Bio

Studied Jazz at Cornish Institute with bass player Gary Peacock (Miles Davies – Keith Jarret) 1980 – 1982

Graduated from NYU Gallatin Division focus music production (recording – synth programmer – electronic music – physics of sound) 1982-1985

Synth and Fairlight digital workstation programmer at Unique Recording Studios New York (first fully equipped MIDI studio in the world) 1985-1986

Intern at IRCAM Research Center under David Wessel

produced a library of sampled sounds for Yamaha (solo instrumentalists from Ensemble Intercontemporain) 1987-1988

Journalist France – music technology – Keyboards – 0 Vu – Sonovision 1986-2001

Author of a book on MIDI entitled “l’Esprit MIDI” 1989

Technical Director Studio Numera Paris France 1988-1989

Technical Diretctor and composer studio Capitaine Fracasse Paris France – Music for film – TV logos (le Droit de Savoir) – art video soundtracks (La Villette – Cité des Sciences) 1989-1992

Composer – Producer

“Michelangelo” composition given at the Galleria dell’ Accademia” in Florence – Octobre 1993 (CD Polygram)
created with the support of : Targetti Sankey SpA, Galleria dell’Accademia, Sovrintendenza dei Beni Artistici e Culturali di Firenze, Institut Français de Florence

1993 (CD Polygram)
created with the support of : Targetti Sankey SpA, Galleria dell’Accademia, Sovrintendenza dei Beni Artistici e Culturali di Firenze, Institut Français de Florence

“Résonances – Albert Kahn” composition given at Albert Kahn museum June 1995
commissioned by Musée Albert Kahn and Conseil Général des Hauts de Seine

“Rinascere” composition given at the Uffizi Museum Florence to celebrate the re-opening of the wing destroyed by a bomb – June 1996, with the support of : Targetti Sankey SpA, Assessorato alla Cultura di Firenze, Assessorato alla Cultura della Regione Toscana, Centre de Recherche FIAT, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze et RAS assicurazione

“Rêves de Pierre” composition given in the Château de Châteaudun France August 1998. Multimedia journey thru the immense castle including sculpture – sound – moving personages with sound costumes – concert

created with the support of: Conseil Régional du Centre, DRAC du Centre, Caisse Nationale des Monuments Historiques et des Sites, Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité (DDTEFP 28 et Direction Régionale), Délégation à l’Aménagement du territoire et à l’Action Régionale – FNADT, Conseil général d’Eure et Loir, Ville de Châteaudun, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paulstra, Crédit Agricole, EDF- GDF, Scénilux/Siemel, Targetti Sankey

“Anamnesis” creation given on the site of Mantelot Châtillon sur Loire, canal port on the Loire river July 2000. and art – sculptures – installations – performances – concert
created with the support of : Conseil Régional du Centre, DRAC du Centre, Voies Navigables de France, Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité (DDTEFP 45 et DRT), Direction Régionale au Tourisme, Conseil Général du Loiret, Ville de Châtillon sur Loire, EPALA, Crédit Agricole, EDF, SAPRR, Emaux de Briare, Corderie Lancelin, ESCMédia

Poet – Martial artist
Retired to an isolated farm only accessible on snow shoes during the winter months 2004-2012. Studied Siberian Qi Gong and internal martial arts : Tai Chi – Bagua – Dancing Cobras – Xin Ji Studied the oral traditions of poetry – contact with nature and elemental forces. Developed endurance skills with a coach : trekking – snow shoes – self defence

Recording studios – Production manager
Came to Berlin and created “MünD production” at the Funkhaus Berlin
managed two studios : recording and music production – Mixing and Mastering
Took on the production management of many projects (film – orchestra recordings) including a very large production involving a major part of the Funkhaus music recording rooms for a Deutch Telekom project

Rhetoric
currently teaching rhetoric to diplomats at Geneva school of Diplomacy Geneva