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Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

Studies

1975 - 1980 Musikhochschule Detmold Tonmeister course of study comprising a full study programme of music as well as intensive courses in recording sciences and techniques. Degree obtained: Diplom-Tonmeister 1977 - 1980 Concurrently completed academic courses in the music education program track at the Musikhochschule Detmold 1962 - 1975 Colegio Andino / Deutsche Schule, Bogotá, Colombia Elementary school and high school Degree obtained: German Abitur (High School Diploma)

Internships

• 1979 Phonogram/, Baarn • 1979 Phonogram/Philips, Baarn • 1979 WDR Broadcasting Corporation, Cologne • 1978 WDR Broadcasting Corporation, Cologne • 1978 Bavaria Film- und Musikstudios, Munich • 1978 SF Broadcasting Corporation, Stuttgart • 1977 PolyGram/, Hannover • 1976 HR Broadcasting Corporation, Frankfurt • 1976 Grundig Electronic Industries, Fürth

Professional experience

2003 - present McGill University, Faculty of Music, Montreal, Canada Associate Professor

Training of masters degree students in Sound Recording. Tenure track academic position.

2000 - present Independent record producer

Freelance production of CDs, SACDs and DVDs in stereo and surround sound for the following labels: Philips, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon/Archiv, BIS Records, EMI Classics Taiwan, Universal Japan, Music Group Nederland, BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide 1986 - 1999 Philips Classics Productions/

1 Philips Music Group, Baarn and , The Netherlands Producer

Assignment: Producing, balance engineering and digital editing activities on over 120 CDs for the Philips label. Recordings comprising a broad spectrum of music th • Epochs Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20 Century • Genres Instrumental music (orchestral, , solo) Vocal music (opera, oratorio, choral music, solo)

Accomplishments: • Operations on a world-wide, international basis • Producing in five languages • Many recordings have been distinguished with prestigious international awards • Long lasting working relationships with many prominent artists , , , Frans Brüggen, Sir , , Håkan Hardenberger, , René Jacobs, , , Sir , Sir , I Musici, , , Philip Pickett, , Sir , , Heinrich Schiff and many more

1981 - 1985 Soundstream Gmbh, Gütersloh, Tonmeister

Assignment: Tonmeister in charge of the activities of the Digital Editing Studio. Intense immersion in digital editing using the Soundstream editing system, the world’s first commercially available computer based system for music editing using magnetic storage disks.

Accomplishments: • Pioneer in the development of digital editing • Further development and expansion of the practical possibilities for the editing of music • Consulting to developers of digital editing equipment (e.g. Sony Japan, Studer Switzerland, Soundstream Salt Lake City) • Introduction of digital recording and editing to major European recording labels. (CBS, EMI, RCA, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon) • Presentation of the practical results at international audio conventions

1983 - 1985 WDR Broadcasting Corporation, Cologne, Germany Freelance Producer of music recordings for broadcasting purposes

1980 - 1981 , Munich, Germany Theatre Tonmeister

Assignment: Sound design and electro acoustical assistance of opera, ballet and concert performances

Accomplishments: Sole responsibility as tonmeister for the company’s guest performances in Bayreuth and Athens Recordings prizes awarded to productions

2 • Grammy nomination 2003 (Best Opera) for Gluck, Alceste with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Anne Sofie von Otter, Paul Groves and others, the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists • Diapason d'Or 2002 and Grand Prix de l’ Académie Charles Cros 2002 for Chopin, Works with Nelson Freire • Award of the German Record Critics 1997 for the Complete Cycle of the Beethoven Piano Sonatas with Alfred Brendel • Echo Award 1994 for Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique with Sir John Eliot Gardiner and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique • Grand Prix du Disque 1993 for Bach, Secular Cantatas with Gustav Leonhardt and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment • Ritmo Award 1991 for Vivaldi, Musica Sacra with Vittorio Negri and the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra • Wiener Flötenuhr 1980 for Mozart, Chamber Music with the Academy Chamber Ensemble

and many more

Lectures

Lectures and workshops at international Audio conventions, as well as at educational institutions for sound engineering in Europe and in North America.

• 2003 and Düsseldorf, Workshops on Surround Sound and on the Artistic Aspects of Music Recording th • 2003 Amsterdam, 114 AES Convention Workshop and Roundtable on various aspects of Multichannel Recording nd • 2002 Hannover, 22 International Tonmeister Convention Workshop and Roundtable about Multichannel and Creativity th • 2002 Munich, 112 AES Convention Producer Seminar and Roundtable • 2001 Banff Centre for the Arts, Producer Seminar for professional producers of the CBC and AES lecture on Surround Sound • 2001 McGill University Montreal, Workshop on Recording Techniques and AES lecture on Surround Sound st • 2000 Hannover, 21 International Tonmeister Convention Workshop on Surround Sound and Sound Aesthetics • 1995-1996 Musikhochschule Detmold, Tonmeisterinstitut Lectures on Digital Recording and Editing in Theory and Practice

Publications

3 • Soundstream: The Computer Editing System, Bertelsmann-Presse-Information, 1984 (included in Webers Tonstudiotechnik, 1985) • Several articles about various aspects of the audio professions in publications such as La Révue du Son, Paris 2003, German Audio Magazine 1983, Preludium Amsterdam 1989, BBC Music Magazine London 1998, VDT Magazin-Tonmeisterinformationen 2002

Language proficiency

• English • German • Spanish • Italian • Dutch • basic knowledge of French

Language courses

• 1986 Immersion Program in the Dutch language InterlinguaTaalpraktikum, Zwolle • 1991 Intensive Course in the Italian language London Institute Language Centre, London

Personal distinctions

• 1997 Medal of the Colegio Andino/Deutsche Schule Bogotá in recognition to special international achievements in the arts and media • 199600 30 minute documentary by Colombian television about my career. In this context several interviews on Colombian radio and television, as well as related articles in books and in the press • 1971 Invitation by the Pädagogischer Austauschdienst of the Federal Republic of Germany to a month long study trip through Germany.

December 2004

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