Keno Mescher
Music Editor / Booker / Host, WDR COSMO
Germany
Keno Mescher has been working for more than 20 years in the music and audio business. As a freelancer in radio and podcasting. As a presenter of music programs, open magazines in the daily program and live events. As a producer, author, music director and format developer. For companies like WDR, SWR, Deutschlandfunk, Radio Bremen, the Akademie der Künste der Welt, the NRW KULTURSekretariat, the Heinrich-Böll Stiftung, the Initiative Musik and - until it was discontinued - for the Red Bull Music Academy and its affiliated Red Bull Radio. The focus of his work is on intercultural music-related topics and creative audio design. Since 2024, Keno is mainly working as music editor and events manager for WDR Cosmo, a radio and social media program which tries to combine cultural and musical diversity with a pop approach.