Ausbildung:

• Diplom, Jazz –und Popularmusik Trompete (Musikhochschule Mannheim)

• Diplom, Jazz –und Popularmusik Komposition/Arrangement (Musikhochschule Mannheim)

• Master of Music and Arts, Trumpet – Jazz (Manhattan School of Music New York)

Auszeichnungen/Preise:

• Fulbright Stipendium

• Downbeat Award mit der Manhattan School of Music Concert Band 2005

Referenzen:

 

Bundesjazzochester, Landesjugend-Jazzorchester BaWü, Deutsch-Französisches Jazz Ensemble – Lead Trompete (Ltg. Albert Mangelsdorff), HR Bigband, WDR Big Band, Frankfurt Jazz Orchester (Ltg. WilsonDiOliviera), Al Porcino Big Band, Sunday Night Orchestra, Summit Jazz Orchestra, Bobby Burgess Big Band, Jazz Factory Big Band Fellbach, Thilo Wolf Big Band, Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra (CCJO), Big Band Convention, Subway Jazz Orchestra, Grand Central Big Band, Jam Factory Big Band (Ltg. Peter Herbolzheimer), Afro Cuban Jazz Orchestra – Lead Trompete (Ltg. Bobby Sanabria), Kenny Wheeler „Enjoy Jazz“ Bigband 2010 – Lead Trumpet, Würzburg Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Big Band Saar, Maxime Bender Orchestra, Onze Têtes (Rheinland-pfälzisch – Burgundisches Jazz Ensemble), Louis Hoover Big Band, Kölner Kammeroper, Kyle Saulnier’s Awakening Orchestra (USA), Joe Freuen Big Band (USA), Jeremy Fletcher Big Band (USA), Bob Albanese Big Band (USA), Jacam Manricks Big Band feat. Tyshawn Sorey (USA), Kelly Fenton’s Bottomless Cup Jazz (USA) Orchestra, Charles Porter’s Tribute to King Oliver (USA)

Melée (USA), Sugar Foot Stompers, Blassportgruppe Südwest, Moop Mama, Kasalla, Graham Collier, Gunter Hampel, Jim McNeely, Don Menza, Jörg Reiter, Tom van der Geld, Bobby Sanabria, David Liebman, John Ruocco, Sunny Fortune, Marla Glen, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Guildo Horn, Bata Illic, Karel Gott, Harpo u.a.