© 1999 by Markus van Offern

• born in 1957 in Rees/lower Rhine 1978-86 study of composition at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music, Dusseldorf with Prof. Gunther Becker
• founder and director of various ensembles: Haldern chamber choir (founded 1990), chamber orchestra Opus M (founded 1990)
• 1996: teaching fellowship at the University of Cologne (institute for music & pedagogy): lectures on film music
• 1997: concert tour with the Haldern chamber choir in the US -- concerts in New York, Boston and Philadelphia
• 1998: concert tour with Opus M in the US -- performances of Bach's "St. John's Passion" with the South Bend Chamber Singers, performance of "14 Tage im Mai" with Opus M in an orchestra concert
• 1999: founding of the vocal ensemble "stimmt" founder and artistic director of the concert series "reeserviert," freelance writer for "parapluie" and the "Niederrhein Nachrichten"