Spielzeit 26.08. - 09.10.

Biographies of artists 2010

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Akram Khan Company

The company is funded by the Arts Council and tours Great Britain and internationally.  It has appeared at leading international festivals and received numerous awards including the ...

Elisabetta d’Aloia

Elisabetta trained at The Place and Laban. Her performance credits include Transitions Dance Company, Bare Bones, Frantic Assembly, Retina, Protein Dance, William Tuckett, Hofesh Shechter, ...

Appleblim

Dubsteppa Laurie 'Appleblim' Osbourne was born in Derby and following numerous moves reached London in 1994 where he became bassist with the experimental rock band The Monsoon Bassoon.  ...

Pierre Audi

Pierre Audi grew up in Beirut in the Lebanon, where he was born, and in Paris.   He founded the Almeida Theatre in London in 1979 together with its Festival of Contemporary Music, ...

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BaBa ZuLa

The Turkish band BaBa ZuLa from Istanbul makes psychedelic electronic music with overtones of a futuristic Istanbul culture connecting East and West.  Belly dancers and traditional ...

Stefan Bachmann

was born in Zurich in 1966.  He studied Humanities in Zurich and Berlin.  He has worked as a freelance director in Bonn, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna and Zurich.  From 1998 to 2003 he ...

Deniz Baspinar

was born in Cologne in 1972.  She completed her diploma studies in Psychology at Cologne University.  In 2008 her entry Zu Gast won WDR’s radio play competition on the theme Sind ...

Dalila Belaza

The dancer received her first training from her sister Nacera Belaza and took part in masterclasses with the Butoh choreographer Ushio Amagatsu.  Since 2004 she has worked with the ...

Nacera Belaza

was born in Algeria. She lives and works in France.  After studying French Literature she decided to devote herself completely to dance and founded her own company in 1989.  Since ...

Jan Bosse

Jan Bosse studied theatre direction at the Ernst Busch High School for Performing Arts in Berlin until 1997.  Productions followed in Berlin, at the Wiener Festwochen, the Münchner ...

Felicitas Brucker

completed courses in Theatre Studies, Literature and Communications Sciences in Munich and Directing at Goldsmiths College, London.  With her world premiere production of Engel by ...

Barbara-David Brüesch

graduated in Theatre Directing from the Ernst Busch High School for Performing Arts in Berlin.  Her productions include Saltwater by Conor McPherson (2001, Theater am Neumarkt, Zürich), ...

Sue Buckmaster

Sue is the Artistic Director of Theatre-Rites and fourth generation of theatre practitioners in her family. She is a director, puppetry specialist and teacher. Sue has worked with many ...

Pilar Buira Ferre

The freelance dancer and choreographer was born in Lleida, Spain in 1961.  She trained at the Ecole international de Danse Rosella Hightower Cannes and the Folkwang Hochschule Essen. ...

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Avivit Caspi

Avivit Caspi is an Israeli London-based singer, performer and musician. Last year she made history singing the Israeli national anthem at Wembley Stadium to a live crowd of 80,000, ...

ChorWerk Ruhr

is a vocal ensemble whose repertoire stretches from western monophony and polyphony to oratorical works.  It also works increasingly on innovative and experimental forms of expression.  ...

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Zeljo Davutovic

The artistic direction of the CHORAKADEMIE lies in the hands of Zeljo Davutovic.  He studied church music, choral direction and harpsichord in Weimar.  His training was completed ...

Willy Decker

Born in Cologne, he studied philosophy, theatre studies, musicology and vocal studies in his native city. He began as an assistant director in Essen and at the Cologne Opera, where ...

Assia Djebar

The Algerian is the most significant and internationally the most successful author from the Maghreb.  She is also a historian and filmmaker and lives in Paris and New York.  She ...

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Maren Eggert

completed her training as an actor at the Otto-Falckenberg-Schule in Munich.  She has performed at the Schauspielhaus Bochum and the Thalia Theater in Hamburg and has been a permanenet ...

Nurkan Erpulat

was born in Ankara in 1974.  He studied acting in Izmir and theatre directing in Berlin. Erpulat works mainly in Berlin but also in Hanover, Linz, Heilbronn and Dresden.  His directing ...

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Sherko Fatah

was born in Berlin in 1964 and grew up in the GDR. In 1975 he moved to West Germany.  He studied Philosophy and Art History in Berlin.  In 1999 he was awarded a stipendium by the ...

