Biography                                                                                              German version

studied classical guitar, musical theory, and composition at the Musikhochschule (Academy of Music) in Freiburg. Since 1999 he has been performing as a member of the improvisation trio frissons, winning first prize with them at the international competition Für Junge Kultur (“For young culture”) in Düsseldorf.

In 2001 he was invited to the 6^th Nachwuchsforum der Gesellschaft für Neue Musik und des Ensemble Modern (6^th forum for up-and-coming artists hosted by the Society for Modern Music and the Ensemble Modern). In 2003 the Deutschland Radio Berlin broadcast a radio portrait of his work as a composer and improvisation musician. That same year he was commissioned for a composition by the Staatsgalerie (State Art Gallery) in Stuttgart.

Starting in 2004 he has been receiving a Baden-Württemberg state scholarship for a research project entitled “Teaching modern music in instrumental classes for beginners.” He also carried out an improvisation project with elementary school classes from Herford/Bielefeld as part of the initiative Künstler an Schulen (“Artists in schools”). In 2005 he was awarded a work scholarship by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, at the same time receiving a commission to compose a piece for the Kammerensemble Neue Musik in Berlin.

He is particularly interested in the close cooperation of composers, performers, as well as the attitudes/working methods of improvised music. His works have been performed by the Ensemble Modern, the Ensemble Mosaik, and the Ensemble Chronophonie.