Born 1970 in Vienna. Violin studies with Klaus Eichholz, composition studies with Beat Furrer, Bernhard Lang, and Georg Friedrich Haas. Teaches violin, music theory and arrangment at the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz. 1990 and 1996 scholarship of the International Darmstadt Summer Courses. 1995 awarded with the Robert Stolz honorary diploma. Music Promotion Prize of the City of Graz 1996. Austrian State Promotion Award 1999. Commissions for the Graz Opera, styriarte, Steirischer Herbst, Lutoslawski Festival and various ensembles such as reconsil, die reihe, zeifluss, ... Cooperation in the Pop-Rock area with Opus, Kolonovits, Beatles Unlimited, Cellofun, Weana Gmiat Schrammeln, family Pischinger, ensemble profile, ... Co-founder, violinist, composer and arranger of the ensemble "Die salonfähigen Saitensprienger", "Grazer Grammophoniker", "quartetto ornando", "Duowabohu" and "dents aevi". Member of the composer society "die andere saite", "Steirischer Tonkünstlerbund" and IGNM.