Creating spaces for contemporary music.Fake & Halluzinationen @ Kreuzeskirche Essen |Sylvano Bussotti - Pièces de chair, Julio organum julii, Rondò di scena | Steve Reich - Vermont Counterpoint | György Ligeti - Volumina | Hans-Joachim Hespos - Umfleitjeshttp://part-musik.de

Tuning specialist and instructor for Amadeus Active Acoustics systems. Recently wrapped projects: TWAUDiO/Amadeus showroom at ISE 2024 Barcelona, moresound Den Haag showroom (with Volker Werner), Landestheater Salzburg (with Benedikt Ross), VILCO Bad Vilbel (assisting Volker Werner and Olaf Schuberth).

Going strong with an amazing new team, and passing on the vice presidency to my wonderful colleague Tonmeisterin Ulrike Anderson.

Project Coordinator for ESSENCE, an ERASMUS+ project co-funded by the European Union aiming to create a trans-national qualification for sound engineers at EQF level 5, https://essence.tonmeister.org

Recent: LD/VD/TD Darko Radosavljev SALAS tanzhaus nrw — LD/VD/TD/performance Montse Gardó & Petr Hastik NO MAN'S SKY FFT Düseldorf — TD Reut Shemesh COBRA BLONDE @ tanzfaktur Köln — TD polymer DMT Home away @ Kunstfest Weimar — FOH Dalia da Silva Band confluence festival — SD/VD showcase23 @ Maschinenhaus Essen — SD/TD for Alina Lupu, "The Odyssey" @ VHDG Leeuwarden — tonmeister/TD/LD for E-MEX "Fleisch 4" (Musikforum Bochum), "Fruchtfleisch" with Lee Méir at Maschinenhaus, "vvvwwwv" with Johannes Kreidler, and FLEISCH 1/Sylvano Bussotti — live recording for Dalia da Silva Band feat. Mo Pleasure+Patrick Scales — LD/SD for BRUTOLOGY by montseandpetr.com @ Emscherkunstweg/ES365 Düsseldorf — carpentry for Alina Lupu's "Work, Rest, What we Will"@8 Cubic Meters, Amsterdam — LD/TL for Marlin de Haan's K.I.T.C.H.E.N.@FFT Düsseldorf — "In-between sounds", six-channel audio composition with Aram Lee, Punt WG, Amsterdam — TL/LD/venue design for Felix Bürkle's "last order" Werft 77/Düsseldorf — reconstruction of a light design by Jens Piske for Chrystel Guillebeaud's "Ton fémur chante", Festival Biarritz — stream mixing & recording moers festival 2021, 2020, 2019 for arte:concert — LD for Felix Bürkle's "last order", Pumpenhaus Münster — States of Play II album tracking and stream concerts at Jazzschmiede Düsseldorf/KuFa Krefeld — Film location sound/5.1 post production for TWOFIFTY with E-MEX — sound design/tech support for Idan Hayosh, "The RUNWAY (Lamps #29)" at Museum Ostwall, Dortmunder U — Wandzeitung, a video performance on Heilig Kreuz church @ Szeniale Gelsenkirchen — lights/sound/video for Susanne Linke and Urs Dietrich at Hebelhalle Heidelberg — laser safety at Musikfestspiele Potsdam for Vladimir Grafov — live sound design for Sebastian Gramss' States of Play at Großer Sendesaal/Funkhaus Wallrafplatz (Acht Brücken Festival Köln) — lights design for Raum305 at Maschinenhaus Essen for "Wir wollen NIE NIE NIE"...

Live and studio recording, post production, editing and mixing for AVRAM Ensemble, bildundtonfabrik, Domchor Köln, Festland, Folkwang Kammerorchester, fraucontrabass, Tom Gavron, Matthias Grabenhorst & Kai Niedermeier, Ensemble musikFabrik, Studio musikFabrik, Rendez-vous des Tambours, Sebastian Gramss' States of Play, Neil Taylor, The Royal Squeezebox, Vincent Royer, Thorsten Töpp, Yoshino, and others.

Guest lectures, masterclasses, seminars and workshops on Ambisonic and 3D sound production, event engineering, systems design, event planning and safety, and various other topics, at CCRMA (Stanford University, CA., USA), CeReNeM (University of Huddersfield, UK), VPT Academy (CUE Rotterdam, The Netherlands), DeMontfort University (Leicester, UK), Erich-Thienhaus-Institut (Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Germany), FH Detmold, Geißendörfer & Leschinsky GmbH (Cologne, Germany), Hochschule der Medien (Stuttgart, Germany), Hochschule Emden-Leer (Germany), Hochschule OWL (Lemgo, Germany), ICEM (Folkwang Universität der Künste Essen, Germany), IGVW4Edu.de, Institut für technische Akustik (RWTH Aachen, Germany), SPACE (Conservatorio Rossini, Pesaro, Italy), Pro Audio College (Bildungswerk des VDT GmbH), Prolight+Sound Frankfurt (VPLT/Messe Frankfurt, Germany), Prolight+Sound Shanghai (VPLT/Messe Frankfurt Hongkong), IGVW4Education (Germany), Technische Universität Mittelhessen (Gießen, Germany)

Technical direction for Lutz Förster's solo performance at Beirut International Platform of Dance (BIPOD), in April 2017, at Citerne Beirut.

