Somehow I always wanted to play the piano since I was a little kid. It stood there so friendly in the corner at my grandma´s place! It has always been my good friend over the years...experiencing music hasn´t always been easy for me, but I had some great mentors who helped me find my way! I am proud to have been meeting, talking, working and playing with some brave musicians, not only the ones I mentioned, but a lot more that were and of course still are important influences to me.
Working now as a freelance I studied jazzpiano with Hubert Nuß and Prof. John Taylor at the conservatory in Cologne where I graduated in 2006.
I have been a member of some german youthbigbands, the one to mention is the BuJazzO led by Peter Herbolzheimer.
In the years 2001, 2002 and 2003 I was invited with the quartet Nurse Or Nuc, then the Terrence Ngassa Band and finally with my own trio to the Nachwuchswettbewerb Leipzig, a competition for young players.
In 2004 I won the 1st place of the international competition Biberacher Jazzpreis with my trio the "LiaisonTonique". With the LiaisonTonique I recorded my first cd "Trilogien" which appeared in 2005 on JazzHausMusik.
Asides from the trio I am working with the clarinetist Annette Maye in the PyromanDuo (www.pyromanduo.de - check that out...) which released the album "Handle With Care" this year.In 2004/2005 I have been studying as an exchange student in Paris at the Conservatoire national supérieur de Musique et de Danse with Hervé Sellin, Riccardo Del Fra and Francois Théberge. It was a very inspiring year for me! I am greatful for the time that I spend there and for the people who took the time to get known to me!
I won the 3rd solist price at the competition Jazz á La Défense which took place in 2005 in Paris.
In 2005 the LiaisonTonique further on took part in two italian competitions. At first we played at BargaJazz, where we were the first international band in the history of the contest (people there told me as something special, so I mention) and later won the 3rd price at the 3rd etnomusicompetition in Milano.
In 2006 the PyromanDuo won the prize for the genre Jazz at the TIM Competition in Rome.
Apart from the hunting part...
I play mainly in and around Cologne and more and more througout Germany, mostly in concert with the Liaison, the PyromanDuo and Terrence Ngassa.Get Your Own! | View SlideshowMyspace Contact Tables
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