Hailing from Dresden: a global citizen & boundary spanner
1) Please introduce yourself to the readers of this blog & update us on your latest news or endeavors. Hi readers of "The official Arts and Ertertanment blog of Stathis Kassios". My name is Ralf Lippold, German by place of birth and citizenship. However, if you ask me, the answer will be 'global citizen'. This is due to my international connections and my interest in different cultures that started with my first school exchanges in Vancouver (Canada), and then with the many home exchanges that I experienced since 1981 with my family. My studies brought me from West Germany to Dresden (Eastern Germany) a vivid city in many different fields, expecially art, culture and technology and here I still live and operate, as it provides the "world in a nutshell". Especially the activities around the local opera house, the Semperoper, have pulled me in since autumn 2010. Being a curious mover between cultures, disciplines, and technologies (as I learned during...