*1965; was a student of Ihsan Turnagöl in Stuttgart and of Professor Thomas Patterson at the University of Arizona in Tucson/AZ. After teaching at Universities in Tucson/Arizona and Philadelphia/Pennsylvania he returned to Germany in 1994.
As a soloist, he has performed in Germany, Italy, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Canada and Japan. He is also concertizing with the European Music Project, the Arizona Contemporary Ensemble and as a guest soloist with the orchestras of SWR in Baden-Baden and Stuttgart.