Biography

As an organist and cantor my father rocked the local church. He taught me my first piano
lessons. Of course the almighty J.S. Bach himself was the big leading figure. Jazz pulses and
influences (Gershwin, Bernstein and Jacques Loussier) were contributed by my mother. After
having escaped from the narrowness of classical music at the age of 14, I turned towards
Jazz and Blues – however, as an autodidact. The new role models were Herbie Hancock and
Joe Zawinul, later – in the aspect of composition – Igor Strawinsky and Frank Zappa. In
1987 I came to Cologne/Germany, played piano in bars and at vernissages; first approaches
to electronic music; compositions for dance theatre;
interdisciplinary works in the Cologne art scene; different band projects; sound collages and installations for exhibitions in art context.
Afterwards founding of a sound studio; compositions for image-film, shows and dance
theatre (production of several CDs included).