born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA of German and Hungarian descent
CELLO STUDIES
- Dietmar Schwalke, Hochschule der Künste Berlin
- Christoph Richter, Folkwang-Hochschule Essen, diploma
- Thomas Riebl, Sándor Végh und Boris Pergamenschikow, Cracow Mozart Academy
- Wolfgang Boettcher und Alexandra Müller, HdK Berlin, soloist's diploma “Konzertexamen”
- Masterclasses with Steven Isserlis, Anner Bylsma, János Starker, Uzi Wiesel, György Kurtág and frequently with György Sebök
SOLO AND CHAMBER MUSIC
- Soloist in the Dvořàk cello concerto with the “Berliner Symphoniker”
- CD recording of baroque chamber music with Ariadne Daskalakis and Helene Lerch (Tudor)
- since 2007: Concerts with baroque cello
- since 2013: Member of the AsianArt Ensemble – CD “Rituals”
- since 2018: Member of Les Troizettes (also as a singer)
- New Music concerts with Ensemble Junge Musik, KNM Berlin, Ensemble United Berlin
- since 2023: Member of the Diplomatic String Quartet
ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE
- 1989 -1997
frequent appearances with European Community Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Oriol, Berlin - 1997-2008
Member of the Flemish Radio Orchestra (now Brussels Philharmonic) - extra player with:
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Antwerp
- Philharmonic Orchestra Luxemburg
- Brussels Opera Orchestra “Théâtre de la Monnaie” (also as section leader)
- Concerto Brandenburg (on period instruments)
- Kammerakademie Potsdam
- Orchestra of the Deutschen Oper Berlin
- Berlin Philharmonic
OTHER WORK WITH MUSIC
- Performances with jazz musicians (e.g. with Julia Hülsmann at the Jazzfestival Berlin 2007)
- Frequent concerts for children with Kammerorchester Unter den Linden
- Cello improvisation for 5Rhythms dance workshops
- Leader of a singing group for spiritual songs, accompaniment on harmonium (bhajan group of Amma Center, Berlin)
- voice lessons with Eleanor Forbes, Annette Goeres and Esther Kaiser
- concerts and recordings with singer/songwriter Illute
- solo musician at Schaubühne Berlin in the production “Fräulein Julie”, including performances in Lisbon, Taipei and Bukarest
- performances as a singer with Les Troizettes and with jazz pianists Mark Pringle and Kenneth Berkel
TEACHING
- since 1984 Private cello lessons for children and adults
- since 2007 MUSICOACHING
- 2008-2010 Faculty member of Orfeo Music Festival teaching cello, chamber music and yoga
- since 2008 Leader of cello section rehearsals of the German-Nordic Youth and Sinfonietta Potsdam
- since 2013 faculty member at chamber music courses in Lauenburg ein Rheinsberg
- since 2017 faculty member at IAM orchestra academies in Schöntal and Bad Waldsee
YOGA
- 1995 - 1998 Yoga teacher training with Urvasi and Ananda Leone in Berlin
- since 1997 Private yoga teaching for individuals
- 2005 Yoga teacher at masterclass festival KONTUREN in Brühl, Germany
- 2005-2008 Weekly classes for members of the Flemish Radio Orchestra
- 2008-2010 Classes for students of the Orfeo Music Festival,Northern Italy
- 2010 One-month intensive yoga teacher training with Anusara Yoga teacher Bridget Woods Kramer, Ananda Leone and Carlos Pomeda in Bali; Certification as yoga teacher from Yoga Alliance
- 2010 - 2013 teacher of weekly class Yoga for Musicians in Akademie für Yoga Berlin
- since 2017 Yoga teacher at IAM orchestra academy in Bad Waldsee
MISCELLANEOUS
- spiritual practice inspired by Amma (Sri Mata Amritanandamayi) for more than 20 years
- 5Rhythms dance with founder Gabrielle Roth, Andrea Juhan, Susannah and Ya’acov Darling Khan, and Alain Allard
- „Voice & Sound“ lessons with Griet Vermeiren
- Bio-energetics with Gert De Meyer and Lenaleen Waignein
- „The Artist's Way“ by Julia Cameron
- Training with Christian Meyer at the Berlin Institute for Depth Psychology and Existential Therapy (BITEP), body work
- Enneagram studies with Angelika Winklhofer and Christian Meyer
- sessions with Kristin Guttenberg (Performing Arts Physiology)
- seminars and meditations with Joe Dispenza
- Languages spoken fluently: German, English, Hungarian, Dutch and French
