Born in 1977 in Baden-Württemberg, he studied jazz and popular music at the music academies in Mannheim and Cologne and has lived in Frankfurt am Main since 2004. The multi-instrumentalist is a sought-after studio, big band, and orchestral musician on saxophone, flute, and clarinet and is the musical director of the TU Darmstadt Big Band. His musical work now includes over 50 theatre and musical productions at home and abroad, over 30 CD recordings, as well as concerts and tours with Mardi Gras bb., hr Big Band, Marshall Cooper, Blassportgruppe and Get Well Soon.