born in Vienna in 1982, started taking saxophone classes at the age of ten. he has been studying with klaus dickbauer at the university of music and performing arts vienna since 2002. he was also instructed by wolfgang puschnig, tony malaby, george garzone.......
2003 austrian young lions award for the group „Kelomat“ ,
2004 hans koller prize (new york stipendium)
2005 & 2006 fidelio award
2005 „The New Austrian Sound of Music“ – prize of the austrian foreign ministry
2006 harry pepl award
co-founder of the Artist Collective "Jazzwerkstatt Wien" together with Clemens Wenger, Bernd Satzinger, Peter Rom, Clemens Salesny and Daniel Riegler. www.jazzwerkstatt.at
international appearances with own projects in new york, london, washington d.c., berlin, moscow, rome, warsaw, st.petersburg, istanbul,......
collaboration with: harry pepl, sunny murray, joe zawinul, alegre correa, dean bowman, wolfgang reisinger, wolfgang mitterer, georg breinschmid, paul urbanek, uli scherer, franz hautzinger, lorenz raab, flip phillip, andi mandorff, uli soyka, , marlene johnson, andi schreiber, tigrics, mikey dread and the dread all-stars, ska-lite express, rikitik riddim section, xalis,.........