Technical planning and executive direction of Susanne Linke's "Ruhr-Ort" in an active(!) drop forge factory during the 15. International Dance Theatres Festival in Lublin, Poland, further tour performances at Stadttheater Bielefeld and Staatstheater Braunschweig, and a show at Equilibrio dance festival in Rome.

Event supervision, customer/artist liaison and sound engineer for cultural and corporate productions on the premises of Zeche Zollverein World Heritage Site in Essen.Mixed Herbert Knebel/Ozzy Ostermann, Paul Maar/Wolfgang Stute/Konrad Haas, Ensemble AVRAM, Bassmati, Jeff Cascaro, Frère, Daniel García Trio, Shalosh, Folkwang Kammerorchester, and others. Supported theatercombinat/Claudia Bosse at Tanzplattform 2018, festivals lit.RUHR/lit.RUHR ZWEI/lit.RUHR DREI in 2017-2019 and lit.RUHR SECHS in 2022, and Fred Frith/Susana Santos Silva/Anantha Krishnan/Marque Gilmore/Wu Fei for NOW Festival 2022.

Technical planning and executive technical direction of an international symposium and trade show/exhibition, with 5 conference venues ranging from 80 to 700 seats. Conception and implementation of sound systems from stereo to 24.4 loudspeakers for Auro-3D, Ambisonics, and Dolby Atmos. Industry partner/company liaison, acquisition of hardware sponsors, commercial exhibitors and presenters/paper contributors, organisation, logistics, crew disposition, team leading.

FOH sound in three venues with capacities of 200, 400 and 550 people. Mixed Aeronauten, Big Bandits, Timm Beckmanns Liga der Außergewöhnlichen Musiker, d.o.o.r, Family*5, Alain Frei, Max Goldt, Gernot Hassknecht, The Kalishnikovs, Gabi Köster, Michael Krebs und die Pommesgabeln des Teufels, Nguyên Lê Trio, Rob Lynch, Nightwash, Sebastian Nitsch, Nomade Orquestra, Telmo Pires, pro:C-Dur, John Dennis Renken/Tribe with Bernd Oszevim, Andreas Wahl, Shannon Barnett and Angelika Niescier, Eric Schaefer and The Shredz, Screaming Headless Torsos, Sona Jobarteh & Band, Spaceman Spiff, Suchtpotenzial, Nessi Tausendschön, Veysel, Wildes Holz, Zodiac Trio, and others. Supported Rabih Abou-Khalil Trio, Deep Schrott, Eivør, Sidsel Endresen + Stian Westerhus, Bill Evans, Klaus "Major" Heuser Band, Daniel Nitt, Dirk Raulf Orchestra feat. Meret Becker, Chris Tall, and others.

Project planning (including building permit applications for temporary conversion of public and closed spaces for events), technical direction, safety concepts, crew disposition, equipment rental, and logistics. Sound and lighting design. FOH sound and lights operating. Productions include "Kein Wasser runterschütten" for RUHR 2010, "Dorforgien", "Screenshot!", "Vorhofflattern", "Feedback", "Akte Beckett", "Missing Link", "Forum Markt/Petersilie & Pastinaken", "50 Menschen".

PA systems design, show sound design (surround and stereo), live sound, programming and show automation, audio infrastructure planning and execution, mentoring of apprentices. Setup of stage machinery, scaffolding, rigging, safety measures, touring support. Recent activities include the design and execution of analog signal distribution and CAT7 infrastructure at GOP Essen, re-design and implementation of a new sound reinforcement system at GOP Bremen, and infrastructure planning, audio systems design and implementation for the recently opened GOP venue in Bonn.Sound designs for the "plüfoli" and "Karussell" Wintervarietés at Orangerie Hannover, and touring shows "Toys", "Rockstar", "La Luna", and "Le Club".Mixed Antek & Wolf (Zweimannkapelle), Hennes Bender, Matthias Brodowy, Bryats Band, Rebecca Carrington, Rafael Cortés, Fritz Eckenga, Carmela del Feo (La Signora), Jan Fleischhauer, Alain Frei, Ludger K, Jörg Knör, Lutz Krajenski Trio, Jens Neutag, die GOP Latenight Band (Robert A. Mayer, Jan-Thilo Henn & Volker Naves), Michael Hatzius ("Die Echse"), Christian Hirdes, Nana Jaschwili, Ricardo Mancini, Marea, the Plüfoli band, Matthias Rauch, Hagen Rether, Philip Simon, Claudia Schill, Helmut Sanftenschneider, Andi Steil, Kai-Magnus Sting, Ludger Stratmann, Wolfgang Stute, Wolfgang Trepper, Rezo Tschikwischwili, Amélie Venisse, Anthony Venisse, Moses W, Jojo Weiss, Andreas Wessels, ...

