Team

Dilectiss Liu

The philosophy advisor and executive director of the European branch of Intertwining Arts has earned a BA/Honors in Mathematics and Philosophy from the Australian National University, with his thesis titled “The Value of Knowledge”. Under the supervision of Hannes Leitgeb, Dilectiss has completed his MA thesis at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, titled “Steps Towards Reconstructive Pragmatism — A Metaphilosophical Proposal Post Conceptual Analysis”. He is currently working as a research assistant under the chair of Julian Nida-Rümelin at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, and will begin his doctoral fellowship in an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Tübingen. Since youth, Dilectiss has won several awards in and out of the academia, such as the Jelks Scholarship for Musical Performance, the Defence Signals Directorate Mathematics Prize, the DAAD Scholarship. Over the years Dilectiss has been a devoted member of many arts communities such as the Earthly Delights Dancing Academy, the Canbera Mandolin Orchestra, the Munich International Choir, the DAAD Munich Musical Affairs. He has been involved in several projects such as a carbon offset tree plantation project for East Timor. After waging wars on burning problems, Dilectiss finds solace in all the beautiful things, such as poetry, the visual arts, history of philosophy and classical literature, and music.

Alex Bauer

The executive director of the U.S. branch of Intertwining Arts is a native of Colorado, USA. Alex received his Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from Mannes School of Music, and Master of Music in Piano Performance from University of Kansas, where he also held a teaching assistantship. In addition to music, Alex has pursued interests in pedagogy, business management, and software programming. His professional experience includes positions with the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, PEAK Learning Systems, the International Institute for Young Musicians, and the Metropolitan Opera, among others. Currently Alex is residing in Mountain View, California, while exploring the life of a Silicon Valley software developer at Branch Metrics.

Anastasia Panova

The marketing director of Intertwining Arts was born in Russia, where she obtained Bachelor and Master degrees in Marketing. She worked in the fields of event marketing, internet advertising, OOH advertising and media planning, as well as collaborated with several European start-ups, developing marketing strategy and managing social network activities. Anastasia is highly interested in marketing of non-profit organizations. Currently she resides in Northern Italy and continues exploring the world during her free time.