious conservation organization that is responsible for an on-going multimillion-dollar conservation project in the Forbidden City of Beijing

• Produced the China tour of New York Choral Society

• Produced the China tour of All Nations Dance Company

• Co-produced New York Choral Society’s “Yellow River Cantata” at Carnegie Hall

• Produced the 2013 China tour of the Jefferson Dancers in Portland