BETTINA MARA

Bettina Mara is an amateur musician – or at any rate that’s what she is on her better days - as well as an avid concert and opera-goer. After recognizing early on that becoming a pianist was not in the cards for her, she trained as a simultaneous interpreter - the profession she makes her living in today, alongside translating and teaching. Of German-American origin, she has lived nearly half her life in Athens, Greece, where her family now includes three daughters, several cats, two pianos and various other musical instruments. Besides covering music events in Southeastern Europe for Seen and Heard, she also writes reviews for the Berlin bi-monthly Orpheus Oper International and other publications.