About the author

Chris Nielsen

<p>Chris Nielsen dedicated her university studies both to theatre directing and to communication (graduating with a specialisation in Public Relations and Advertising). While studying in France, as part of a European Union scholarship, her training in the artistic field and in communication eventually reunited on the same professional path. At the Universit&#233; Lumi&#232;re Lyon 2 &#8211; France, Chris Nielsen began her focus on management and marketing for cultural institutions and artistic projects, followed by a master&#8217;s degree in cultural marketing in Metz, France, thanks to a scholarship awarded by the French Government.</p><p>For 15 years, Chris Nielsen has been working in the cultural field, promoting both independent artistic projects and cultural institutions. She was communication assistant for the 63rd Cannes Film Festival &#8211; France.</p><p>Most often, Chris Nielsen has dedicated her PR activities to performing arts institutions, a few of the companies for which she has been working being: the Bucharest National Opera, the European Funded project&#160;studiOpera&#160;&#8211; developed by Accademia di Teatro alla Scala (Milan, Italy) alongside the Bucharest National Opera, the International Festival of Radio Orchestras &#8211;&#160;RadiRo&#160;and the concert season at the Romanian Radio Concert Hall, both presented by the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company.</p><p>In May 2011 she published, in Paris, her first book (written in French): &#8216;European Opera Nowadays: How to Promote a Performance?&#8217; &#8211; &#8216;Les op&#233;ras europ&#233;ens aujourd&#8217;hui: comment promouvoir un spectacle?&#8217; &#8211; Editions Harmattan.</p><p>In 2012 she received a grant awarded by Opera Europa (the European Opera Association) and was one of the alumni of the first Leadership Intensive Program for Opera Management &#8211; New York &#8211; organised by Opera America (the USA Opera Association).</p><p>In parallel with her PR professional activities, for the past nine years, Chris Nielsen has studied (along with her husband) various therapeutic branches of complementary medicine: energy therapies (Reiki, bioenergy therapies etc.), hypnosis therapy and past life regression (courses organised by the Past Life Regression Academy &#8211; London), as well as therapies related to physical health (reflexology, lymphatic massage, etc.). In 2015, she earned her certification as a personal development counsellor.</p>