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Education
2003
Hochschule für Musik und Theater “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig
Conductors Diploma
Private Teacher: GMD Prof. Gert Bahner
Diplom Thesis: „The Dance on the Podium – a Movement Analysis:
Various Methods towards Improved Body Awareness“
1998
Yale School of Music, New Haven
Masters of Music in Violin
Private Teacher: Prof. Erick Friedman
1997
Yale University, New Haven
Bachelor of Arts in Music
Thesis: „Mahlers Eighth Symphony:
Motivic Development and its Relationship to the Text“
Cum Laude, Distinction in Music, Michael Manzella Prize
Current Positions
- Orchestra Director, Stuttgart Music School
- Music Director, Leonberg Symphony Orchestra
- Choir Director, Liederkranz Pflugfelden e.V.
Previous Positions
- Music Director, TonArt Symphony Orchestra Heidelberg (2004-2007)
- Choir Director, Catholic Church Choir Bönnigheim/Gemmrigheim (2004-2007)
- Choir Director, Avanti Comuna Kanti Stuttgart (2004-2006)
Guest Engagements
- ensemble gelberklang
- ensemble ascolta
- Ensemble Modern
- The New Fromm Players
Masterclasses
- Jorma Panula
- Helmut Rilling
- Kurt Masur
- Christoph von Dohnányi
- Robert Spano
- Sylvain Cambreling
- Peter Eötvös
- Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
- Gianluigi Gelmetti
- Konrad von Abel
Scholarships
- Richard Wagner Society Scholarship (2007)
- Akademie Musiktheater heute (2004-2006)
- Forum Neues Musiktheater (2004-2006)
- International Ensemble Modern Academy (2004)
- Tangelwood Music Festival (2003)
Courses
- International Bach Academy, Stuttgart
- Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena
- Sergui Celibidache Festival, Munich
Private Teachers
- Gert Bahner
- Michael Morgan
- Shinik Hahm
- Edouard Forner
Internships
- Donaueschinger Musiktage, Donaueschingen
- Musik der Jahrhunderte, Stuttgart
- Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt
- EuroArts, Leipzig
Violin
- Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Chicago
- Nowrthwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Merrillville
- South Bend Symphony Orchestra, South Bend
- Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Spoleto
- National Repertory Orchestra, Breckenridge
- Round Top Festival Orchestra, Round Top
Languages
English, German, Tagalog, French, Italian, Spanish
