Maik Pallasch is officially stepping down from his role as the Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe at The Orchard, a role that he took over from music veteran Manilo Celotti back in 2021.
Prior to joining the company Pallasch served as the Head of Music USA at Spotify, which he held from 2017 up until his departure in 2021.
“After three great years at The Orchard, I will be stepping down from my position as Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the end of this month to take on new challenges,” Pallasch said in an announcement posted on LinkedIn (h/t Music Business Worldwide).
Pallasch said that he will remain with The Orchard in an advisory capacity moving forward mainly “to lead and finalize ongoing but also upcoming negotiations for The Orchard”.
“I would like to thank the board, my international colleagues, and especially my teams in GSA and Central and Eastern Europe. It has been an inspiring and exciting time with you, during which we have achieved a lot together.
“Over the past few years, we have built a strong, interdisciplinary team at our locations in Germany and Eastern Europe that can look back on countless successes.”
“Together we have signed artists such as ENNIO and Blumengarten, as well as labels such as Aemeralds and People Want To Dance, supporting and building them up from day one. Together with our Eastern European team, I am very proud of signings such as Generacija Zed, IC3PEAK, and the legendary Croatia Records.
“Especially the developments in the Eastern European region in recent years have been outstanding thanks to the tireless efforts of the Eastern European team. I have also been honored to work with our Artist Services team on campaigns for Raye, Jorja Smith, Aitch, Oasis, Parra For Cuva, orbit, WhoMadeWho and many more fantastic artists.”
