Austrian conductor and teacher, born 12.03.1951 in Vienna, Austria. He studied piano, organ and violoncello in Vienna. Since 1975 he was solo-cellist of the Wiener Symphoniker until in 1986 he gave his debut as conductor of the Wiener Symphoniker feierte. Thus he ended his career as a musician in the orchestra.

* Noord Nederlands Orkest
* 1990-1995 chief conductor of the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester
* 1992-2002 director of the Linzer Oper and chief conductor of the Bruckner Orchester Linz
* 2003-2008 chief conductor of the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
* 2005-2008 chief conductor of the chamber orchestra Spirit of Europe
* 2002-2006 artistic director of the opera festival Mozart in Reinsberg
* 2013-2015 director of the Festival EntArteOpera in Linz
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