*1970 in Schwabach/Middle Franconia. Church music studies in Nuremberg and Essen. A-exam (ev.) with distinction in 1996. Doctorate (Dr. phil.) on continuo practice in J.S. Bach. Postdoc at the University of Mainz. Lecturer for choir, choral conducting and "Theology and Music" at the Protestant University of Nuremberg. Since 2002, music teacher at high schools and part-time cantor in Nuremberg. Several hundred concerts as well as media productions and publications. Compositions mainly for cantorial practice.