Songs

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I write songs for artists: musicians, bands, singers, theatre ensembles, filmmakers. You will find demo recordings here. 

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Moreover, I have lyrics that are available to composers for co-writing.

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Among my collaborators in music are Chris Sligh, Lara Friedrich, Bobby McKee, Kate Northrop, Jim Anderson, Eric Hunziker, Scott Foster Harris, stefanieastaga, and Gaz Twist.

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Literature

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Storytelling has always been part of my life. I write short stories and am presently working on a novel.

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In my essays, I deal with themes that I seek to explore. Thanks to my biography as a child of immigrants with an urge to understand the world, I often offer an unusual perspective in my texts.

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Projects

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2021

Manuscript review of „Der Sommer, in dem ich Schwarz wurde“ (The Summer I Turned Black) by Angélique Beldner and Martin R. Dean

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2018 - 2019

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band "Raw Harvest"

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2016 - 2019

Member of the Independent Experts Group, an advisory body to Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council

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2005 - 2016

Instructor of intercultural training sessions for multinational organizations in Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom, USA, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Italy, India

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2009

Co-author of "Interkulturell führen - Diversity 2.0 als Wettbewerbsvorteil." (Intercultural leadership - Diversity 2.0 as a competitive advantage), ISBN 978-3-03823-514-9

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2007

Co-author of "In der Fremde - Ingenieure und Techniker auf interkultureller Entdeckungsreise in arabisch-islamischen Ländern, in China und in Indien." (In Foreign Lands - Engineers and technicians on an intercultural voyage of discovery in Arab-Islamic countries, in China and in India), ISBN 978-3-258-07220-3

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2005

Editor-in-chief of the anniversary book "indialogue" (ISBN 3-033-00379-6) on Swiss-Indian cultural dialogue

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2004

Literary evening with Martin R. Dean, who read from his novel “Meine Väter” (My Fathers), and I from my as yet unpublished novel “Mein Name ist Khemji” (My Name is Khemji)

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1998

Winner of the Prix Mass-Médias 1998, awarded by the Fondation Christophe Eckenstein, Geneva

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1996

“Ich täusche mich”, an art project based on a piece of prose that I had written, to which Daniel Reichenbach created illustrations and Marcel Nusskern set the words in metal type

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1991 - 1993

Curator of art exhibitions in the business building of the former Swiss mortgage and commercial bank HYPOSWISS

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1987

Initiator and organizer of “Erstes Kilchberger Kultur Meeting” (First Kilchberg Culture Meeting), an exhibition of the artistic productions of numerous local amateur artists

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1987

Production manager for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (by Tennessee Williams), a theatre performance with amateur actors in Kilchberg, Switzerland

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1986

Screenwriter and director of the short film “Larry”, winning prizes at youth film festivals in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria

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1985

Banjo player in an unnamed Dixie student band at the Kantonsschule Enge high school

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1982

Solo concert (at age 16) with own songs and cover versions at Jugendtreff Kilchberg​