{"id":1348,"date":"2025-10-16T11:17:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/?page_id=1348"},"modified":"2026-04-27T14:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T12:10:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row el_id=&#8221;about&#8221;][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;About the Author&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center|color:%23C56500&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_separator color=&#8221;custom&#8221; el_width=&#8221;20&#8243; css=&#8221;&#8221; accent_color=&#8221;#C56500&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]General Manager \u2219 Producer \u2219 Marketing Manager \u2219 Executive Consultant \u2219 Composer \u2219 Pianist \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2219 [Retired]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"background\">BACKGROUND<\/h4>\n<p>After studying piano and composition at the Academy of Music in Mons, Belgium,<br \/>\nas well as mathematics, German language and literature, and marketing at the University of Cologne,<br \/>\nI worked<br \/>\nas a commissioned composer, arranger, producer, and pianist in the recording studios of EMI Music, and<br \/>\nas a management consultant, managing director, chief marketing officer and partner in communications agencies in Berlin, Frankfurt, and Cologne.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I am an active retiree and help my family&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As a pianist, I played more than 2,000 concerts on German, French, and Belgian stages and on television during numerous tours,<br \/>\nincluding at: ARD \u2219 BRF \u2219 RTL \u2219 SWR \u2219 WDR \u2219 Konzerthaus Berlin \u2219 Lanxess Arena Cologne \u2219 Westfalenhalle Dortmund \u2219 Schloss Bensberg \u2219 Le Dreher Club Paris \u2219 Kempinski Munich.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"communication-in-5-languages\">COMMUNICATION IN 5 LANGUAGES<\/h4>\n[ <em>click on the link of your language<\/em> \u2013&gt; ]\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/it\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qtranxs-flag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/qtranslate-xt\/flags\/it.png\" alt=\"Italiano\" \/> <span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><u>Italiano<\/u><\/span><\/a> \u00a0<span style=\"color: #999999;\">Sto imparando.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/de\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qtranxs-flag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/qtranslate-xt\/flags\/de.png\" alt=\"Deutsch\" \/> <span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><u>Deutsch<\/u> <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankmendel.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qtranxs-flag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/qtranslate-xt\/flags\/gb.png\" alt=\"English\" \/> <span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><strong><u>English<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/fr\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"qtranxs-flag\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/plugins\/qtranslate-xt\/flags\/fr.png\" alt=\"Fran\u00e7ais\" \/> <span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><u>Fran\u00e7ais<\/u><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc6600;\"><a style=\"color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pianista.live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c_1989_tasti_del_pianoforte_di_Frank_Mendel-scaled.png\" alt=\"(c) 1989_tasti_del_pianoforte_di_Frank_Mendel\" width=\"38\" height=\"38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c_1989_tasti_del_pianoforte_di_Frank_Mendel-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.frankmendel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/c_1989_tasti_del_pianoforte_di_Frank_Mendel-800x800.png 800w, 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