Sippy Ariane

My birthday and zodiac sign

April 30th, Taurus, Pig in Chinese

My favorite children's book

Die kleine Hexe, Der Kater Konstantin, anything by Dr. Seuss.

My desert island discs

• Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon
• Beatles – Abbey Road
• Joni Mitchell – Blue, Shadows and Light (with Jaco Pastorius)
• Yes – Talk
• Peter Gabriel – Up, Us
• Jethro Tull – The Best of
• Flecktones – Hidden Land, Live at the Quick
• Paul Simon - Graceland
• Talking Heads – The Best of
• Howard Shore – Lord of the Rings
• Sting – Brand New Day, Sacred Love
• John Mayer - Room for Squares
• Queen – Greatest Hits III

My favorite dessert

Peaches

My fun facts

I was born and raised in Austria. This of course means that I ran around singing to the hills from an early age. Okay, I am exaggerating. What’s true though, is that music was with me from the beginning. I remember causing trouble in some sort of pre-kindergarten music class and later in piano lessons. And watching the Magic Flute piled up on my Mom’s knees.

Other things didn’t go so well for me when I was a kid. When you are from Austria, you are supposed to be a real good skier. I have proof that I tried: photos of me with tiny skies between the legs of my Mom... But I somehow could never handle the speed thing. Now, with driving, that’s a different story...

Music I loved as a kid

I loved Bach, Beethoven, Haendel. Carmina Burana was a favorite, and Dvorak. My first record was actually a cassette. My grandfather (who was a conductor of the town orchestra) gave it to me. It had a Bach Brandenburg Concerto on it. I remember piling up all my stuffed animals like an orchestra on my bed, putting on the tape and ‘conducting’ them. Wish I had a photo of that!