Who I Am?

Good question. Perhaps the answer will come when the title says "Who Was I?" For now, a short introduction to my activity since retirement as a writer is here.

Milestones

Born in Los Angeles 1953.

Master of Music in Conducting USC (Los Angeles) 1980; Kapellmeisterprüfung Musikhochschule Stuttgart 1983. Assistant to Dennis Russell Davies, Stuttgart Opera 1982-84; guest conducting, primarily new music 1982-1997; work with Pierre Boulez & ensemble intercontemporain, Paris 1989; Diplôme d’études approfondies in ‘Music and Musicology of the 20th Century’ IRCAM / EHESS (Paris) 1992. Founder of music ensemble Prisme, Paris.

Founder of Ensemble Neue Musik and teaching at Musikhochschule Stuttgart 1994-96. Work in music industry 1996-2004: A&R and IT at Universal Edition, Vienna; project manager for music downloads, publishing, and later finances at BMG, Munich. Numerous publications, broadcasts, lectures and translations.

Doctoral defense 12 April 2008 (summa cum laude) at Université Paris-Est, title: Gendertronics. Toward A ‘lecture féminine’ of Emerging Musical Technologies and Their Aesthetics – Gerhard Stäbler, Terre Thaemlitz, Miss Kittin. Docent, author, guest lecturer and translator of music texts 2005-2016. Institutional affiliations: docent for “Musikkonzepte nach 1945” [Music Concepts after 1945] at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany, 2005-2012, and Researcher at LISAA, Université Paris-Est, France, 2013-2019.

2000-2022 Resident of Stuttgart, Germany. Got married in 2005. Retired from teaching in 2012 and switched to writing full time. Did my best at a lot of stuff, published, won some tiny literary prizes, tried not to go buggy, and wished I had a dog.

2020 Covid. 2021 Husband left. 2022 I abandoned Stuttgart and my beloved, remodelled apartment. Moved to a senior residence on the shore of the magnificent Elbe River in Hamburg, doing time. 2023 Travelled the globe.

2024. Finally finished long novel, Paris Choice.