Background & Professional Context
I combine formal music education, ethnographic research and professional performance to develop formats
that function across schools, cultural institutions, festivals and club contexts.
to the CV downloads below.
From early on, my focus has been on understanding how musical learning, motivation and collective experience
interact in different cultural and social contexts.
- Jazz trumpet & instrumental pedagogy — Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden (Diploma)
- Music education & teaching practice — University of Leipzig
- Creative music training & curriculum development — Escuela de Música Creativa, Madrid (Leonardo Programme)
- Arts-in-education methodology — Yehudi Menuhin Foundation (MUS-E)
- Research focus — music, trance and ritual practices (ethnographic fieldwork in Morocco)
Participatory music formats for schools and youth programmes, combining rhythm, voice, improvisation
and digital tools. Focus on motivation, collective learning and low-threshold access across diverse
social contexts.
Long-term ensemble processes based on transcultural collaboration, collective authorship and shared
responsibility. Development of musical structures that enable participation beyond stylistic or
cultural boundaries.
Live performance projects where acoustic instruments, electronics and real-time looping meet.
Artistic research settings that inform and continuously feed back into educational practice.
interdisciplinary teams and public institutions. My responsibilities include concept development,
team recruitment, pedagogical supervision and quality assurance — often within complex institutional
and intercultural frameworks.
