I was born in the picturesque little town of Ansbach (South of Germany/Bavaria) in 1957 where I also attended the local grammar school, a very tradtional institution founded in 1528, which did not only lay stress upon a classical education with Latin, Greek and philosophy but also offered highly intensive musical activities. For example, every student who was interested in string instruments was invited to learn to play one or more of the current four string instruments, and the lessons were for free! No wonder that out of a total number of only about 450 students three high quality string orchestras could be formed. I learned to play the violin, the viola and the violoncello. Apart from that, our teachers also encouraged us to write music and gave advice whenever they were asked for. So I also started to write little pieces, some of which were even performed in recitals taking place regularly. With Ansbach being the place of a well-renowned international Bach festival and the music we played at school I was literally brought up with 18th century music, which still is my favourite.

After school, I studied English and French in Würzburg, Huddersfield and Caen and was allowed to carry on studying my favourite instrument, the viola, as a guest student at the Hermann-Zilcher-Conservatory in Würzburg. Later on, I worked as a teacher for modern languages at a grammar school in the Augsburg area and also gave viola lessons for 31 years until I retired in 2017. From the time when I was a schoolboy up until my retirement I never stopped writing music, by the way mostly for students or the ambitious amateurs or semi-professionals of our local church orchestra. My style varies from baroque to classical and early romantic music. What is unique is that it sounds great but is technically less difficult than the music by Bach, Mozart or Haydn. As I play three string instruments I do know how to write impressive music which, on the other hand, is technically not too demanding. So it is ideal for introducing people to the works of great composers. In addition to that, the scores are ready for immediate use because they are perfectly equipped with all the necessary signs like bowings or dynamic symbols. Anyway, the musicians always enjoyed performing my music and the audience were pleased not to be confronted with some kind of "modern" stuff.