
...born in Hamburg in 1977. First piano lessons at the age of 5. Young student and regular studies at the Musikhochschule in Hamburg (diploma).
First concerts from 1988 with Haydn's Piano Concerto No. 11 in D major, including on a trip to Poland (Warsaw). From 1992 over 10 performances of the 1st Piano Concerto in C major by L. van Beethoven, including in Norway, Finland, Sweden and at "NDR Studio 10" in Hamburg. First major concert in 1995: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor by Johannes Brahms at the Laeiszhalle Hamburg. Further performances followed: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor (Laeiszhalle Hamburg), Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor and a radio production of Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor on Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk. This was followed by his own piano arrangement of the organ Passacaglia BWV 582 by J. S. Bach, which was performed for the first time in a concert at the Marstall in Ahrensburg and was also very well received by the audience at other concerts.

