Studied music in Stuttgart (student of Friedrich Wickenhauser and Erhard Karkoschka) and history in Tübingen. Earned money as a student with bassoon and percussion. Promotion 1970 1970-78 academic Asistent the History Department at the University of Tübingen, 1979-2000 journalist in Hamburg. Now works as a freelance journalist in Hamburg.
Main focus as a composer: chamber and orchestral music.
Performances in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, Hamburg, Melbourne etc.
