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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, German; learning Italian
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2011
  • Opera singer with a bit of real estate on the side
  • Physics, Neuroscience, Humanities, Music, Real Estate
  • From Toronto, Canada
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to sing my way around the world and bump into a whole bunch of humans on the way.

ABOUT ME

After a brief stint in physics, I abandoned my beautiful (but somewhat too quiet) homeland to pursue my passion for... music! I sing mostly baroque opera but am open to all sorts of fantastic crossover experiments, with contemporary dance, theatre, perhaps a bit of hip-hop and electronica...
Most of all I love getting out of the house and traveling, meeting and working with all sorts of people.

PHILOSOPHY

an ardent humanist with a deep-rooted belief in the potential of the human spirit to do great things.
put together Marsilio Ficino, Giordano Bruno, insert a bit of Oscar Wilde and Stephen Hawking and you're getting the idea :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a spare room for up to 2 people (separate room with a very comfy double air mattress), caveat is that I'm rarely there to let you in!
For anyone who needs to stay in Dusseldorf for a week or more, I do rent out my place on occasion when I'm not there, so feel free to write if you need a "pied-a-terre" in western Germany.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Newbie to the organisational structure but a veteran of many couches, floors, sleeping bags and the like.

Interests

Opera, Theatre, Film, Dance...
Surfing, Yoga, Rugby...
and of course lots of travel!

  • singing
  • dancing
  • yoga
  • traveling
  • music
  • opera
  • surfing
  • rugby
  • physics

Music, Movies, and Books

Bach to Gesualdo to Beethoven to Schnittke to Arcade Fire to Ratatat and so on...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Surfing in the Algarve - exciting, exhausting, beautiful, and definitely to be repeated.
London London London! I need many more years to fully enjoy this amazing city!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany

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