German sound engineer (6 February 1921, Gera - 11 July 2010, Neuilly-sur-Seine). After having studied communications engineering in Leipzig and Dresden he worked for three years for the American Forces Network in Germany and later with the Bavarian Radio. In 1956 he joined Barclay and was asked by owner Eddie Barclay to design the new Studios Barclay / Studios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements in Paris, where he eventually became the chief engineer until the studios closure in 1980.