When Michael Powell left university, where he was a Choral Exhibitioner, he intended to become a professional singer, but became a computer programmer to pay the bills in the meantime. Over the years, he alternated between the two careers. He authored a number of successful software products and, at the same time, performed professionally as a soloist in concerts and operatic performances around the UK and abroad.
In the 1980s he took up writing, regularly contributing articles to the computer and national press on software-related subjects. He was contracted by Computer Weekly to write two books about Contracting (the first of which was written in large part whilst rehearsing the main tenor role of “Male Chorus” in Britten’s “Rape of Lucretia” at the Aldeburgh Festival). During that time, he also wrote a short story, “Signor Butterfly” which he subsequently turned into an opera libretto. This was set to music by Ken Roberts and performed in the UK and Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
In the 1990s he met his wife, Kerstin, and they bought a boat to sail in the Eastern Mediterranean. Since then, they have visited nearly all the major Greek islands and the whole Turkish south and west coast. His eclectic lifestyle has enabled him to continue to pursue his various careers wherever he happens to be.
During their travels, they discovered the island of Leros where they bought a house in 2014. He became fascinated with the wartime history of the island. This inspired him to research and write his first novel, “Four’s Destiny”.
Michael and Kerstin now divide their time between their base in England, their house in Leros and their sailing boat, Tosca II.
In the 1980s he took up writing, regularly contributing articles to the computer and national press on software-related subjects. He was contracted by Computer Weekly to write two books about Contracting (the first of which was written in large part whilst rehearsing the main tenor role of “Male Chorus” in Britten’s “Rape of Lucretia” at the Aldeburgh Festival). During that time, he also wrote a short story, “Signor Butterfly” which he subsequently turned into an opera libretto. This was set to music by Ken Roberts and performed in the UK and Hong Kong in the early 1990s.
In the 1990s he met his wife, Kerstin, and they bought a boat to sail in the Eastern Mediterranean. Since then, they have visited nearly all the major Greek islands and the whole Turkish south and west coast. His eclectic lifestyle has enabled him to continue to pursue his various careers wherever he happens to be.
During their travels, they discovered the island of Leros where they bought a house in 2014. He became fascinated with the wartime history of the island. This inspired him to research and write his first novel, “Four’s Destiny”.
Michael and Kerstin now divide their time between their base in England, their house in Leros and their sailing boat, Tosca II.
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