1966 Birth in Schwäbisch-Gmünd

Lessons with Prof. Axel Knuth at the Detmold Academy of Music

1992 - 2000 Instrumental lessons, Metronom music school, Bonn

1993 ff. Private lessons

1993 - 2001 Workshops and Masterclasses with Terry Bozzio, Jojo Meyer, Will Calhoun, Steve Smith, Dave Weckl, Michael Lauren, Duduka Fonseca, Bobby Sanabria and Fred Klatz

1995 ff. Workshops for percussion in Europe and the USA

1995 Lessons with Andreas Gillmann at the Drummers Institute, Dusseldorf, Germany

1995 - 2000 Teaching at the Munich Guitar Institute and Bass Institute, Cologne

1996 Studies at the Drummer's Collective, New York

2001 Brasil Drumming with Marcio Alves, Latin Percussion School (LPS), Munich. Activity as teacher

2002 ff. Instrumental lessons, Ohrwurm Music School, Munich

2003 ff. Workshops "Teamdrumming for Management", clients: E.ON AG, IKEA Germany GmbH & Co. KG, Novartis Germany GmbH, RWE AG

2003 - 2004 Instrumental lessons, Music School Drum to Drum, Bad Aibling ---

2004 Instrumental lessons, Free Music Center, Munich

2005 China tour with the folk fusion band GADU GADU

2006 Poland tour with GADU GADU