Alexander Medem

Born in Milan 1981 to German-Peruvian parents with Russian roots Alexander Medem studied Musicology at the University of Vienna and Theatre Directing with Di Trevis at Drama Centre London. Since 2013 he is a Master student of Advanced Cultural Management Studies at the University of Music and Drama in Vienna. Between 2008 and 2010 Alexander acted as Staff Director at the Burgtheater in Vienna before he began working as freelance Assistant Director in Opera. He was able to gain a lot of experience assisting such artists as Placido Domingo, Christof Loy, Thaddeus Strassberger, Peter Konwitschny, Jürgen Flimm, Graham Vick and David Pountney among others at the Theater an der Wien, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Hamburg State Opera, the Vlaamse Opera Antwerp or the Bregenz Festiva