Classictic
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Classictic is a service that provides information and ticket sales for classical music events on a multi-lingual internet portal. Classictic acts as an agent for concert organizers, opera houses, orchestras and musicians, facilitating the primary sale of tickets to their events as an auxiliary ticket service. Classictic is not a re-sale or secondary sale outlet. Concerts and operas taking place in Austria
, Belgium
, Czech Republic
, Estonia
, France
, Germany
, Great Britain
, Hungary
, Italy
, Netherlands
, Spain
, Thailand
and the U.S.A. are presented on the portal. Location, date, artist information, program, venue, as well as maps and/or photo of venue are given for each performance listed. Concerts can be found in traditional settings such as concert houses, operas and theatres, in churches and cathedrals, within outdoor festivals or in unusual settings such as a barge tethered in the New York harbour. Languages on the portal include Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
Once a desired concert is chosen, tickets are purchased in one of the seven languages offered on the portal with a secured credit card payment or electronic bank transfer. Classictic uses Trusted Shops as a guarantor of security and customer satisfaction. Purchaser receives an e-Ticket via email.
, Germany and employs specialists in each of the seven languages offered on the portal, technical (IT) specialists, classical music specialists, marketing, customer service and sales personnel. A hotline is operated by the company for questions or problems, which offers assistance via email, fax or phone.
, Germany, Classictic opened its new offices on Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße in the Prenzlauer Berg
section of Berlin in March 2009.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and the U.S.A. are presented on the portal. Location, date, artist information, program, venue, as well as maps and/or photo of venue are given for each performance listed. Concerts can be found in traditional settings such as concert houses, operas and theatres, in churches and cathedrals, within outdoor festivals or in unusual settings such as a barge tethered in the New York harbour. Languages on the portal include Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
Once a desired concert is chosen, tickets are purchased in one of the seven languages offered on the portal with a secured credit card payment or electronic bank transfer. Classictic uses Trusted Shops as a guarantor of security and customer satisfaction. Purchaser receives an e-Ticket via email.
Operations
Classictic is based in BerlinBerlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, Germany and employs specialists in each of the seven languages offered on the portal, technical (IT) specialists, classical music specialists, marketing, customer service and sales personnel. A hotline is operated by the company for questions or problems, which offers assistance via email, fax or phone.
History
Classictic was founded in 2002 by Norwegian IT specialist and classical music enthusiast Eivind Jåsund. Originally located in MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Germany, Classictic opened its new offices on Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Straße in the Prenzlauer Berg
Prenzlauer Berg
Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, in the borough of Pankow.Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a borough of Berlin; in that year it was included in the borough of Pankow....
section of Berlin in March 2009.