Smerus

David Conway / Smerus

59(ish) years old, British, born in London, married, piano and sometime bassoon player, three children, three grandchildren, general dilettante.

Graduated from King's College, Cambridge University in 1971: BA in economics and natural sciences (psychology). MA Cambridge (for those who don't know, this is a sort of English joke) 1975.

I divide my time between researching music history (dissertation on the entry of Jews to musical professions in the period 1780-1850, University College London, PhD 2008), lounging about in Slovakia, and working on development aid projects in the former Soviet Union on behalf of the European Commission and DFID. (Recent projects based in Leningrad Oblast and Georgia).