Elgiva Field

As Artistic Director of Oblique House, Elgiva Field directed 10,000 Feet & Falling (Aldeburgh Festival), Was He Anyone? (Union Theatre). Other theatre: Lost & Found (Trinity ...

The Forsythe Company

With the foundation of the Forsythe Company in 2005, William Forsythe has created a new, flexible structure for the further development of the diverse creative work which he had begun ...

William Forsythe

grew up in New York and began his training in Florida with Nolan Dingman and Christa Long.  He danced with the Joffrey Ballet and later with the Stuttgart Ballet, becoming their resident ...

Shanti Freed

Shanti Freed is an interdisciplinary theatrical designer with roots in contemporary dance and performance art. She studied Theatre Design at Wimbledon School of Art. Past designs/collaborations ...

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Günter Grass

The sculptor, graphic designer and writer was born in Danzig in 1927, completed an apprenticeship as a stone mason after his release from an American prisoner of war camp and studied ...

Andreas Grüter

comes from Luzern and studied lighting design at the Bavarian Theatre Academy in Munich.  He has developed the lighting for numerous productions including Company at the Prinzregententheater ...

Christoph Gurk

After studying Philology, New German Literature and Philosophy in Hamburg, Christoph Gurk worked as a journalist for the city magazine Szene Hamburg and from 1993 as Editor in Chief ...

Wolfgang Gussmann

works as a freelance stage and costume designer principally with the directors Willy Decker and Andreas Homoki. For the Ruhrtriennale 2009-2011 Gussmann is Artistic Advisor to Artistic ...

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Alexander Hacke

Alexander Hacke plays in numerous influential bands, writes songes, makes recordings, publishes and performs music under the pseudonym Alexander von Borsig.  In 1980 at the tender ...

Thomas Hauert

was born in Switzerland in 1967 and trained at the Rotterdamse Dansacademie. He danced with the Kompanie ROSAS of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker as well as with Gonnie Hegers, David Zambrano ...

Jeremy Herbert

Jeremy Herbert is a multimedia artist and stage designer. Previous work includes: Man and Boy: DADA (Almeida/US tour); Imber (UK site-specific); Mary of Egypt (Aldeburgh Festival); ...

Christof Hetzer

Christof Hetzer was born in Salzburg and studied with Erich Wonder in the Masterclass for Stage and Costume Design at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts.  He has worked as a freelance ...

Jens Hillje

The dramaturg grew up in Italy and Lower Bavaria and studied Applied Literary Studies in Perugia, Hildesheim and Berlin. Following his studies he worked on theatre projects with children ...

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Vladimir Ivanoff

Born in Bulgaria, Vladimir Ivanoff studied Musicology, Art History and Theatre Studies in Munich and the Renaissance lute in Karlsruhe and Basel.  He has taught at a series of universities ...

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Philippe Jaroussky

was born in 1978, initially studied violin, piano and composition, then from 1996 vocal studies and ancient music at the École de Musique National in Paris. His extraordinary voice ...

Josef Joffe

Josef Joffe grew up in Berlin and studied Politics, Economics and Philosophy in America and Europe.  He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University.  He has been publisher of Die Zeit ...

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Constanze Kargl

was born in Vienna in 1970.  After studying German and Philosophy at Vienna University she spent a number of years working for international film festivals in areas such as catalogues, ...

Necla Kelek

was born in Istanbul and lives in Berlin.  She has studied Business Administration and Sociology and took her Ph.D. in Greifswald.  Her books Die fremde Braut, Die verlorenen Söhne ...

Michael Kerstan

studied Education, Psychology and Politics in Saarbrücken and Tübingen and subsequently became assistant to the composer Hans Werner Henze in his educational work.  After graduating ...

Khan of Finland

Khan was born Can Oral of Turkish-Finnish parentage in Frankfurt.  He went to New York and ran his own record shop there.  At the same time he also produced hundreds of records in ...

Akram Kahn

The award-winning choreographer Akram Kahn was born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin in 1974.  He began dancing at the age of seven and studied with the great Kathak dancer ...

Andrea Koschwitz

Andrea Koschwitz studied Theatre Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin and began her theatre work in 1984 as dramaturg for theatre at the City Theatre in Karl Marx Stadt/Chemnitz ...