Live sound, theatre lighting, video, theatre rigging, flybar operator. Assisted Ana Moura, WDR Bigband, and others.

Live sound and lights in a small indie venue (capacity 120 people), mixed 6aus49, 78 Twins, Anajo, And Also The Trees, Bernd Begemann, Hugh Cornwell, Julian Dawson, Dear Reader, Paul Di Anno, Die Zelten, Martin Engelien, Escape with Romeo, Familie Staub, Fataal, Favez, Feel fine, Fertig los, Festland, Niels Frevert, Ida Gard, Daniel Gardenier, Grant Hart, The Heavies, Maximilian Hecker, Holmes, Rich Hopkins + Luminarios, Horse Feathers, John Jones, Desiree Klaeukens, Latin Quarter, Layment, Bobby Long, Tom Lüneburger, Lee MacDougall, Felix Meyer, Marilyn's Army, Pål Moddi, Muffalo, Navel, Oysterband, Reichtum Plakat Erde, Die Regierung, Jonathan Richman, Salty Cheeks, Sebastian 23, Steve Skaith, Chris Spedding, Superpunk, Neil Taylor, Tour de Vinyl, US Rails, Carl Verheyen, Katja Werker, Keimzeit, Pascal Vogt, Wohlstandskinder, You Are So Me, ZEUS, Tabea Zimmermann, and many others.Supported Alec Empire, The Dorf, Die Goldenen Zitronen, Keimzeit, and others.

Music location recording, studio live sound engineering, recording infrastructure conception and support for TV shows NEO Magazin and NEO Magazin Royale. Mixed Jan Böhmermann, William Cohn, Dendemann & die Freie Radikale, Bilderbuch, Gunter Gabriel, Olli Schulz, and others.

Sound design, surround PA setup and calibration, FOH sound operator, stage technician and electrician, rigging, loading and logistics, touring support.

Head technician and safety supervisor ("verantwortlicher Meister für Veranstaltungstechnik"), audio patch, monitor support (M7CL) for a leg of the 2009 tour of Jethro Tull.

responsible for operation and maintenance of audio, lighting and video gear, rigging, and safety.

Show operator lights/sound/video/special effects for the Ehrlich Brothers, co-design and maintenance of special effects equipment, touring support, safety, rigging. Planning and on-site executive direction of performance for the Arab Economic Freedom Awards in Muscat, Oman.

Design, implementation and maintenance of a heterogeneous Linux/Windows network of 70+ machines and 120+ users with advanced roaming and remote access capabilities, automated backups, automated Windows client roll-out, application and web services. Design, implementation and maintenance of routing infrastructure for 200+ users including VPN and remote maintenance. Both projects were implemented using free and open source software.

Sound and lighting technician and show operator, stage manager. Conception and implementation of new lights hotpatch and distribution system in Saal 1, planning advisor for Saal 2 A/V infrastructure and PA system.Mixed Ingo Appelt, Götz Alsmann + Band, Lydie Auvray, Susanne Betancor, Hennes Bender, Bernhard Bentgens, Martina Brandl, The Buddhas, Cantabile, Wiglaf Droste, Danny Dziuk, Vince Ebert, Emmi, Horst Evers, Faltsch Wagoni, Lisa Feller, Lisa Fitz, Hans Gerzlich, Habana Son, Heiter bis wolkig, Eckart v. Hirschhausen, HISS, Hanns-Dieter Hüsch, Paul Kuhn Trio, Hans Liberg, Ludger K., Bente Kahan, Wladimir Kaminer, Irmgard Knef, Sebastian Krämer, Hardy Krüger, Johann Könich, The Magnets, Malediva, Maybebop, Hans-Werner Olm, Ingo Oschmann, Pigor & Eichhorn, Volker Pispers, Plebsbüttel, Georg Preuße, Kay Ray, Michy Reincke, Richard Rogler, Uta Rotermund, Ekkehard Schall, Detlef Simon, Dietmar Schönherr, Horst Schroth, Atze Schröder, Alvaro Solar, Spardosen-Terzett, Tina Teubner, Thielke & Genähr, Till & Obel, Arnim Töpel, Turtle Island String Quartet, Pe Werner, Rolf Zacher, and many others.