Studies in conducting, the trumpet and composition at the conservatories of Basel and Vienna, at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Eduard H. Tarr, baroque trumpet) as well as with the CH composers Peter Mieg and the student of Arnold Schönberg, Erich Schmid | In 1989 he won the 1st prize at the conducting competition "Forum junger Künstler Wien". In 1992 he received the "Werkjahrbeitrag" and in 2020 the "Preis für Musik" of the Canton of Solothurn | Conductor with the Basel Sinfonietta, the Ensemble of the International Society for New Music Basel (IGNM) and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Basel | Internationally active so far in Montreal, St. Petersburg, Halle, London, Alexandria, Québec, Cairo, Moscow, Paris, Calgary, Tbilisi, Vienna, Munich and since 2003 regularly with the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra in the KKL Lucerne |1992-2007 1. Guest Conductor with the Hermitage Symphony Orchestra - Camerata St. Petersburg | 1999 Foundation of the "Classionata Music Festival" and since then its Artistic and Musical Director | 2007/08 Principal Conductor with the Cairo Symphony Orchestra | 2005-2008 Lecturer and Artistic Director at the Conducting Competition Prix Credit Suisse (Int. Musikwoche Grenchen) I From 2010-2020 Conductor at the Vienna Opera Ball. | Since 2003 1st Guest Conductor and since 2022 Deputy Chief Conductor of the Vienna Opera Ball Orchestra.