Arno Kraehahn

lives and works as a composer and sound designer in Berlin.  Since the mid-90s he has collaborated closely with Jan Bosse, Kathrin Plath and Stéphane Laimé.

Daniela Kranz

completed the directing course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg.  In 2000 she founded the directing team Kranz/Nordalm with whom she directed productions including Krankheit oder moderne ...

Hartmut El Kurdi

was born in Amman, Jordan in 1964 and grew up in London and Kassel.  He studied Cultural Studies and worked as a theatre director, actor and writer.  In the last five years he has ...

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Stéphane Laimé

has worked as stage designer with Jan Bosse on every production since his diploma production Macbeth in 1997.  He has also designed sets for directors such as Stefan Pucher, Thomas ...

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Hagen Matzeit

After training as an electronic signal mechanic, the countertenor Hagen Matzeit studied singing (baritone) and education in Berlin.  He took part in directing classes by Ruth Berghaus, ...

Susana Mendoza

Susana Mendoza studied costume design in Berlin from 1991 to 1997.  Her work has led her to Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Paris, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Lübeck, Göteborg, Hamburg, Rheinsberg, ...

Wajdi Mouawad

The writer, actor and director was born into a Christian family in Lebanon. Their flight from the civil war led the family to Paris for several years and eventually to Montréal in ...

musikFabrik

The musikFabrik is an international ensemble of solists specializing in contemporary music.  Alongside modern classical pieces and contemporary works, which include regular compositions ...

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Mohsen Nouri

Mohsen graduated from Central School of Speech and Drama. Credits include Romeo & Juliet, King Arthur and the Quest for the Grail (Little Angel Theatre), Doctor Dolittle (David ...

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Samir Odeh-Tamimi

The Palestinian-Israeli composer Samir Odeh-Tamimi was born in Tel Aviv in 1970 and studied musicology in Kiel, composition in Bremen with Younghi Pagh-Paan and compositional analysis ...

Elisabeth Orth

The Austrian Kammerschauspielerin and Bavarian Staatsschauspielerin (Actress of State) Elisabeth Orth was born in Vienna and trained at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.  She held engagements ...

Albert Ostermaier

The author lives and works in Munich. His literary career began in 1988 with the publication of his first poems. He has worked as a dramatist and librettist since 1993. His plays for ...

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Simon Palmer

Originally from Essex (UK), Simon graduated from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) Leeds in 2005, before joining Verve, also based at the NSCD. Following this he joined ...

Ewald Palmetshofer

was born in Upper Austria in 1978 and studied Theology and Philosophy/Psychology in Vienna.  In 2007/8 he was writer in residence at the Vienna Schauspielhaus.  His plays include: ...

Orhan Pamuk

was born in Istanbul on 7th June 1952 and grew up in a middle class family.  Before he turned to writing he studied architecture and journalism.  His first two novels Cevdet Bey and ...

Caroline Peters

was born in Mainz in 1971.  She studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater at Schauspielhaus Zürich.  Since 2004 she has been a permanenet member of the acting company at the ...

Armin Petras

Director, author and since the 2006/2007 season Artistic Director of the Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin. He studied directing at the Hochschule für Schauspiel ‘Ernst Busch’ in Berlin. ...

Danielle de Picciotto

Danielle De Picciotto was born in the USA and completed her studies in New York and Bonn.  Her artistic practice covers painting, music and film.  In 1989 together with Dr. Motte ...

Kathrin Plath

studied Theatre Studies, Art History and Political Sciences.  She worked as a costume assistant at the Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin from 1993 to 1996 and since 1997 ...

Christina Pluhar

discovered a love of renaissance and baroque music while studying classical guitar at Graz University. She studied the lute and baroque harp in The Hague, Basel and Milan.  In 1992 ...

Nick Powell

Recent theatre work includes composing music and sound for Dunsinane and The Drunks (RSC), The Priory and Relocated (Royal Court), Curtain (CDN Madrid), Panic (Improbable), The Family ...

Fernanda Prata

Fernanda Prata has been working as a professional dancer, deviser, teacher and choreographer for over 16 years. Dance credits include: The Duchess of Malfi, Faust, Masque of the Red ...

Proudpilot

The Istanbul band Proudpilot consists of the siblings Pınar and Ekin Üzeltüzenci on keyboards and bass and the drummer Kaan Akay.  They sing, whisper, shout and don’t shy away ...

