Education:

The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna 1973-1982

• Magister in Arts degree in Piano Education at Prof. Walter Fleischmann
• Associate Certificate Examination in Pianoforte Performing at Royal College of Music London (ARCM, 1976)

University of Vienna 1976-1978

• Translation studies
• Examination to certified court interpreter (German – Chinese)

Vienna University of Economics and Business 1986-1988

• Courses in business studies

University of Vienna 1989-1990

• Courses in law studies

Experience:

Piano tutor 1973-1985

• Private tutoring
• Students include

Interpreter for German – Chinese – English 1976-now

• Contracted by various Austrian and Chinese multinational companies in the banking, industrial and trade sector

Certified court interpreter 1979-now

• For Chinese – German
• Police interpreter

China Sichuan Restaurant GmbH 1998-now

• Executive Partner
• Large-scale upper-class Chinese restaurant specialized in Sichuan cuisine with a unique Chinese garden
• Took over a bankrupt business and brought it back to life

Memberships:

• Chairlady of the Association of Chinese Food Service and Hotel Industry in Austria
• Committee member at the World Federation of Chinese Catering Industry
• Maître restaurateur at the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, Bailliage National d’Autriche
• Member at the Austrian Association of Certified Court Interpreters
• Committee member of the Center of Education for Chinese language in Vienna
• Member of the Ikebana International Chapter Wien
• Member of the Austrian Hong Kong Society

Publications:

• Farbiges Österreich, Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, Wien 1996, pp. 112 (Chinese)
• Edith Binderhofer: Der Himmel in meinem Land hat eine andere Farbe. Lebensgeschichten. Gespräche mit asiatischen Frauen in Wien. Edition Roesner (2005), pp. 65-79. (German)

AWARDS

• “World Famous Enterpreneur for Chinese Catering Industry”  by the World Federation of Chinese Catering Industry  2008
• “Best Chinese Restaurant” by World Federation of Chinese Catering Industry 2008
• “Most Beautiful Garden Restaurant” by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce Vienna 2010
• “Best Chinese Restaurant in Vienna” by Nouvelle d’Europe 2017
• “Best Sichuan Restaurant” by Chengdu Culture and Tourism Group 2017
• “Golden Honors for extraordinary merits within the food industry”  2018
  by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce Vienna 2018
• “Chengdu Sichuan Cuisine International Promotion Award for Sichuan Cuisine”  by the Chengdu Municipal Commission of Commerce 2018