Training

• 1982 Oberlin Conservatory (USA) - B. Mus. in Trombone Performance (Pi Kappa Lambda)
• 1985 Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting

Professional Engagements

• 1987-88 Theater der Stadt Bielefeld - Ballet Pianist and Conductor - The Nutcracker
• 1988-89 Theater der Stadt Trier - Coach and Pianist - Boccaccio, Showboat, Maske im Blau
• 1989-91 Vereinigte Bühnen Wien - Conductor - Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, 42nd St
• 1991 Wiener Kammeroper - Musical Director - Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Rigoletto
• 1991-94 Saarländisches Staatstheater - Associate Conductor - Aida, La bohème, Le nozze di Figaro, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Der Vogelhändler, Bluebeard, Die Fledermaus, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, Blood Brothers
• 1993 Theater Aachen - Guest Conductor - West Side Story
• 1994 Royal Theater Carré Amsterdam - Music Director - Cyrano das Musical
• 1994-96 Miss Saigon (Stuttgart) - Conductor
• 1998-99 Vereinigte Bühnen Wien - Conductor - Chicago, Tanz der Vampire
• 1999-00 Schwäbisch Hall Open Air Festival - Music Director Cyrano the Musical (Orchestra: Bratislava Symphonietta)
• 1996-02 Theater des Westens, Berlin - Music Director Piraten, A Funny Thing Happened..., Chicago (also Tour in Munich, Basel, Düsseldorf)
• 2000-02 Sinfonie Orchester Berlin - Concerts in the Berlin Philharmonic Hall Gershwin und Tchaikovsky programs
• 2001 Orchestra director of the Scorpions-Tour in March and April with concerts in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, Minsk, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius · Program based on the EXPO 2000-concert with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra· Performance in each city presented with the state orchestra of each region.
• 2001 Concerts with the Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) in Frankfurt and Potsdam
• 2000-02 Classic Open Air concerts in Berlin, Dresden, Magdeburg
• 1999-02 Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg - Principal Conductor (Guest Conductor since 1997)
      · Concerts in the Nikolaisaal Potsdam, Schauspielhaus Berlin, Philharmonie München, Philharmonie Köln, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Kulturpalast Dresden, etc.
      · Film soundtracks for ARD, ZDF, Arte, NDR, SWF, WDR, MDR
      · Live performances of silent films, (Chaplin's City Lights, Gold Rush, The Kid, The Idle Class; Fritz Lang's Metropolis, Hitchcock's The Lodger)
      · Tours with Udo Lindenberg und Karat

Repertoire conducted in performance:

Opera and Ballet

Mozart

Cosi fan tutte (Louisiana State University, 1985)
Entführung aus dem Serail (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1992)
Don Giovanni (Wiener Kammeroper, 1992)
Le nozze di Figaro (Wiener Kammeroper, 1992) (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1993)

Lortzing

Zar und Zimmermann (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1992-93)

Puccini

La boheme (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1993)

Smetana

The bartered bride (Louisiana State University, 1985)

Tschaikovsky

The Nutcracker (Stadttheater Bielefeld, 1987)

Verdi

Aida (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1992-93)
Rigoletto (Wiener Kammeroper, 1992)

Operetta

Emmerich Kalman

Countess Maritza (Ohio Light Opera, 1984)

Franz Lehar

Die lustige Witwe (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1994)

Theo Mackeben

Die Dubarry (Landestheater Schleswig-Holstein, 1997)

Jacques Offenbach

Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Theater Schwedt, 1997)
La vie parisienne (Ohio Light Opera, 1985)
La belle Helene (Ohio Light Opera, 1986)
Ritter Blaubart (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1993)

Raymond

Maske in Blau (Stadttheater Trier, 1990)

Sigmund Romberg

The Student Prince (Ohio Light Opera, 1985)

Johann Strauss

Die Fledermaus (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1993)
The Gypsy Baron (Ohio Light Opera, 1984)

