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