Johannes S. Sistermanns
nichts sucht etwas
1955              born in Cologne
1964-1974    accordion- and piano lessons with Hans Allmer
1976-1984    study at Musikhochschule Köln
1976-1981    rhythmical training with Holmrike Leiser, piano lessons with Klaus Runze (state examination for music teacher) 1980-1984    "Neues Musiktheater" with Mauricio Kagel (diploma)
1977               three months stay in Calcutta and Benares (studies in traditional Indian chant)
1979-1981    lessons in overtone singing with Jochen Vetter and speaking training with Margot Tomek-Ziegler
1984-1989    studies musicology at Universität Osnabrück (1989 graduation Dr. phil. with the topic "Media-specific staging-concepts to visualize opera in television")
1991/93/98   referee for the media science symposiums of I.R.T.E.M. in Rome
1991/1992    lived and worked one year in Paris
1993              founding member and since then curator of the intermedia cooperative "übergangsraum e. V." in Cologne
seit 1993       guest lecturer at music- and art schools/universities in Adelaide, Tokyo, Kyoto, Mulhouse, Paris, Strasbourg, Cologne
1994/1995    lectureships at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf (faculty architecture) and Fachhochschule Köln für Design
1995              three months work stay/performances in USA
1995/1996    studying voice with Stephen Cheng (New York) "The Tao of Voice"
1997/1998/2000 several months work stay/performances in Australia
since 1997    board member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für elektroakustische Musik
2001               four months work stay in Japan