Arthur Sullivan

Piraten (Theater des Westens, 1996)
Pirates of Penzance (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
Trial by Jury (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
Cox and Box (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
The Sorceror (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
H.M.S. Pinafore (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
The Mikado (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
Princess Ida (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
Iolanthe (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
Yeomen of the Guard (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)
Utopia, Ltd (Ohio Light Opera, 1982-85)

von Suppe

Boccaccio (Stadttheater Trier, 1990)

Zeller

Der Vogelhändler (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1992)

Musical

Bernstein

West Side Story (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1992) & (Theater Aachen, 1993)

Bock

She Loves Me (Louisiana State University)

Kander

Chicago (Theater an der Wien, 1998-99) & (Theater des Westens, 1999-2000)

Russell

Blutsbrüder (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1993-94)

Schoenberg, Cl.-M.

Les Misérables (Raimund Theater, Wien, 1989-90)
Miss Saigon (Stuttgart, 1994-95)

Sondheim

A Funny Thing Happened... (Theater des Westens, 1997)

Steinman

Tanz der Vampire (Raimund Theater, Wien, 1998-99) &

van Dijk

Cyrano (Theater Carrè, Amsterdam, 1994) & (Freilichtspiele Schwäbisch Hall, 1999-2000)

Warren

42nd St (Theater an der Wien, 1991)

Webber

Jesus Christ Superstar (Saarländisches Staatstheater, 1993)
Phantom der Oper (Raimund Theater, Wien, 1990-92)

Concert Repertoire (mostly with the German Filmorchestra)

Barber

Adagio for Strings

Beethoven

Fidelio Overture, Leonore Overture Nr. 3, Symphony Nr. 8

Berlioz

Benvenuto Cellini Overtüre

Bernstein

Candide Overtüre, On the waterfront-Suite, On the town-Suite

Brahms

Symphony Nr. 1, Nr. 2

Debussy

La mer

Dukas

Sorceror's Apprentice

Gershwin

Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, Concerto in F, excerpts from Porgy and Bess

Haydn

Symphony Nr. 102

Holst

The Planets

Ives

The Unanswered Question

Mendelssohn

Violin Concerto, Hebrides Overture

Mozart

Clarinet Concerto

Tchaikovsky

Serenade for Strings

Wagner

Rienzi Overture

"Silent" Films conducted live with orchestra

Chaplin

Gold Rush (reconstruction Carl Davis)
City Lights
The Kid
The Idle Class

Hitchcock

The Lodger (composition Ashley Irwin) Lang

Metropolis (composition Bernd Wefelmeyer)

Publications and Recordings

Max und Moritz (Musik, Gisbert Näther) - Deutsches Filmorchester and Katja Riemann (Narrator)

The International Music Company (New Classical Adventure), Pub. 2001, Nr.: 60111-215

Von Babelsberg nach Hollywood - Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

BMG Buchklub, Pub. 2001, Nr. 668194

25 Jahre Karat - Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

BMG, Pub. 2001, Nr. 74321 85549 2 (Live Concert - Berlin-Wuhlheide, 9.9.2000)

Udo Lindenberg - "Ich schwöre! das volle Programm" - Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg

Berlin Records (Sony Music), Pub. 2001, Nr. 099750 121825 (Live Concert, Hamburg, 12.05.2000)

Les Misérables Interactive - Author of a CD-ROM of the musical and Hugo's novel

(Published by TDK Mediactive, Year 1999, Distributor: Rushware Microhandelsg. mbH)

Cyrano das Musical - Conductor of the Schwäbisch Hall Original Cast Recording

(Golden Gate Musikverlag, Nr. 99/01, Year 1999, Distributor: Sound of Music, Essen)

Het Beste uit de Musicals - Conductor of the song "When I Write" from the 1994 Cyrano production in Amsterdam

(Published by Endemol, Nr. ENCD 7131, Year 1998)

Grosse Dirigenten CD-ROM- Demonstrationen zur Schlagtechnik im Lernteil des Programms

(Published by EuroArts/Klett, Stuttgart, Year 1998)

Verdi und die Banda - Autor bzw. ‹bersetzer der englischsprachigen Beiheft-Texte zur CD des Stuttgarter Staatsorchesters, Dir. Gabriele Ferro

(Published by Animato, Bestellnr. ACD 6013-3, Year 1995)

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