Musician, Composer, Arranger, Conductor...

Besides leading my own projects, I do a lot of commissioned work including compositions, arrangements and bandleading for various orchestras and ensembles. Additionally I am an experienced producer/musical director and pianist.

In 2003 I began to explore the Hammond Organ and since then I am playing organ in various ensembles, especially Nils Wogram's Nostalgia.

For my organ playing I use the following equipment:

Serious Set-Up

• converted portable Hammond RT-3
• Leslie 122 or 770
• Hammond PR40 (if needed)
• Electro Harmonix Reverb

Light Set-Up

• Roland VK-7 w/ two manuals
• Leslie 760
• Leslie Combo Preamp II

Practice Set-Up

• Hammond A100

TEACHING

My educational experiences include one-on-one teaching, international workshops, clinics, masterclasses in the areas of bandleading small and large ensembles, composition/arrangement and piano/organ.

Currently I hold a position as lecturer for Jazz-Piano and -composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.

In the past I worked for:

André Tolba Andreas Schnermann Bach, Blech & Blues Bamberger Symphoniker BBC London BMI Jazz Orchestra Brussels Jazz Orchestra Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra Figurentheater Raphael Mürle Frank Sackenheim Fuzzy Logic Ensemble Goethe Institut Henry Mancini Instiute Irish Radio Orchestra RTE

Joachim Schönecker Trio plus Strings Königwerq Laia Genc Lenor Metropole Orchestra, Hilversum Norddeutscher Rundfunk NDR Oliver Steller Scottish National Jazz Orchestra SNJO Stadt Köln Stadt Pforzheim Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk SWR Transit Orchestra Vancouver Jazz Orchestra Cecile Verny plus Horns Walachovsky Klavierduo