born in Straubing/ Germany - Bavaria
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studied piano, clarinet and conducting at the „Hochschule für Musik und Theater München“
(University for music and theatre Munich) -
sponsorship at "International Weber Contest" for clarinet in Warsaw/ Poland
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scholarship in the orchestra seminar of the Deutschen Oper Berlin
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clarinetist at the Berlin Symphony Orchestra
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attending master classes with Leonard Bernstein and Sergiu Celibidache in Munich
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sponsorship of the State of Bavaria/Bayerischer Staatsförderpreis for young conductors 1994
1991 REGENSBURG THEATRE solo coach
1996 to 1999 1.Kapellmeister and assistant Music Director REGENSBURG THEATER
2001/02 ST.GALLEN THEATRE Principal Conductor
2002 to 2009 AUGSBURG STATE OPERA Music Director
2002 GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER/ OPERA LEIPZIG Debut with Strauss´ „Rosenkavalier“
2003 to 2010 GEWANDHAUSORCHESTER/ OPERA LEIPZIG Principal Guest Conductor
2004 FESTSPIELHAUS SALZBURG/ MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA Strauss´ "Salome"
2005 AUGSBURG PHILHARMONIC Gustav Mahler 8th Symphony
2011 MAGDEBURG OPERA Massenet „Werther“
2011/12 NATIONAL OPERA OSLO, Norway Mozart „Zauberflöte“
since 2012 MUSASHINO ACADEMIA MUSICAE TOKYO guest professor
since 2014 ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE BRETAGNE/ Rennes - OPÉRA ROUEN Haut-Normandie
starting a close collaboration in operas and concerts as a permanent guest conductor (Wagner „Lohengrin“, Bellini „Norma“, Wagner „Tannhäuser“ and „Holländer“, Prokofiew „Romeo et Juliette“)
2020/03 ORQUESTRA SINFÔNICA de PORTO ALEGRE South-America debut – postponed indefinitely
2020/09-10 OPÉRA ROUEN (OOR) WAGNER „TANNHÄUSER“ – postponed indefinitely
2021/11-12 MUSASHINO ACADEMIA MUSICAE TOKYO Ravel La Valse, Brahms Haydn-Variations op. 56a, Bruckner Sinfonie Nr. 7
2022/04-06 GRAND THÉÂTRE ANGERS - ORCHESTRE NATIONAL PAYS DE LA LOIRE Puccini „Madama Butterfly“ with further performances at the OPÉRA GRASLIN NANTES and the OPÉRA DE RENNES