Education
- Born in 1986 in Steinfurt near Münster, Germany
- 2004-2006 Precollege piano studies with Gregor Weichert
- 2006-2014 Bachelor and Master of Music in Piano with Tibor Szász (minor in Jazz Piano/Arrangement with Ralf Schmid); Bachelor and Master of Music in Music Theory with Ludwig Holtmeier at the University of Music Freiburg; all degrees with honors
- 2011-2012 Erasmus Exchange Programs at the CNSMD Paris ("Ecriture" with Olivier Trachier) and the Royal Academy of Music London (Piano with Hamish Milne)
- 2014-2015 Continuing Studies in Jazz Composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music with Geir Lysne and Helge Sunde
- 2015-2017 Master of Jazz Studies (Piano and Composition with Gil Goldstein, Alan Broadbent, Andy Milne, John Scofield, and others) at New York University; degree with honors ("Barney Josephson Award for Excellence in Jazz")
Scholarships
- 2007-2014 and 2015-2017 Scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk
- 2010 Scholarship of the Brahms Society Baden-Baden
- 2015-2017 Fulbright Scholarship recipient
- 2017-2020 Scholarship holder of the Cusanuswerk (PhD program)
Artistic Career
- National and international appearances as a pianist and composer in Germany, Switzerland, USA, Panama etc.
- Recordings for piano solo "Portrait - Piano Works of Bartók and Enescu" (2014) and debut album of original compositions for jazz quintet "afterglow" (2019) Publications and appearances as a researcher at national and international conferences (research focus: Improvisation in the 19th Century, Bartók, Early Jazz)
- 2014-2015 Adjunct Instructor for Music Theory and Ear Training at the University of Music Freiburg
- 2016-2017 Adjunct Instructor for Jazz Piano and Jazz Keyboard Harmony at New York University
- 2017-2020 Substitute Professor for Music Theory at the University of Music Freiburg
- 2017-today Ph.D. candidate at the University of Music Freiburg (topic: "The Influence of 19th Century European Music Theory on Early Jazz")
- 2020-present Tenured Lecturer in Music Theory at the University of Applied Sciences Lucerne (HSLU)
- 2022-present Full Tenured Professor of Music Theory with a focus on Jazz/Pop/Arrangement at the University of Music Freiburg