Career
His activities combine many styles and formats. Originally a classical violinist and conductor of chamber music and opera, he was one of the early adopters and popularizers of the Moog synthesizer in Europe. In the 1970s he traveled to Indonesia and incorporated musical elements from Asia into his own work.
He has collaborated with progressive rock musicians such as Jon Lord and The Police.
He has composed film scores, videos, music for television, and an opera to be broadcast via the Internet. 1958 Studies Violin at the Academy of Music in Detmold (Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie) under Professor Tibor Varga, chorister under Professor Eugen Pabst
1959 Scholarship at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, conducting class under Sergiu Celibidache and chamber music under Quintetto Chiagiano
1960 First violin at the Bavarian State Opera House
1961 Foundation of the Munich Juvenile Symphony Orchester, known across the borders as "The Young Orchestra (Das junge Orchester)" in the Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator television-series.
1964 Musical supervisor of the Bavarian Opera until 1968
1965 Foundation of the Munich Chamber Opera and since the artistic supervisor and conductor. Amongst others he conducted annual opera and concert performances at the Brunnenhof (Fountain-Courtyard) at the Residence Castle in Munich
1972 "Gianni Schicchi" by Giacomo Puccini as a public performance at the Olympic Games in Munich.
1973 The chamber opera "Louisiana Zingara" for German public television (ZDF)
1974 Collaborates with Jon Lord of Deep Purple on Windows and performance is televised also featuring David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, and Pete York
1974 The opera "The Chief of the Theatre (Der Schauspieldirektor)" by West.A. Mozart music supervision and directed for television, starring Peter Ustinov as well as "The Bandmaster (Der Kapellmeister)" by Cimarosa.
Both were published as a record through Electric and Music Industries-Classic. 1975 Conducts Hungarian Philharmonic for Sarabande album by Jon Lord of Deep Purple
1977 The fragment of an opera "Shakuntala" by Franz Schubert for the International Dance Theatre for German public television (ZDF). 1987 "People’s-Stars perform Brecht/Weill": A concert at the Theatre of Hamburg recorded for television (NDR) featuring Sting, Gianna Nannini and Jack Bruce.
1989 Third music-festival on the Island Elba with the performance of the opera "Mozart & Salieri".
