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Artist
As a guitarist in numerous jazz, soul and latin projects and as a composer of instrumental and vocal tunes ranging from classical string quartets to big band arrangements, this outstanding musician has become an important figure in the German and European scene. Up to now, he has played with musicians from all over the world. Whether from Brazil, Japan, Poland or the USA, to his colleagues belong artists like Tony Jefferson, Xaver Fischer, Diego Imbert, Pierre-Alain Goualch, Thomas Bachmann, Christoph Mudrich, Jörg Kaufmann, Danny Schroeteler, Martin Gjakonowski, Gustavo Casenave, Take Toriyma, Antonio Sanchez (Pat Metheny Group), Frank Aghulon, Rob Blumenthal, Derek James, Steve Hass, Rudi Engel, Yanir Rosenkranz, Max Hughes, Thomas Heidepriem, Gauitier Laurent, Dan Gottlieb, Christof Thewes, Wolfgang-Norman Dahlheimer, Tony Lakatos, Gunnar Plümer, Dave Samuel (Pat Metheny-Group, Spyro Gyra), Thomas Alkier (Vienna Art Orchestra), Stefan Rademacher (Billy Cobham-Band), Frank Haunschild, George Garzone, John Benitez, Erny Hames (Carla Bley), Rick Peckham, Jean-Yves Jung (Billy Cobham- Band), Claudius Valk, Harvie S (formerly known as Harvie Swartz) and Hal Crook. With the band Alegria he won already in 1989 the “Landes-Jazz-Rock-Festival”. He studied jazz composition and arrangement at the college of music in Cologne. Twice he won the scholarship prize at the very jazz school, i.e. the Berklee College of Music and studied there with excellent results. In 1996, he was awarded