Studies
1. ACADEMIC/GENERAL
Columbia University, Music Department, New York, New York
Ph.D. in Historical Musicology, Spring 2009.
Doctoral Dissertation: "Song Allusions in Franz Schubert's Late Quartets."
Dissertation Advisors: Prof. Walter Frisch and Prof. Joseph Dubiel.
M.Phil. in Historical Musicology, Spring 2001.
M.A. in Historical Musicology, Spring 1998.
Conservatory of Winterthur-Zürich, Switzerland
Concert Diploma (equivalent of M.M.) "with distinction," 1995.
Teaching Diploma (equivalent of B.M.), 1994.
Literary Gymnasium Hohe Promenade, Zürich, Switzerland
Matura (type B, Latin), 1991.
2. VIOLIN
Violin Studies with Aida Stucki-Piraccini, 1984-1995.
Violin Studies with Dorothy DeLay, Kurt Nikkanen, and Masao Kawasaki, 1995-2001, New York City.
Master classes with Zakhar Bron (Germany, Switzerland), Dorothy DeLay and Piotr Milewski (Aspen), Franco Gulli (Switzerland), Igor Oistrakh (Switzerland), and Igor Ozim (Luxemburg), 1987-2001.
3. ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE TRAINING
Studies in improvisation and multimedia at the Columbia University Computer Music Center (CMC) with Prof. Bradford Garton, Paul Kaiser, The Builders Association, and with Prof. George Lewis, 1998-2008.
Coached by composers Beat Furrer, György Kurtàg, John Zorn, Alvin Lucier, Morton Subotnick, et al., 1990-2022.