born in Germany | studied violin 1991-1998 with Prof. Gorjan Košuta in  Cologne, Germany | 1996 European Union scholarship for studies in Copenhagen  with Prof. E. Zeuthen Schneider | 1996 member of European „Gustav Mahler-Youth-Orchestra“ | since 1998 position as violinist, Tonhalle-Orchestra Zürich| 1999-2002 concert diploma studies viola with Prof. Nora Chastain, Zurich | since 2003 position as viola player, Tonhalle-Orchestra Zurich|

artistic director of chamber music series "Abendmusikzyklus Flawil Gossau" | played the "Gibson" 1734 by A. Stradivarius, a generous loan of the Stradivari foundation  Habisreutinger

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