Photo: Ralf Hiemisch


​David Young
​Alexander Technique

PhD (Composition), BMus (Hons), ATVD

Australian living in Berlin since 2014.

Alexander Technique 

Alexander Technique teacher training at Jörg Aßhoff's Alexander-Technik-Schule Berlin.

Education

Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and Doctorate in Composition from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Music

Music composer since 1991 represented by the Australian Music Centre.

Artistic direction

Artistic Director of Chamber Made Opera 2010-2013, the cross-artform company Aphids 1994-2010 and the Next Wave contemporary arts festival 2001-02.

Mental health

20 years experience in mental health, as co-founder of the charity Social Firms Australia creating social enterprises that employ people with disabilities, and social worker with the Mental Illness Fellowship.

Sport
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First (and last) marathon in Iceland 2013 (run in 3 hours & 33 minutes); National Level gymnast, coach & judge from childhood to late-20s; occasional tai-chi instructor.

Where are my feet?

​A short film meditation on taking time to observe yourself in slow motion. Filmed in Berlin, Brussels, Paris, Melbourne and Sydney.

​Watch the short film here