from 1960 began to play the piano, and later studied harmony and counterpoint
1969–72 was a pianist in a rock band, accompanied the school choir, composed music for a school film, and incidental music for a play
1974–81 studied musicology at Humboldt University, Berlin
1976/77 intern, Music Department, Radio DDR II
1979 arranged exhibition to mark the jubilee of the Institute of Musicology in Berlin
1980 intern, editorial department, Edition Peters, Leipzig
1981 musicology diploma, Humboldt University
1981–89 editor, Musikverlag Edition Peters, Leipzig
1988 designed Edition Peters stand at Leipzig Book Fair
1986–89 music critic, Mitteldeutschen Neueste Nachrichten, Leipzig
1989–98 editor and production manager, Musikverlag Sikorski, Hamburg
since 1999 freelance
