Born 1970 in Saarbruecken, Germany.
1989-1995 Student at the Karlsruhe University of Music. Majors: Piano (with Guenter Reinhold), composition (with Walter Zimmermann and Wolfgang Rihm.
Dissertation about Morton Feldman's "Piano and Stringquartet".

1993-1994 Student at the Seoul National University (Composition with Sukhi Kang, and at the department for Korean Traditional Music) as a scholarship holder of the Germany's most respected scholarship ("Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes").
1995-1998 Master student at the Berlin University of Arts (Composition with Walter Zimmermann. Participation in Master classes for Pianists of Elza Kolodin, Edith Picht-Axenfeld, and Peter Feuchtwanger.

Scholarships and Awards:
Scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes". Korea-scholarship of the "Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes". Scholarship of the "Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung" of the Suedwestfunk. Award of the Mikhashoff Trust for New Music 1998. Award of the Ernst-von-Siemens-Stiftung for the Studio 99 Berlin. Contribution of the International Stefan-Wolpe-Society for the CD Four Generations. Award of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

Concerts as a pianist and performances of his pieces in Europe, Korea and the USA.
Many premieres of works by Roland Aley, Josef Matthias Hauer, Markus Hechtle, Thomas Kessler, Yong-shil Park, Andreas Raseghi, Walter Zimmermann, Stefan Bartling, Nils Günther,  and many others.

Teacher at master classes, Academies, and Universities in Germany, Korea, and the USA. 2004- 2005 Lecturer at the Seoul National University and at other Korean Universities.

Since 2006 freelancing pianist and composer.

CDs: Four Generations (hat[now]ART 139) with pieces of Stefan Wolpe, Morton Feldman, Walter Zimmermann, and Daniel N. Seel Contributions on several CDs with Contemporary Music (Works of Roland Aley, Yong-shil Park, and Manbang Yi)

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