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.