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Alim Qasimov

was born in Shamakha, Azerbaijan. In Baku Qasimov studied with the leading teachers of mugham, an improvised form of religious song.  At the age of 25 he won the Djabbar Qarjaghdioghlu ...

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Ramadanman

David 'Ramadanman' Kennedy has been DJing from the age of 14, beginning with deep house and hip hop, and being attracted to jungle and dubstep as he grew older.  His numerous releases ...

Bernhard Robben

studied Philosophy and History in Freiburg und Berlin.  From 1983 to 1984 he worked as a German teacher in Bangor, Northern Ireland.  In order to supplement his pay as a Fellow at ...

Daniel Rohr

was born in Zurich and, after an apprenticeship and starting a course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, trained as an actor and director.  Following numerous engagements at the Schauspielhaus ...

Peter Rundel

has become renowned for extraordinary versatility in his work with major European orchestras  and as a brilliant specialist in contemporary music.  He also conducts opera productions ...

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Sarband

The ensemble Sarband is an international chamber music ensemble founded in 1986 by Dr. Vladimir Ivanoff which has specialized in musical relationships between Orient and Occident, Judaism, ...

Sebastian Schug

studied directing at the Ernst Busch High School for Performing Arts.  His diploma production of Federico Garcia Lorca’s When Five Years Pass was invited to the 2005 Warsaw International ...

Martin Schwab

was born in Möckmühl,Württemberg in 1937.  He trained at the Ernst Busch School in Berlin and at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna.  Engagements led him to theatres in Oldenburg, ...

Scuba

Paul Rose alias Scuba is one of the most influential figures in the world of dubstep.  As the head of the London label Hotflush Recordings, he has released the work of Benga, Shackleton ...

Shackleton

Producer and co-founder of the Skull Disco label Sam Shakleton has his roots in the London dubstep scene.  He has lived in Berlin for several years and moved to the Perlon label there.   ...

Harriet Shillito

Since graduating from Wimbledon College of Art where she studied Performance Design, Harriet has produced costume designs for theatre company Diverse City, graphic work for The Kosh, ...

Luca Silvestrini

Italian-born Luca Silvestrini is co-founder and Artistic Director of award-winning Protein, work includes: Publife, The Banquet, Big Sale, Dear Body and LOL (Lots of Love). He has created ...

Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh trained at LAMDA. His previous theatre includes: Nation (National Theatre), White Open Spaces (Pentabus), Zameen (Kali Theatre Company/Soho Theatre), Twelfth Night and ...

Steven Sloane

The American conductor has been General Music Director of the Bochumer Symphoniker since 1994 and Chief Conductor of the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra since the 2007/2008 season. As ...

David Sterne

David Sterne has just finished Nation at the National Theatre; he has played in many theatres nationally and internationally. On TV he’s played a regular in Holby Blue, Thief Takers, ...

Studio musikFabrik | Jugendensemble des Landesmusikrats NRW

The Landesmusikrat (Regional Music Council) of North Rhine Westphalia launched the ‘Regional Youth Ensemble for New Music’ as a pilot project at the beginning of 2006 and this is ...

Simon Sturgess

Simon stage managed the first Theatre-Rites show Houseworks in 1996, and has production managed several of the company’s shows since, including Hospitalworks which played in London ...

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Dai Tabuchi

Dai Tabuchi was born in Japan and trained at Rose Bruford College and Ecole Philippe Gaulier. His TV credits include: Holby City (BBC), A Cloud Upon the Slope (NHK, Japan), Hornet Queen ...

Theatre-Rites

Theatre-Rites is an international theatre company based in London creating high-quality theatre experiences for adults and young people that stir the imagination and stimulate thought.  ...

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Anna Watson

Anna Watson is a lighting designer for theatre, opera and dance. Recent collaborations include: Opera North, Royal Opera House, Young Vic, Oily Cart, Clean Break and HeadLong, with ...

Samuel Weiss

trained as an actor at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna while also appearing at the Burgtheater, Schauspiel Frankfurt and the Staatstheater Stuttgart.  Since 2001 he has been a ...

Lyndie Wright

Lyndie Wright was born in South Africa where she studied artbefore moving to London. She and her husband John Wright founded the Little Angel Puppet Theatre in 1961. Since then she ...

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