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Biography

2016, Photo: Alexander Böhm, Leipzig

Born on March 14, 1953 in Halle/Saale and raised in Leipzig

Father: Hellmuth Christian Wolff, Professor for musicology, composer and painter

Mother: Liselotte Wolff, birth name Zeman, opera singer

1956 birth of sister Katharina

1959–71 school attendance, graduation with Abitur

1971–75 studies in musicology at the Karl-Marx-University in Leipzig (degree: diploma), at the same time training in piano and singing at the College of Music »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« in Leipzig, guest student in theatre studies at the College of Theatre Arts »Hans Otto« in Leipzig and assistant director at the Oper Leipzig at Joachim Herz

1975–90 editor (for stage works and vocal music) at the music-publishing house Edition Peters, Leipzig

1990 laid off due to the closing of the publishing house

1990/91 freelancer at the concert agency »art media & arTTour«

1985–93 work as journalist for various newspapers and periodicals to music theatre and dance, among others Theater der Zeit, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Leipziger Volkszeitung

1991 co-formation and deputy director of the euro-scene Leipzig, festival of contemporary European theatre

1993–2020 Festival Director, Artistic Director and Managing Director euro-scene Leipzig

1991-2011 collaboration and dramaturgy for the children's plays of the dancer and choreographer Werner Stiefel

2002 Project Manager of the Tanzplattform Deutschland (Dance Platform Germany)

Since 2021 independent projects in the field of music theatre and dance

2008 receipt of the »Caroline Neuber-Preis der Stadt Leipzig« (»Caroline Neuber-prize of the city of Leipzig«)

2009 receipt of the »Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République française« (»Order of Arts and Literature of the French Republic«)

2022 receipt of the »Österreichisches Ehrenkreuz für Wissenschaft und Kunst der Republik Österreich« (»Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art of the Republic of Austria«)

Membership in the network organisations IETM (International network for contemporary performing arts), head office in Brussels, and ITI (International Theatre Institute), Berlin (2006-08 member of the board)

Publication of and authorship in the publications »Neugier und Leidenschaft« (»Curiosity and Passion«) – festival publication on the occasion of the 10^th euro-scene Leipzig (2000) and the »Tanzplattform Deutschland 2002« (»Dance Platform Germany 2002«) (both publications together with the theatre scientist Michael Freundt), »Das Licht kommt aus dem Osten« (»The light comes from the East«) – festival publication on the occasion of the 20th euro-scene Leipzig (2010), »Die ganze Welt ist eine Bühne« (»All the world’s a stage«) – festival publication on the occasion of the 30th euro-scene Leipzig (2020).

»Opernarien« (»Opera arias«), Soprano Volume I - IV, Edition Peters, Leipzig 1983—1988. The project was intended for all voice ranges (mezzo-soprano / alto, tenor, baritone and bass with 3 volumes each and a total of 531 arias with introductory text for each aria) and was unfortunately discontinued by the publishing house due to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Leipzig, 03.05.2024

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