Kontrastudio

Services

Websites and public infrastructure for serious artists

Kontrastudio builds websites and public-facing systems for artists, ensembles, teachers, and cultural projects whose work needs to be understood quickly and correctly.

The focus is not decoration first. The focus is structure: biography, projects, repertoire, media, contact flow, public proof, and the hierarchy that allows another person to understand what is important before the first conversation.

A good artist website should answer simple questions without making the visitor work too hard:

Website builds

Website offers

Choose a focused artist website, a fuller professional site, or a larger cultural platform. If the scope is unclear, start with an inquiry and Kontrastudio will recommend the smallest credible route.

01

Essential Artist Website

€1,500

A focused website for an individual artist who needs a serious public base: biography, selected work, media or links, contact, mobile responsiveness, and launch support.

Best for a clean first website or a disciplined replacement for an outdated profile.

Includes:

  • homepage
  • biography / about section
  • selected projects or repertoire section
  • media, links, or recordings section
  • contact section
  • basic mobile-responsive implementation
  • basic SEO and social-sharing setup
  • imprint / legal page structure
  • deployment support
  • one revision round after first complete draft

Typical use cases:

  • composer, conductor, singer, instrumentalist, teacher, or independent artist
  • replacing a weak or outdated profile page
  • creating a credible first website
  • preparing for applications, presentations, juries, or professional outreach

This package is intentionally compact. It creates a proper public base, not a large editorial system.

02

Professional Artist Website

€3,000

A fuller website for artists with several strands of work: performance, teaching, projects, recordings, repertoire, writing, or collaborations.

Best when the site has to organize a real professional profile, not just display a name and portrait.

Includes:

  • everything in Essential Artist Website
  • expanded page architecture
  • separate pages or sections for projects, teaching, press, works, repertoire, recordings, or collaborations
  • stronger biography and positioning structure
  • clearer public materials logic
  • improved media and link hierarchy
  • more developed homepage narrative
  • two revision rounds after first complete draft
  • launch checklist and handover notes

Typical use cases:

  • artists with multiple roles
  • musicians balancing performance, teaching, composition, projects, recordings, or institutional work
  • artists preparing for larger visibility
  • existing websites that need serious restructuring rather than cosmetic repair

This is the standard Kontrastudio website package for a professional artist who wants the site to function as public infrastructure rather than a digital business card.

03

Cultural Platform

from €5,000

A larger public system for ensembles, salons, studios, residencies, festivals, or cultural projects.

Best when the website needs project architecture, collaborator structure, inquiry flow, and room for future growth.

Includes, depending on scope:

  • multi-page public platform
  • project, event, collaborator, or residency structure
  • editorial architecture for several kinds of content
  • stronger navigation logic
  • contact, inquiry, or application flow
  • public materials and downloadable information where appropriate
  • launch and handover support
  • structured revision process
  • future care plan recommendation

Typical use cases:

  • ensemble website
  • concert series or salon project
  • cultural initiative
  • studio or institutional presentation
  • artist collective
  • residency or application-based project
  • larger public infrastructure around an artistic practice

Final pricing depends on scope, content volume, number of languages, integrations, and the amount of editorial work required.

Ongoing support

Website care packages

A website is not finished when it goes online. Artist websites become unreliable when biographies, dates, videos, press links, contact details, repertoire, project descriptions, and public materials drift apart.

Kontrastudio care packages keep the site usable after launch.

Care packages are for maintenance, updates, and small controlled changes. They are not unlimited redesign retainers.

Basic Care

€50/month

One light update round per month for artists who need the site kept alive and accurate.

Best for low-frequency updates.

Includes:

  • up to one small update round per month
  • text, date, link, repertoire, video, or contact-detail updates
  • basic visual and content consistency check
  • broken-link check when relevant
  • simple deployment support for approved updates

Best for:

  • compact artist websites
  • low-frequency updates
  • artists who want the site kept alive but do not need regular editorial work

Not included:

  • new page builds
  • redesigns
  • large copy rewrites
  • complex integrations
  • urgent same-day work unless separately agreed

Professional Care

€120/month

Two update rounds per month, light editorial cleanup, and regular public-facing consistency checks.

Best for active artists with changing material.

Includes:

  • up to two update rounds per month
  • small content updates across multiple sections
  • biography, CV, media, project, repertoire, or teaching-page adjustments
  • light editorial cleanup
  • link and media hygiene
  • deployment of approved updates
  • monthly check of obvious public-facing inconsistencies

Best for:

  • active artists
  • musicians with frequent concerts, projects, teaching offers, videos, or application material changes
  • websites that need to remain professionally current

Not included:

  • major new sections
  • full redesigns
  • large multilingual rewrites
  • complex booking/payment systems
  • ongoing strategic management beyond the website

Editorial Care

€220/month

Ongoing website and public-material care for artists or projects whose biography, projects, media, links, and positioning need regular editorial attention.

Best for launches, applications, visibility growth, and more active public presence.

Includes:

  • recurring update support
  • more developed editorial adjustments
  • website copy refinements
  • project, press, repertoire, media, and biography alignment
  • public-material consistency checks
  • support for keeping website, artist packet, and current professional positioning coherent
  • priority handling compared with Basic and Professional Care

Best for:

  • artists with active public-facing development
  • ensembles or projects with changing programs and collaborators
  • musicians preparing applications, launches, press material, competitions, or institutional outreach
  • clients who need more than technical maintenance

Not included:

  • full rebrand
  • major new website build
  • complex external integrations
  • unlimited content creation
  • full management of all public communication channels

Scope boundaries

What counts as a small update?

A small update usually means one of the following:

A small update

  • replacing or editing a paragraph
  • adding or removing a concert date
  • updating a biography detail
  • changing a link
  • embedding a new video or recording
  • updating a photo already prepared for web use
  • adding a repertoire or works-list item
  • correcting contact or imprint information
  • changing a short project description
  • replacing a downloadable PDF

Examples of larger changes:

  • adding a new page
  • redesigning a section
  • restructuring navigation
  • writing a full biography from scratch
  • building forms or automations
  • adding payment, booking, database, or CMS functionality
  • preparing large image sets
  • multilingual copy expansion
  • emergency deadline work outside the agreed care rhythm

Larger changes are quoted separately.

Working method

How the process works

  1. 01

    Inquiry

    You send a short description of your situation, existing website if any, deadline, materials, and what you need the site to do.

  2. 02

    Diagnosis

    Kontrastudio reviews the current state and determines whether the request is an Essential Artist Website, Professional Artist Website, Cultural Platform, care package, update, or custom scope.

  3. 03

    Scope

    You receive a clear scope: what will be built, what materials are needed, what is excluded, and what the next decision point is.

  4. 04

    Build

    Kontrastudio prepares the structure, copy logic, implementation, and preview.

  5. 05

    Review

    You review the site or update in a controlled revision process.

  6. 06

    Launch or handover

    The site is launched, updated, or prepared for continued care.

Next step

Not sure which level fits?

Send the current state, deadline, materials, and desired result. Kontrastudio will recommend the shortest credible route, whether that is a small update, a care package, a new artist website, or a larger platform.

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