Born 1981 in Cologne, Germany, he started to play the drums at the age of 6. In 1997 he came in first in „Jugend musiziert“.
After graduating from high school in 2000 he spend one and a half year in the German Army. After the basic training he was moved to the concert music corps and played over 150 concerts all over Germany.
During that time he gained further knowledge in the workshops of Adam Nussbaum, Steve Smith, Wolfgang Haffner, John Hollenbeck, Dave Weckl, Chester Thompson and Horacio Hernandez.
In 2002 he began his studies at the music academy in Cologne in classical percussion with Prof. Carlos Tarcha (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
Since 2000 he played with symphony orchestras, like the "Landesjugendkammerorchester NRW", opera productions, percussion ensembles, jazz-, big-, funk- and rockbands in France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Bosnia, Sweden and Spain; performed with Artists as Michael Küttner; Andy Haderer, Heiner Wiberny, Ludwig Nuss (WDR-Bigband); Karl Frierson; Alfonso Garrido, Worthy Davis (Heavytones) etc. Furthermore he worked for Radio- and TV-Productions.
Since 2004 he's studying drums in the jazz department with Prof. Keith Copeland (New York, USA) and Prof. Michael Küttner.
Since May 2007 Timo and his Trio is promoted by the "Yehudi Menuhin Foundation" as the very first jazz ensemble in the program.
May 2008: with a german brass orchestra (OVH) he wins at an international competition in France (Confederation musicale de France - Concours de Prestige)
2009: he becomes member of the german newcomer band "glasgarten", which is produced by Hague Schmitz...Sen Baskasin (Du bist anders)
