Who is developing FORTE?
FORTE is developed by a small team in Germany, the home of classical music.
From our offices near Hamburg we support our customers worldwide, in 138 countries and growing.
FORTE is developed by a small team in Germany, the home of classical music.
From our offices near Hamburg we support our customers worldwide, in 138 countries and growing.

Barbara Mailbeck is writing the newsletters & taking care of the content of the pages. She’s also handling the technical tickets for FORTE. Barbara’s a musicologist and regularly attends various orchestras. Whenever possible, she likes to go out for a run.

Gernot is part of the marketing team - as a musicologist and experienced software user, he can fully explore his potential here. Besides that, he works with the support team and is responsible for the content, since he is really passionate when it comes to writing about music.

Bärbel works with heart and soul in FORTE’s customer support. She helps you with all functions of the program and gives further instructions and guidance. And of course she can answer all of your questions about your order and your license.

Saskia is there to help you in word and deed. In FORTE’s customer support she will write you instructions and help, find your license and answer all your questions about your order.

Dr. Wulf-Dieter Lugert first founded the Lugert publishing house in 1981.
He’s in charge of product strategy and development, and is highly knowledgeable in both music and software.