Background
He began his musical education in Basel (Switzerland), where he was born (14 Juli 1939), continuing his studies at the Paris Conservatoire with Louis Cahuzac.
music educator university professor
He began his musical education in Basel (Switzerland), where he was born (14 Juli 1939), continuing his studies at the Paris Conservatoire with Louis Cahuzac.
Foreign thirty years he was the first Clarinet of the Munich"s Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and now he is Professor of Clarinet and Chamber Music at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Saarbrücken (Germany). His concert engagements as soloist and in chamber ensembles have taken him around the world and he regularly participates in Music Festivals at Lockenhaus, Vienna, Moscow, Warsaw, Schleswig-Holstein, Berlin, amongst others He currently imparts numerous Master Classes in different countries and has an extensive discography of over 250 works for Clarinet.
He has edited and recorded the complete works of Carl Stamitz and Ludwig Spohr for Clarinet.
He is an eminent musician who has had an influence on various artists and has played at the premiere of a number of works that have become a part of the Clarinet repertoire, such as works by Helmut Lachenmann, Isang Yun, Edison Denisov, Jean Françaix, Gia Kancheli, Krzysztof Meyer, amongst others
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (29 November 1939) 1st Class (22 July 1940) Wound Badge in Black (22 January 1942) in Silver (8 November 1944) Eastern Front Medal (1 August 1942) Infantry Assault Badge (7 October 1940) Close Combat Clasp in Bronze (3 February 1944) German Cross in Gold on 24 March 1943 as Oberleutnant in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 62 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knight's Cross on 27 June 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 62 638th Oak Leaves on 28 October 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 62.
