German Countertenor Born 1964 in Hamburg. He studied music theory with Prof. R. Ploeger, composition with Prof. Dr. F. Döhl, and Voice with Prof. Ute von Garczynski at the Lübeck College of Music. Parallel to this he studied Baroque performance practice at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis with René Jacobs. He won prizes at the competition of the Association of German Music Teachers and Performing Artists in Berlin and at the Concours Musica Antiqua of the Flanders Festival in Brugge.