Violin studies with Prof. Werner Scholz at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
Diverse concert repertoire including “Violinkonzert” by Jörg Widmann, “Offertorium” by Sofia Gubaidulina and “Fremdes Licht” by Wolfgang Rihm
Soloist with the German Symphony Orchestra Berlin, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and various German radio orchestras as well as numerous international orchestras including Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra and leading orchestras in the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Asia
CD releases with CAvi-music, including several recordings with Silke Avenhaus (Violin Sonatas by Brahms and Mendelssohn as well as works by Dvořák, Suk, Schubert, Saint-Saëns, Ravel und Fauré) and the Camerata Bern (Beethoven’s “String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95” and “Kreutzer Sonata” in arrangements for string orchestra), as well as with Claves Records (Mendelssohn’s “Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra” with Alexander Lonquich and Camerata Bern)
Prizes at International Fritz Kreisler Competition Graz 1987, Bach Competition Leipzig 1988 and Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover 1991
Since 2002, member of the Arcanto Quartet with concerts at Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall and Théâtre du Châtelet amongst others, recording with Harmonia Mundi
Artistic Director at Camerata Bern since 2009/10 season
Professorships at Berlin University of the Arts
Since 2004, Professor at Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin