Biography
Summer 2008
| 7. October 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 | became a member of the Teg'ler Zupforchester (TZO) | |
| detailed interest in classical music, thus first experiments in composing | ||
| 1994-95 | guitar lessons with Michael Kubik | |
| first pieces are finished, Michael Kubik has looked through most of them | ||
| 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 | entered the Landesjugendzupforchester (LJZO) Brandenburg/Berlin | |
| 1999-2000 | mandola lessons with Ariane Zernecke-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 | The 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. |