1977 | born in Berlin/Germany |
1985-1994 | guitar lessons with Bernd Stahl |
1987 | first contact with plucked orchestral music: anniversary concert “40 Years Teg’ler Zupforchester” |
1992 | member of the Teg’ler Zupforchester (TZO) profound interest in classical music, thus first experiments in composing |
1994-95 | guitar lessons with Michael Kubik first pieces are finished |
1997 | interest in comtemporal music arises: Bartók, Schostakowitsch, Schönberg; later Penderecki, Lutoslawski, Rihm |
1998 | played in the European Guitar and Mandolin Youth Orchestra (EGMYO) |
Autumn 1998 | The first orchestral piece “Concerto No. 1” was performed by the TZO. |
1999-2004 | member of the Landesjugendzupforchester (LJZO) Brandenburg/Berlin |
1999-2000 | mandola lessons with Ariane Lorch |
2000 | participated in the contest “Jugend komponiert” (youth composes), 2. price for “Burleske Szenen” |
2001 | “Burleske Szenen” are published by Vogt & Fritz 2. price in the contest “Jugend komponiert” for “Kleine Machnower Musik”, 1. price for “Mandala” |
2003 | 2. price in the contest “Jugend komponiert” for “Die sechs Ansichten des Kirchturms zu Springiersbach” (The six views of the steeple in Springiersbach) |
2006 | “Capriccio” is performed during the “Eurofestival Zupfmusik” in Bamberg. |
2007 | Since Easter 2007 I work as a tutor for mandola at the LJZO Brandenburg/Berlin. |
2010 | “Canyon” is performed by the Duo Christian Laier and Takaaki Shibata during the mayoral welcome for the foreign guests of the “Eurofestival Zupfmusik” in Bruchsal. 1st Price in the Composition Competition “José Fernández Rojas” in Logroño, Spain for “Rituel” |
2012 | “Cantô” is written as a commissioned work for Michiko Kataoka and is premièred in Tokyo with her conducting the Ensemble Testa Calda. |
2013 | “Kaleidoskop” is written as a commissioned work for the Eurofestival 2014 in Bruchsal and is premièred by the Landesjugendzupforchester Sachsen and Olga Dubowskaja. |
2018 | founded the Eulenspiegelquartett with Sandra Kebig, Janett Wollert (mandolins) and Charlotte Klages (mandola). The ensemble was given 24 points and 1st prize at the competition “Ü30 Musiziert” in Hamburg. |
2020 | wrote “menhir”, the first work for symphony orchestra. |
2021 | piano lessons at the music school Charlottenburg |
2022 | “Philharmonic Composition Prize” of the University of Tübingen for “menhir” |