| Currently |
Self-employed composer |
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| Teaching |
| 2006 - 2016, since 2020 |
Teaching assignment for orchestration, analysis, harmony, ear training and counterpoint at the Berlin Academy of Music Hanns Eisler |
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| 10.2016 - 3.2017 |
Head of Klangzeitort, institute for contemporary music of the Berlin University of Arts and the Berlin Academy of Music Hanns Eisler, as a substitute for Prof. Wolfgang Heiniger |
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| 2004 - 2006 |
Workshops at Klangzeitort, the institute for contemporary music Berlin: Introduction in Lisp and Common Music for composers |
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| Prizes and Awards |
| 9. 2019 - 6. 2020 |
Villa Massimo Residency in Rome, Italy (Deutsche Akademie Rom) |
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| 4.-6. 2019 |
Villa Serpentara Residency in Olevano, Italy (Academy of Arts, Berlin) |
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| 2.-5. 2018 |
Pro Helvetia Residency in Mumbai, India |
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| 8.-9. 2017 |
Residency at the Villa Schoeck in Brunnen, Switzerland |
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| 2017 |
Composition grant of the Senate of Berlin |
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| 2014 |
Composition grant of the Senate of Berlin |
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| 9.2012 - 8.2013 |
DAAD fellowship, Mumbai |
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| 2011 |
International Composition Seminar 2011 of the Ensemble Modern, Frankfurt |
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| 2011 |
Award of the CAA (Contemporary Arts Alliance) Berlin |
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| 2010 |
'Tremplin 2010' commission of the Ensemble Intercontemporain Paris |
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| 4.2009 - 9.2009 |
Residence award from the Senate of Berlin at the Cité des Arts, Paris |
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| 4.2008-3.2009 |
Nafög-award |
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| 2007 |
'Startup'-prize of the 'Förderverein der HfM Hanns Eisler' |
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| 2006 |
1st Prize in the Hanns Eisler Prize for Sextett |
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| 2006 |
Residence award at the Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop |
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| 2005 |
1st Prize in the Hanns Eisler Prize for immer da |
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| 2004 |
'Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart' for Streichquartett |
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| 2004 |
2nd Prize in the Hanns Eisler Prize for Neues Ensemble Stück |
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| 2003 |
3rd Prize in the Hanns Eisler Prize for Stück für Oboe solo |
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| 2002 |
1st Prize in the Competition of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra for Stück für Orchester |
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| 2000, 2001, 2003 |
Study Prizes of the 'Schweizerischer Tonkünstlerverein' for Composition |
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| Education |
| 1.2014 - 7.2019 |
Doctorate in comparative musicology, Freie Universität Berlin |
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| since 2013 |
Regular stays in Mumbai; studies in Tabla with Aneesh Pradhan, in North Indian classical vocal with Dhruba Ghosh |
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| 9.2012 - 8.2013 |
DAAD fellowship, Mumbai; studies in Tabla with Aneesh Pradhan, in North Indian classical vocal with Dhruba Ghosh |
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| 9.2008 - 3.2009 |
Cursus at the Ircam, Paris |
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| 2006 -2012 |
Lessons in tabla with Prof. Dr. Gert-Matthias Wegner in Berlin |
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| 2002-2007 |
Berlin Academy of Musik Hanns Eisler: composition with Hanspeter Kyburz, music theory with Jörg Mainka, electronic music with Wolfgang Heiniger |
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| 2002-2004 |
Utrecht school of the Arts: Postgraduate Diploma in Oboe with Ernest Rombout |
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| 2001-2002 |
Music Academy Basel: Studies in Composition with Hanspeter Kyburz |
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| 1998 |
Practical Training in the Zurich Opera House Orchestra |
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| 1995-2002 |
Musikhochschule Zürich (Zurich University of the Arts): orchestra diploma and teaching diploma in Oboe with Peter Fuchs (1995-1999), concert (postgraduate) diploma in Oboe with Simon Fuchs (2000-2002), studies in composition with Hans Ulrich Lehmann and Gerald Bennett (1997-1999), secondary major in composition studies with Michael Jarrell (1999-2001) |
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