thumb|Annette Gerlach in 2009.
'''Annette Gerlach''' (born 16 October 1964 in Berlin), is a German TV host and journalist of the Franco-German television channel Arte.<ref name=HuffPost>{{cite web|title=Annette Gerlach. Journaliste pour Arte, couvre les festivals de Berlin et de Cannes|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/author/annette-gerlach|website=huffingtonpost.fr|language=fr|access-date=8 May 2022|publication-date=}}</ref> She presents the programs in German as well as in French.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forum mondial de la démocratie 2021 : intervenants|url=https://www.coe.int/fr/web/world-forum-democracy/speakers-2021/-/asset_publisher/JTQ3V5aITSo7/content/gerlach-annette-2021?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coe.int%2Ffr%2Fweb%2Fworld-forum-democracy%2Fspeakers-2021%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_JTQ3V5aITSo7%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-4%26p_p_col_pos%3D1%26p_p_col_count%3D2|website=coe.int (Council of Europe)|language=fr|date=2021|publication-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/culture/|title=Actualité Culture - Musique, Cinéma, Télé, Art, Livre|website=LExpress.fr}}</ref>
== Life == Born in Berlin, Gerlach has been living and working in France since her studies. After studying economics, she began her journalistic career as editor of the weekly magazine ''Le Nouvel Observateur'' in Paris.
In 1992, she joined the Arte television channel in Strasbourg, from its inception. Since 1998, she presents the daily newspapers (''Arte Info'' renamed ''Arte Journal'' in 2010).<ref name=HuffPost/>
From 2004 to 2010, in parallel, she co-directed and presented Arte Culture, the cultural magazine of Arte with Gustav Hofer.
In addition, Gerlach covers prestigious cultural events all over the world, often broadcast live by Arte, such as the reopening of the opera house in Barcelona (Liceu), Venise (La Fenice) or the Festival d'Avignon. In 2012, she covered the Salzburg Festival, the Festival de Cannes<ref name=HuffPost/> and the Bayreuth festival. She also gained notoriety through the annual presentation of the Berlin International Film Festival.
== Distinctions == *2008 – Gerlach was made a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/culture/artsetlettres/juillet2008.htm|title=Nominations dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres - juillet 2008|website=www2.culture.gouv.fr}}</ref> *2006 – She received the Prix Richelieu for the Défense de la langue française.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.langue-francaise.org/Editorial_revue_220.php|title=DLF|website=www.langue-francaise.org}}</ref> *Annette Gerlach has a notice in the French version of Who's Who<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whoswho.fr/bio/annette-gerlach_45837|title=Annette Gerlach - Who's Who|website=www.whoswho.fr}}</ref>
== Private life == Gerlach lives in Strasbourg, and has a daughter.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hodge, Shelby|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/hodge-out-of-this-world-wedding-begins-the-final-2128014.php|title=Out-of-this-world wedding begins the final countdown|work=chron.com|date=30 July 2003|access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref> She shared the life of American conductor John Axelrod.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Axelrod: The ex-rock talent scout who's trying to save classical music|url=https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/all/john-axelrod-the-ex-rock-talent-scout-whos-trying-to-save-classical-music-1.38653|website=The Jewish Chronicle|language=en|date=22 November 2012|access-date=8 May 2022|publication-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.johnaxelrod.com/press_detail.php?His-name-is-John-22|title=His name is John. Site web John Axelrod|access-date=2017-01-28|archive-date=2011-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113195454/http://www.johnaxelrod.com/press_detail.php?His-name-is-John-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://annettegerlach.com/ Annette Gerlach's webwite] * [https://www.etwasverpasst.de/programm/8448/arte/ein-tag-von-den-salzburger-festspielen-moderation.html Annette Gerlach im Interview mit Alexander Pereira, Leiter der Salzburger Festspiele] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170202081220/https://rvesblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/annette-gerlach-journaliste/ Annette Gerlach – Journaliste] * [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mxxk_annette-gerlach-journal-de-la-cultu_people Annette Gerlach – Journal de la culture] on Daily motion * [http://info.arte.tv/fr/tags/annette Annette Gerlach] on ARTE * [http://annettegerlach.com/about/ 25 years of unparalleled experience] on annettegerlach.com {{Authority control}}
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