Georg Klein (composer)

Georg Klein (born 1 March 1964) is a German artist and composer based in Berlin, Germany. He has lived in Rome, Los Angeles, and Istanbul. He has worked in the fields of sound, video, and media production. Klein is a professor of sound art and director of the master’s program of Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Early life Georg Klein was born in 1964 in Öhringen, Germany. Klein began his creative studies in sound engineering and communication at the Technical University of Munich before continuing his education at the Technische Universität Berlin. He continued his education by studying the philosophy of religion, psychoanalysis, and ethnomusicology at the Freie Universität Berlin. From 1991 to 1994, Klein worked as a research assistant at the Technische Universität Berlin. He focused on visualizing sound for the deaf. In both 1999 and 2000, he lectured at the Freie Universität Berlin on the relationship of music and religion. Career Transition to Composition and Sound Art In 1996, he began working as a music composer (Berlin International Film Festival) and in the following years worked in the Electronic Studio of TU Berlin on electronic and comp