Growing up in a Bavarian village in the Alps, he learned to play the accordion, completed classical clarinet training, and founded a rock band as a teenager, in which he initially sang, as he was initially denied the opportunity to play the saxophone. Later, after he blew the home loan and savings contract, which his father took out for him, he swaps the vocal microphone for a saxophone.

He studied music and became a cross-genre sideman in projects with renowned artists: The New York Voices, Claudio Roditi, Bobby Shew, Paul Carrack, The European Jazz Project, Fritz Pauer, Dusko Goykovich, Nathalie Cole, Victora Horne, Anna Maria Kaufmann, Bayerisches Rundfunkorchester, Al Porcino, Johnny Logan, Lou Bega. As an arranger, he worked for Paul Carrack, Martin Schmitt, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and various pop acts via SonyBMG.

As a bandleader he produced albums with Claudio Roditi and Paulo Alves (Chop Gelado).

His current album “Supernatural Soul Charade” by his band “The Cat’s Table” is currently being completed and will be released as part of several single releases.