born 1.8.1967 in Hanau
first lessons on the horn from 1976, since 1980 with Peter Steidle in Frankfurt/M. (RSO Ffm.)
1982-86 Member of the Hesse State Youth Symphony Orchestra
1985 first national prize at the "Jugend musiziert" competition
1985-88 Member of the Federal Youth Orchestra
1987 Abitur at the Claus von Stauffenberg School in Rodgau-Dudenhofen
1987-89 Civilian service
1988-90 Member of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie (Federal Student Orchestra)
1989-96 Studies with Prof. Erich Penzel at the Cologne Academy of Music
1990-1993 Engagement with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie (then Frankfurt, now Bremen)
1993/94 Engagement at the Nuremberg State Theatre
1994/95 Engagement at the National Theatre Mannheim
since 1995 engagement with the hr-sinfonieorchester (Hessischer Rundfunk)
since 1998 Member of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
since 1998 lecturer at the Akademie für Tonkunst Darmstadt in the subject horn
(municipal music school and vocational academy)
Artistic activity
