since 2013

guest clarinetist in various German orchestras, e.g. the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony and the NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Hanover

 

since 2013

permanent guest teacher for high clarinets at the Music Conservatory of Hanover

 

since 2011

tenured as associate principal clarinetist with high clarinets at the Lower Saxonian State Orchestra in Hanover

 

2010

South East Asia Tour with Trio Thaleia through Cambodia, Indonesia and Myanmar

 

2010 - 2002

studies with Ralph Manno at the Music Conservatory of Cologne

 

2010 and 2009

Zermatt Festival Academy with the Sharon Ensemble of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

world premier of Celestial Object II (2009) by Matthias Pintscher

 

2009

prize winner at the Beijing International Music Competition for Clarinet in China

 

2009-2007

Gerd Bucerius Stipend of the German Music Foundation

Ambassadorial Scholarship of Rotary International

 

2009-2007

studies with Charles Neidich at the Juilliard School in New York

master’s degree ’09

 

2007-2006

stipend of the orchestra academy of  „Komische Oper Berlin“ , 2nd clarinet and bass clarinet

 

2006

2nd prize with Trio Thaleia

and special prize for the best interpretation of a piece written by Brahms

at the IV. International Johannes Brahms Chamber Music Competition in Gdansk, Poland

 

2007-2005

community service fellowship program of the foundation Yehudi Menuhin - live music now

 

2007-2004

member of the Young German Philharmonic Orchestra

 

2003

world premier and CD production (Stockhausen Label CD 59) of

Right Eyebrow Dance for clarinets, bass clarinets, percussion and synthesizer

by Karlheinz Stockhausen

 

2002

Louis Spohr Award Kassel