biography

 

College Education:

Hamburg College of Music (Contact Study, Germany)1995

Hilversum Conservatory of Music (Amsterdam School of Arts, Netherland) 1995-2000

Purchase College (State University of New York, USA) 1998-1999

 

Bass Teachers:

Wolf Struck, Detlef Beier

Arnold Doyewerd, Ernst Glerum, Rud Ouwehand

Todd Coolman, Timothy Cobb

Scott Colley

 

Awards:

Youth Jazz Award 1991, Oldenburg, Germany, with High School Big Band

Winning Jazz '91, Hannover, Germany, with High School Big Band

Youth Jazz Award 1993, Lueneburg, Germany, with Weiss-Pfennig-Polk Trio

Winning Jazz '93, Hannover, Germany, with Music School Band

Winning Jazz '95, Hannover, Germany, with Weiss-Pfennig-Polk Trio

Outstanding Musicianship Award, Berklee College of Music, 1996

Winning Jazz '97, Hannover, Germany, with Hans-Malte Witte Quartet