1960: born near cologne

1974: he switched from the violin to electric bass

1977: after hearing ray brown and niels henning orsted pedersen he started also playing the double bass

1981: studies of the classical double bass at the „Musikhochschule Köln“

1987: diploma „Mit Auszeichnung“

1989: „Konzert Examen“

1987-1991: teacher for e-bass and jazz double bass at the „Conservatorium der Stadt Köln“

1991: after engagements with the „Düsseldorfer Symphoniker“ and „Gürzenich Orchester Köln“
he became a member of the „Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig“

1995: he is a teacher for e-bass and jazz double bass at the „Hochschule für Musik und Theater Felix Mendelssohn Batholdy“