Iris Derke Email & Phone Number

Iris Derke is Co-Founder and General Director for DCINY, a concert production company responsible for large-scale concerts at numerous prestigious concert venues. DCINY has brought together tens of thousands of talented artists and musicians from across the globe in performance since its first season in 2008. Ms. Derke is also a frequent collaborator with such esteemed artists as Eric Whitacre, Sir Karl Jenkins and Christopher Tin, presenting numerous world and American premieres of their works.Ms. Derke is a proud member of the Chorus America board. She is a major contributor to the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Chorus America, National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO), and the International Federation of Choral Music (IFCM), among other organizations and is an invited presenter asked to share insight about the challenges of leading a successful arts organization in today’s era. Her presentations have included sessions at the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) Conference at the Royal Conservatory of Scotland, Glasgow, as well as numerous contributions to media outlets including INC Magazine.A versatile artist, flautist Iris Derke’s performances have taken her throughout the world including concerto appearances with the TURKSOY Symphony Orchestra in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey; the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra in New York’s famed Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center; and in Bialystok, Poland with the Polish National Symphony. Her appearances have received much praise, for Ms. Derke’s “attentive and loving performance… (providing) celestial music…and heart-rendering sequences”. Ms. Derke performed at Lincoln Center featuring the world premiere of a new Flute and Harp Concerto written by Dinos Constantinides for Ms. Derke and to commemorate DCINY’s 10th Anniversary Celebration. Her most recent appearances included the premiere of Flautando written for her by composer Matej Meštrović in Zagreb with the Croatian Chamber Orchestra in 2019 and again in 2023. As an avid seeker of life’s adventures, Ms. Derke has enjoyed a robust career as an entrepreneur, musician and concert producer. With a love of running, travel and the outdoors she is a PADI certified Rescue Scuba Diver and has competed in several ultra-marathons, trekking 155 miles over 7-day self-supported Racing the Planet Desert Runs through the Andes Mountains of Patagonia, the Atacama Desert of Chile, and the Artic Circle of Finland in addition to annually participating in the NYC Marathon.

Listed skills include Music, Orchestral Music, Classical, Musical Theatre, and 20 others.

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  Co-Founder And General Director

  Distinguished Concerts International New York

  Jan 2007 - Present - New York, Ny

  Founded by Iris Derke (General Director) and Jonathan Griffith (Artistic Director and Principal Conductor) Distinguished Concerts International is driven by passion, innovative vision, a total belief in its artists, and unwavering commitment to bringing forth unforgettable audience experiences. DCINY is a creative producing entity with unmatched integrity that is a talent incubator, a star-maker, and a presenter of broadly accessible, world-class musical entertainment.